Forest Development (Florida Statutes: Title XXXV Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animal Industry; Chapter 591; ss. 591.15-591.26) Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Sous-division territoriale Florida Type du document Législation Date 1941 (2018) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Forêts Mot clé Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Gestion communautaire Collectivité locale Boisement/reboisement Mesures de protection des forêts Forêt récréative Taxe/impôt Éducation Institution Financement Collecte de données/déclarations Feux de forêts Forêt publique Participation du public Forêt de protection Aire géographique Amériques, Arctique, Pacifique du Est, Amérique du Nord, Atlantique Nord Résumé This Chapter of the Florida Statutes, known as “Florida Community Forest Law”, provides for forest development. The general purposes of the Chapter are to encourage counties, cities, towns, and school districts to utilize idle lands for productive forest purposes; to encourage reduction of taxation through producing income from wise use of such lands; to encourage development and make available, in community forests, areas having desirable recreational features; and to encourage forestry education by establishing permanent forests for use of vocational agriculture departments, schools, and Boy and Girl Scout troops. The Chapter further provides for purchase or establishment of community forests; tax delinquent lands; the forestry committee; duties of the forestry committee; appropriation of funds for community forests; revenues and use; fiscal reports; fire protection; and sale of a community forest upon referendum approval. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.flsenate.gov