Art. X, § 6, Fla. Const. · Article X. MISCELLANEOUS
Eminent domain.
Text — As revised in 1968 and subsequently amended (Online Sunshine, retrieved 2026-10-04)
(a) No private property shall be taken except for a public purpose and with full compensation therefor paid to each owner or secured by deposit in the registry of the court and available to the owner.
(b) Provision may be made by law for the taking of easements, by like proceedings, for the drainage of the land of one person over or through the land of another.
(c) Private property taken by eminent domain pursuant to a petition to initiate condemnation proceedings filed on or after January 2, 2007, may not be conveyed to a natural person or private entity except as provided by general law passed by a three-fifths vote of the membership of each house of the Legislature.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
Am. H.J.R. 1569, 2006; adopted 2006.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As revised in 1968 and subsequently amended (Online Sunshine, retrieved 2026-10-04)
- Official file
- https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=Constitution&Submenu=3&Tab=statutes
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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Art. X, § 6, Fla. Const.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 73.014, Fla. Stat.Taking property to eliminate nuisance, slum, or blight conditions prohibited.Printed as s. 6(a), Art. X of the State Constitution
- § 163.335, Fla. Stat.Findings and declarations of necessity.Printed as s. 6(a), Art. X of the State Constitution
- § 335.181, Fla. Stat.Regulation of access to State Highway System; legislative findings, policy, and purpose.Printed as s. 6, Art. X of the State Constitution
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