The rule amendments are needed to clarify and implement statutes and policies adopted by the Board of Trustees for submerged land management and appraisal procedures. These rule amendments will also implement recommendations of the Auditor General's ...

 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND
Departmental

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
18-21: SOVEREIGNTY SUBMERGED LANDS MANAGEMENT
18-21.003: Definitions
18-21.010: Applications for Private Easement
18-21.011: Payments and Fees
18-21.013: Applications to Purchase Lands Riparian to Uplands
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The rule amendments are needed to clarify and implement statutes and policies adopted by the Board of Trustees for submerged land management and appraisal procedures. These rule amendments will also implement recommendations of the Auditor General’s Office in a June 2005 operational audit.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The rule amendments will do the following: clarify appraisal-related terms by adding or amending definitions; clarify the term of a private easement; create exceptions to costly appraisal requirements for single-family residential property owners and allow valuation of private easements by alternative methods; clarify the cost of private easements; adopt appraiser selection procedures for submerged lands easements; incorporate by reference the “Supplemental Appraisal Standards for Board of Trustees Land”; and make minor revisions to correct errors, update and clarify existing rules. Any rule section in chapter 18-21 may be opened if necessary to implement the objectives of this rulemaking.

SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 253.03(7), 253.03(11) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 253.03, 253.77 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: Friday January 26, 2007, 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: Marjory Stoneman Douglas Building, Conference Room A, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee, Florida

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Vicki Thompson, Division of State Lands, MS 130, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000, [phone]; e-mail [e-mail]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Vicki Thompson at the address or phone number above.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.