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  • An act relating to federal immigration enforcement;

 

  • providing a short title; creating chapter 908, F.S.,

 

  • relating to federal immigration enforcement; providing

 

  • legislative findings and intent; providing

 

  • definitions; prohibiting sanctuary policies; requiring

 

  • state entities, local governmental entities, and law

 

  • enforcement agencies to comply with and support the

 

  • enforcement of federal immigration law; specifying

 

  • duties concerning certain arrested persons; specifying

 

  • duties concerning immigration detainers; prohibiting

 

  • restrictions by such entities and agencies on taking

 

  • certain actions with respect to information regarding

 

  • a person’s immigration status; providing requirements

 

  • concerning certain criminal defendants subject to

 

  • immigration detainers or otherwise subject to transfer

 

  • to federal custody; authorizing a law enforcement

 

  • agency to transport an unauthorized alien under

 

  • certain circumstances; providing an exception to

 

  • reporting requirements for crime victims or witnesses;

 

  • requiring recordkeeping relating to crime victim and

 

  • witness cooperation in certain investigations;

 

  • authorizing a board of county commissioners to adopt

 

  • an ordinance to recover costs for complying with an

 

  • immigration detainer; authorizing local governmental

 

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  • entities and law enforcement agencies to petition the

 

  • Federal Government for reimbursement of certain costs;

 

  • requiring report of violations; providing penalties

 

  • for failure to report a violation; providing whistle-

 

  • blower protections for persons who report violations;

 

  • requiring the Attorney General to prescribe the format

 

  • for submitting complaints; providing requirements for

 

  • entities to comply with document requests from state

 

  • attorneys concerning violations; providing for

 

  • investigation of possible violations; providing for

 

  • injunctive relief and civil penalties; providing for

 

  • venue; requiring written findings; prohibiting the

 

  • expenditure of public funds for specified purposes;

 

  • providing a cause of action for personal injury or

 

  • wrongful death attributed to a sanctuary policy;

 

  • providing that a trial by jury is a matter of right;

 

  • requiring written findings; providing for

 

  • applicability to certain education records;

 

  • prohibiting discrimination on specified grounds;

 

  • providing for implementation; requiring repeal of

 

  • existing sanctuary policies within a specified period;

 

  • providing effective dates.

 

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  • Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

 

 

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  • Section 1. Short title.—This act may be cited as the “Rule

 

  • of Law Adherence Act.”

 

  • Section 2. Chapter 908, Florida Statutes, consisting of

 

  • sections 908.101-908.402, is created to read:

 

55CHAPTER 908
56FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
57PART I
58FINDINGS AND DEFINITIONS

 

  • 101 Legislative findings and intent.—The Legislature

 

  • finds that it is an important state interest that state

 

  • entities, local governmental entities, and their officials owe

 

  • an affirmative duty to all citizens and other persons lawfully

 

  • present in the United States to assist the Federal Government

 

  • with enforcement of federal immigration laws within this state,

 

  • including complying with federal immigration detainers. The

 

  • Legislature further finds that it is an important state interest

 

  • that, in the interest of public safety and adherence to federal

 

  • law, this state support federal immigration enforcement efforts

 

  • and ensure that such efforts are not impeded or thwarted by

 

  • state or local laws, policies, practices, procedures, or

 

  • State entities, local governmental entities, and their

 

  • officials who encourage persons unlawfully present in the United

 

  • States to locate within this state or who shield such persons

 

  • from personal responsibility for their unlawful actions breach

 

  • this duty and should be held accountable.

 

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  • 102 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:

 

  • (1) “Federal immigration agency” means the United States

 

  • Department of Justice, the United States Department of Homeland

 

  • Security, or any successor agency and any division of such

 

  • agency, including United States Immigration and Customs

 

  • Enforcement, United States Customs and Border Protection, or any

 

  • other federal agency charged with the enforcement of immigration

 

  • The term includes an official or employee of such agency.

