§ 377.243, Fla. Stat. · Part I. REGULATION OF OIL AND GAS RESOURCES
Conditions for granting permits for extraction through well holes.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) Prior to the application to the Division of Resource Management for the permit to drill for oil, gas, and related products referred to in s. 377.242(1), the applicant must own a valid deed, or other muniment of title, or lease granting said applicant the privilege to explore for oil, gas, or related mineral products to be extracted only through the well hole on the land or lands included in the application. However, unallocated interests may be unitized according to s. 377.27.
(2) As a condition precedent to the issuance or renewal of a permit, the division shall require satisfactory evidence that the applicant has implemented, or is in the process of implementing, programs for control of pollution related to oil, petroleum products or their byproducts, and other pollutants and the abatement thereof when a discharge occurs.
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History
s. 1, ch. 61-299; ss. 25, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 5, ch. 72-394; s. 70, ch. 79-65; s. 3, ch. 2025-193.
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