Certain rights of mine or quarry operators and dragline or heavy equipment operators preserved.

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Text — 2026 Florida Statutes

Nothing in ss. 1004.57-1004.576 shall infringe upon the right of a legitimate mine or quarry operator to extract rock, gravel, fill, phosphate, or other minerals or infringe upon the right of a legitimate operator of draglines or similar heavy dredging, trenching, or digging equipment to construct drainage canals or other excavations because of the actual or potential destruction of vertebrate fossils.

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History

s. 207, ch. 2002-387.

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Official file: https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=1000-1099/1004/1004.html
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§ 1004.57, Fla. Stat.Vertebrate paleontological sites and remains; legislative intent and state policy.Printed as ss. 1004.575-1004.577

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