 

  • (2) “Immigration detainer” means a facially sufficient

 

  • written or electronic request issued by a federal immigration

 

  • agency using that agency’s official form to request that another

 

  • law enforcement agency detain a person based on probable cause

 

  • to believe that the person to be detained is a removable alien

 

  • under federal immigration law, including detainers issued

 

  • pursuant to 8 U.S.C. ss. 1226 and 1357. For purposes of this

 

  • subsection, an immigration detainer is deemed facially

 

  • sufficient if:

 

  • (a) The federal immigration agency’s official form is

 

  • complete and indicates on its face that the federal immigration

 

  • official has probable cause to believe that the person to be

 

  • detained is a removable alien under federal immigration law; or

 

  • (b) The federal immigration agency’s official form is

 

  • incomplete and fails to indicate on its face that the federal

 

  • immigration official has probable cause to believe that the

 

  • person to be detained is a removable alien under federal

 

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  • immigration law, but is supported by an affidavit, order, or

 

  • other official documentation that indicates that the federal

 

  • immigration agency has probable cause to believe that the person

 

  • to be detained is a removable alien under federal immigration

 

 

  • (3) “Inmate” means a person in the custody of a law

 

  • enforcement agency.

 

  • (4) “Law enforcement agency” means an agency in this state

 

  • charged with enforcement of state, county, municipal, or federal

 

  • laws or with managing custody of detained persons in the state

 

  • and includes municipal police departments, sheriff’s offices,

 

  • state police departments, state university and college police

 

  • departments, and the Department of Corrections. The term

 

  • includes an official or employee of such agency.

 

  • (5) “Local governmental entity” means any county,

 

  • municipality, or other political subdivision of this state. The

 

  • term includes a person holding public office or having official

 

  • duties as a representative, agent, or employee of such entity.

 

  • (6) “Sanctuary policy” means a law, policy, practice,

 

  • procedure, or custom adopted or permitted by a state entity,

 

  • local governmental entity, or law enforcement agency which

 

  • contravenes 8 U.S.C. s. 1373(a) or (b), or which knowingly

 

  • prohibits or impedes a law enforcement agency from communicating

 

  • or cooperating with a federal immigration agency with respect to

 

  • federal immigration enforcement, including, but not limited to,

 

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  • limiting or preventing a state entity, local governmental

 

  • entity, or law enforcement agency from:

 

  • (a) Complying with an immigration detainer;

 

  • (b) Complying with a request from a federal immigration

 

  • agency to notify the agency before the release of an inmate or

 

  • detainee in the custody of the state entity, local governmental

 

  • entity, or law enforcement agency;

 

  • (c) Providing a federal immigration agency access to an

 

  • inmate for interview;

 

  • (d) Initiating an immigration status investigation; or

 

  • (e) Providing a federal immigration agency with an

 

  • inmate’s incarceration status or release date.

 

  • (7) “Sanctuary policymaker” means a state or local elected

 

  • official, or an appointed official of a local governmental

 

  • entity governing body, who has voted for, allowed to be

 

  • implemented, or voted against repeal or prohibition of a

 

  • sanctuary policy.

 

  • (8) “State entity” means the state or any office, board,

 

  • bureau, commission, department, branch, division, or institution

 

  • thereof, including institutions within the State University

 

  • System and the Florida College System. The term includes a

 

  • person holding public office or having official duties as a

 

  • representative, agent, or employee of such entity.

 

149PART II
150DUTIES

 

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  • 201 Sanctuary policies prohibited.—A state entity, law

 

  • enforcement agency, or local governmental entity may not adopt

 

  • or have in effect a sanctuary policy.

 

  • 202 Cooperation with federal immigration authorities.—

 

  • (1) A state entity, local governmental entity, or law

 

  • enforcement agency shall fully comply with and, to the full

 

  • extent permitted by law, support the enforcement of federal

 

  • immigration law. This subsection is only applicable to an

 

  • official, representative, agent, or employee of such entity or

 

  • agency when he or she is acting within the scope of his or her

 

  • official duties or within the scope of his or her employment.

