The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)
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. . . 458 So.2d 369 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984), in which the district court upheld the constitutionality of section 161.051 . . . We answer the question by holding that section 161.051 applies to accreted land of an upland owner who . . . The trial court then upheld the constitutionality of section 161.051, and construed it, in accordance . . . Section 161.051 does not explicitly state that it applies to all upland littoral owners. . . . Section 161.051 provides: 161.051 Coastal construction by persons, firms, corporations, or local authorities . . . established by over half a century of Florida case law, misconstrues the plain language of section 161.051 . . . Busch and is clearly what was intended by the legislature when enacting section 161.051. . . . I agree with the majority that, in part, section 161.051 codifies existing common law principles. . . . The majority’s construction of section 161.051 is that only the owner on whose property the improvement . . . Busch and the legislative intent in enacting section 161.051. . . .
. . . In approving the district court decision in Sand Key I, we held that section 161.051, Florida Statutes . . .
. . . In doing so, we held that Florida Statute 161.051 was constitutional but did not apply here since the . . . However, recognizing that the legislative intent of section 161.051 was not clear, we certified the following . . . question to our supreme court as one of great public importance: PURSUANT TO SECTION 161.051, FLORIDA . . . Section 161.051 provides: Coastal construction by persons, firms, corporations, or local authorities. . . .
. . . are concerned here with determining the owner of accreted land and the constitutionality of section 161.051 . . . The state bases its claim on section 161.051, Florida Statutes (1981), which provides as follows: Coastal . . . The trial court ruled that pursuant to section 161.051 the state holds title to all accretion to the . . . Section 161.051 does not explicitly state that it applies to all upland littoral owners. . . . Section 161.051 does not affect Sand Key’s vested right to accretion on its property. . . . While I concur with the result reached by the majority, I interpret section 161.051 somewhat differently . . . The first sentence of section 161.051 operates to vest title to any works or improvements provided for . . .
. . . In view of the foregoing we do not believe Florida Statute § 161.051 should be applied here, especially . . .
. . . The state has suggested credence must be given to §161.051, Florida Statutes, which specifies that “any . . .