Fla. Stat. 589.28
County commissions or municipalities authorized to cooperate with Florida Forest Service

County commissions or municipalities are authorized to cooperate with the Florida Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services in providing assistance in forestry and forest-related knowledge and skills to stimulate the production of timber wealth through the proper use of forest land and to protect and improve the beauty of urban and suburban areas by helping to create in them an attractive and healthy environment through the proper use of trees and related plant associations. County commissions or municipalities are hereby authorized to appropriate funds and enter into cooperative agreements with the Florida Forest Service under the terms and conditions set forth in ss. 589.28-589.34.

Source: Section 589.28 — County commissions or municipalities authorized to cooperate with Florida Forest Service, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0589.­28 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

589.01
Florida Forestry Council 589.02
Headquarters and meetings of council 589.04
Duties of Florida Forest Service 589.06
Warrants for payment of accounts 589.07
Florida Forest Service may acquire lands for forest purposes 589.08
Land acquisition restrictions 589.09
Use of lands acquired 589.10
Disposition of lands 589.11
Duties of Florida Forest Service as to Clarke-McNary Law 589.011
Use of state forest lands 589.12
Rules and regulations 589.012
Friends of Florida State Forests Program 589.13
Lien of Florida Forest Service and other parties, for forestry work, etc 589.14
Enforcement of lien 589.15
Form of notice 589.16
Time for filing notice of lien 589.17
Application of general laws 589.18
Florida Forest Service to make certain investigations 589.19
Creation of certain state forests 589.20
Cooperation by Florida Forest Service 589.21
Management to be for public interest 589.27
Power of eminent domain 589.28
County commissions or municipalities authorized to cooperate with Florida Forest Service 589.29
Quality of assistance 589.30
Duty of district or center manager 589.31
Cooperative agreement 589.32
Cost of providing county forestry assistance 589.33
Expenditure of budgeted funds 589.34
Revocation of agreement 589.065
Florida Forever Program Trust Fund of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 589.071
Traffic control within state forest or Florida Forest Service-assigned lands 589.101
Blackwater River State Forest 589.102
Blackwater River State Forest 589.275
Planting of indigenous trees on state lands 589.277
Tree planting programs

Current through Fall 2025

§ 589.28. Cnty. commissions or municipalities authorized to cooperate with Fla. Forest Svc.'s source at flsenate​.gov