 

  • (2) Except as otherwise expressly prohibited by federal

 

  • law, a state entity, local governmental entity, or law

 

  • enforcement agency may not prohibit or in any way restrict

 

  • another state entity, local governmental entity, or law

 

  • enforcement agency from taking any of the following actions with

 

  • respect to information regarding a person’s immigration status:

 

  • (a) Sending such information to or requesting, receiving,

 

  • or reviewing such information from a federal immigration agency

 

  • for purposes of this chapter.

 

  • (b) Recording and maintaining such information for

 

  • purposes of this chapter.

 

  • (c) Exchanging such information with a federal immigration

 

  • agency or another state entity, local governmental entity, or

 

  • law enforcement agency for purposes of this chapter.

 

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  • (d) Using such information to determine eligibility for a

 

  • public benefit, service, or license pursuant to federal or state

 

  • law or an ordinance or regulation of a local governmental

 

 

  • (e) Using such information to verify a claim of residence

 

  • or domicile if a determination of residence or domicile is

 

  • required under federal or state law, an ordinance or regulation

 

  • of a local governmental entity, or a judicial order issued

 

  • pursuant to a civil or criminal proceeding in this state.

 

  • (f) Using such information to comply with an immigration

 

 

  • (g) Using such information to confirm the identity of a

 

  • person who is detained by a law enforcement agency.

 

  • (3)(a) This subsection only applies in a criminal case in

 

  • which:

 

  • The judgment requires the defendant to be confined in a

 

  • secure correctional facility; and

 

  • The judge:

 

  • Indicates in the record under s. 908.204 that the

 

  • defendant is subject to an immigration detainer; or

 

  • Otherwise indicates in the record that the defendant is

 

  • subject to a transfer into federal custody.

 

  • (b) In a criminal case described by paragraph (a), the

 

  • judge shall, at the time of pronouncement of a sentence of

 

  • confinement, issue an order requiring the secure correctional

 

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  • facility in which the defendant is to be confined to reduce the

 

  • defendant’s sentence by a period of not more than 7 days on the

 

  • facility’s determination that the reduction in sentence will

 

  • facilitate the seamless transfer of the defendant into federal

 

  • For purposes of this paragraph, the term “secure

 

  • correctional facility” means a state correctional institution,

 

  • as defined in s. 944.02, or a county detention facility or a

 

  • municipal detention facility, as defined in s. 951.23.

 

  • (c) If the applicable information described by

 

  • subparagraph (a)2. is not available at the time the sentence is

 

  • pronounced in the case, the judge shall issue the order

 

  • described by paragraph (b) as soon as the information becomes

 

 

  • (4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a law

 

  • enforcement agency has received verification from a federal

 

  • immigration agency that an alien in the law enforcement agency’s

 

  • custody is unlawfully present in the United States, the law

 

  • enforcement agency may securely transport such alien to a

 

  • federal facility in this state or to another point of transfer

 

  • to federal custody outside the jurisdiction of the law

 

  • enforcement agency. A law enforcement agency shall obtain

 

  • judicial authorization before securely transporting such alien

 

  • to a point of transfer outside of this state.

 

  • (5) This section does not require a state entity, local

 

  • governmental entity, or law enforcement agency to provide a

 

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  • federal immigration agency with information related to a victim

 

  • of or a witness to a criminal offense if such victim or witness

 

  • timely and in good faith responds to the entity’s or agency’s

 

  • request for information and cooperation in the investigation or

 

  • prosecution of such offense.

 

  • (6) A state entity, local governmental entity, or law

 

  • enforcement agency that, pursuant to subsection (5), withholds

 

  • information regarding the immigration information of a victim of

 

  • or witness to a criminal offense shall document such victim’s or

 

  • witness’s cooperation in the entity’s or agency’s investigative

 

  • records related to the offense and shall retain such records for

 

  • at least 10 years for the purpose of audit, verification, or

 

  • inspection by the Auditor General.

 

  • 203 Duties related to certain arrested persons.—

 

  • (1) If a person is arrested and is unable to provide proof

 

  • of his or her lawful presence in the United States, not later

 

  • than 48 hours after the person is arrested and before the person

 

  • is released on bond, a law enforcement agency performing the

 

  • booking process shall:

 

  • (a) Review any information available from a federal

 

  • immigration agency.

 

  • (b) If information obtained under paragraph (a) reveals

 

  • that the person is not a citizen of the United States and is

 

  • unlawfully present in the United States according to the terms

 

  • of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. ss.

 

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  • 1101 et seq., the law enforcement agency shall:

 

  • Provide immediate notice of the person’s arrest and

 

  • charges to a federal immigration agency.

 

  • Provide notice of that fact to the judge authorized to

 

  • grant or deny the person’s release on bail under chapter 903.

 

  • Record that fact in the person’s case file.

 

  • (2) A law enforcement agency is not required to perform a

 

  • duty imposed by subsection (1) with respect to a person who is

 

  • transferred to the custody of the agency by another law

 

  • enforcement agency if the transferring agency performed that

 

  • duty before transferring custody of the person.

 

  • (3) A judge who receives notice of a person’s immigration

 

  • status under this section shall ensure that such status is

 

  • recorded in the court record.

 

  • 204 Duties related to immigration detainer.—

 

  • (1) A law enforcement agency that has custody of a person

 

  • subject to an immigration detainer issued by a federal

 

  • immigration agency shall:

 

  • (a) Provide to the judge authorized to grant or deny the

 

  • person’s release on bail under chapter 903 notice that the

 

  • person is subject to an immigration detainer.

 

  • (b) Record in the person’s case file that the person is

 

  • subject to an immigration detainer.

 

  • (c) Comply with, honor, and fulfill the requests made in

 

  • the immigration detainer.

 

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  • (2) A law enforcement agency is not required to perform a

 

  • duty imposed by paragraph (1)(a) or paragraph (1)(b) with

 

  • respect to a person who is transferred to the custody of the

 

  • agency by another law enforcement agency if the transferring

 

  • agency performed that duty before transferring custody of the

 

 

  • (3) A judge who receives notice that a person is subject

 

  • to an immigration detainer shall ensure that such fact is

 

  • recorded in the court record, regardless of whether the notice

 

  • is received before or after a judgment in the case.

 

  • 205 Reimbursement of costs.—

 

  • (1) A board of county commissioners may adopt an ordinance

 

  • requiring a person detained pursuant to an immigration detainer

 

  • to reimburse the county for any expenses incurred in detaining

 

  • the person pursuant to the immigration detainer. A person

 

  • detained pursuant to an immigration detainer is not liable under

 

  • this section if a federal immigration agency determines that the

 

  • immigration detainer was improperly issued.

 

  • (2) A local governmental entity or law enforcement agency

 

  • may petition the Federal Government for reimbursement of the

 

  • entity’s or agency’s detention costs and the costs of compliance

 

  • with federal requests when such costs are incurred in support of

 

  • the enforcement of federal immigration law.

 

  • 206 Duty to report.—

 

  • (1) An official, representative, agent, or employee of a

 

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  • state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement

 

  • agency shall promptly report a known or probable violation of

 

  • this chapter to the Attorney General or the state attorney

 

  • having jurisdiction over the entity or agency.

 

  • (2) An official, representative, agent, or employee of a

 

  • state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement

 

  • agency who willfully and knowingly fails to report a known or

 

  • probable violation of this chapter may be suspended or removed

 

  • from office pursuant to general law and s. 7, Art. IV of the

 

  • State Constitution.

 

  • (3) A state entity, local governmental entity, or law

 

  • enforcement agency may not dismiss, discipline, take any adverse

 

  • personnel action as defined in s. 112.3187(3) against, or take

 

  • any adverse action described in s. 112.3187(4)(b) against, an

 

  • official, representative, agent, or employee for complying with

 

  • subsection (1).

 

  • (4) Section 112.3187 of the Whistle-blower’s Act applies

 

  • to an official, representative, agent, or employee of a state

 

  • entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement agency who

 

  • is dismissed, disciplined, subject to any adverse personnel

 

  • action as defined in s. 112.3187(3) or any adverse action

 

  • described in s. 112.3187(4)(b), or denied employment because he

 

  • or she complied with subsection (1).

 

  • 207 Implementation.—This chapter shall be implemented

 

  • to the fullest extent permitted by federal law regulating

 

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  • immigration and the legislative findings and intent declared in

 

  • 908.101.

 

328PART III
329ENFORCEMENT

 

  • 301 Complaints.—The Attorney General shall prescribe

 

  • and provide through the Department of Legal Affairs’ website the

 

  • format for a person to submit a complaint alleging a violation

 

  • of this chapter. This section does not prohibit the filing of an

 

  • anonymous complaint or a complaint not submitted in the

 

  • prescribed format. Any person has standing to submit a complaint

 

  • under this chapter.

 

  • 302 Enforcement; penalties.—

 

  • (1) The state attorney for the county in which a state

 

  • entity is headquartered or in which a local governmental entity

 

  • or law enforcement agency is located has primary responsibility

 

  • and authority for investigating credible complaints of a

 

  • violation of this chapter. The results of an investigation by a

 

  • state attorney shall be provided to the Attorney General in a

 

  • timely manner.

 

  • (2)(a) A state entity, local governmental entity, or law

 

  • enforcement agency for which the state attorney has received a

 

  • complaint shall comply with a document request from the state

 

  • attorney related to the complaint.

 

  • (b) If the state attorney determines that a complaint

 

  • filed against a state entity, local governmental entity, or law

 

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  • enforcement agency is valid, the state attorney shall, not later

 

  • than the 10th day after the date of the determination, provide

 

  • written notification to the entity that:

 

  • The complaint has been filed.

 

  • The state attorney has determined that the complaint is

 

 

  • The state attorney is authorized to file an action to

 

  • enjoin the violation if the entity does not come into compliance

 

  • with the requirements of this chapter on or before the 60th day

 

  • after the notification is provided.

 

  • (c) No later than the 30th day after the day a state

 

  • entity or local governmental entity receives written

 

  • notification under paragraph (b), the state entity or local

 

  • governmental entity shall provide the state attorney with a copy

 

  • of:

 

  • The entity’s written policies and procedures with

 

  • respect to federal immigration agency enforcement actions,

 

  • including the entity’s policies and procedures with respect to

 

  • immigration detainers.

 

  • Each immigration detainer received by the entity from a

 

  • federal immigration agency in the current calendar year-to-date

 

  • and the two prior calendar years.

 

  • Each response sent by the entity for an immigration

 

  • detainer described by subparagraph 2.

 

  • (3) The Attorney General, the state attorney who conducted

 

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  • the investigation, or a state attorney ordered by the Governor

 

  • pursuant to s. 27.14 may institute proceedings in circuit court

 

  • to enjoin a state entity, local governmental entity, or law

 

  • enforcement agency found to be in violation of this chapter.

 

  • Venue of an action brought by the Attorney General may be in

 

  • Leon County. The court shall expedite an action under this

 

  • section, including setting a hearing at the earliest practicable

 

 

  • (4) Upon adjudication by the court or as provided in a

 

  • consent decree declaring that a state entity, local governmental

 

  • entity, or law enforcement agency has violated this chapter, the

 

  • court shall enjoin the unlawful sanctuary policy and order that

 

  • such entity or agency pay a civil penalty to the state of at

 

  • least $1,000 but not more than $5,000 for each day that the

 

  • sanctuary policy was in effect commencing on October 1, 2018, or

 

  • the date the sanctuary policy was first enacted, whichever is

 

  • later, until the date the injunction was granted. The court

 

  • shall have continuing jurisdiction over the parties and subject

 

  • matter and may enforce its orders with imposition of additional

 

  • civil penalties as provided for in this section and contempt

 

  • proceedings as provided by law.

 

  • (5) An order approving a consent decree or granting an

 

  • injunction or civil penalties pursuant to subsection (4) must

 

  • include written findings of fact that describe with specificity

 

  • the existence and nature of the sanctuary policy in violation of

 

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  • 908.201 and that identify each sanctuary policymaker who

 

  • voted for, allowed to be implemented, or voted against repeal or

 

  • prohibition of the sanctuary policy. The court shall provide a

 

  • copy of the consent decree or order granting an injunction or

 

  • civil penalties that contains the written findings required by

 

  • this subsection to the Governor within 30 days after the date of

 

  • A sanctuary policymaker identified in an order

 

  • approving a consent decree or granting an injunction or civil

 

  • penalties may be suspended or removed from office pursuant to

 

  • general law and s. 7, Art. IV of the State Constitution.

 

  • (6) A state entity, local governmental entity, or law

 

  • enforcement agency ordered to pay a civil penalty pursuant to

 

  • subsection (4) shall remit payment to the Chief Financial

 

  • Officer, who shall deposit such payment into the General Revenue

 

 

  • (7) Except as required by law, public funds may not be

 

  • used to defend or reimburse a sanctuary policymaker or an

 

  • official, representative, agent, or employee of a state entity,

 

  • local governmental entity, or law enforcement agency who

 

  • knowingly and willfully violates this chapter.

 

  • 303 Civil cause of action for personal injury or

 

  • wrongful death attributed to a sanctuary policy; trial by jury;

 

  • required written findings.—

 

  • (1) A person injured in this state by the tortious acts or

 

  • omissions of an alien unlawfully present in the United States,

 

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  • or the personal representative of a person killed in this state

 

  • by the tortious acts or omissions of an alien unlawfully present

 

  • in the United States, has a cause of action for damages against

 

  • a state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement

 

  • agency in violation of ss. 908.201 and 908.202 upon proof by the

 

  • greater weight of the evidence of:

 

  • (a) The existence of a sanctuary policy in violation of s.

 

  • 201; and

 

  • (b)1. A failure to comply with a provision of s. 908.202

 

  • resulting in such alien’s having access to the person injured or

 

  • killed when the tortious acts or omissions occurred; or

 

  • A failure to comply with a provision of s.

 

  • 204(1)(c) resulting in such alien’s having access to the

 

  • person injured or killed when the tortious acts or omissions

 

 

  • (2) A cause of action brought pursuant to subsection (1)

 

  • may not be brought against a person who holds public office or

 

  • who has official duties as a representative, agent, or employee

 

  • of a state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement

 

  • agency, including a sanctuary policymaker.

 

  • (3) Trial by jury is a matter of right in an action

 

  • brought under this section.

 

  • (4) A final judgment entered in favor of a plaintiff in a

 

  • cause of action brought pursuant to this section must include

 

  • written findings of fact that describe with specificity the

 

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  • existence and nature of the sanctuary policy in violation of s.

 

  • 201 and that identify each sanctuary policymaker who voted

 

  • for, allowed to be implemented, or voted against repeal or

 

  • prohibition of the sanctuary policy. The court shall provide a

 

  • copy of the final judgment containing the written findings

 

  • required by this subsection to the Governor within 30 days after

 

  • the date of rendition. A sanctuary policymaker identified in a

 

  • final judgment may be suspended or removed from office pursuant

 

  • to general law and s. 7, Art. IV of the State Constitution.

 

  • (5) Except as provided in this section, this chapter does

 

  • not create a private cause of action against a state entity,

 

  • local governmental entity, or law enforcement agency that

 

  • complies with this chapter.

 

  • 304 Ineligibility for state grant funding.—

 

  • (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state

 

  • entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement agency

 

  • shall be ineligible to receive funding from non-federal grant

 

  • programs administered by state agencies that receive funding

 

  • from the General Appropriations Act for a period of 5 years from

 

  • the date of adjudication that such state entity, local

 

  • governmental entity, or law enforcement agency had in effect a

 

  • sanctuary policy in violation of this chapter.

 

  • (2) The Chief Financial Officer shall be notified by the

 

  • state attorney of an adjudicated violation of this chapter by a

 

  • state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement

 

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  • agency and be provided with a copy of the final court

 

  • injunction, order, or judgment. Upon receiving such notice, the

 

  • Chief Financial Officer shall timely inform all state agencies

 

  • that administer non-federal grant funding of the adjudicated

 

  • violation by the state entity, local governmental entity, or law

 

  • enforcement agency and direct such agencies to cancel all

 

  • pending grant applications and enforce the ineligibility of such

 

  • entity for the prescribed period.

 

  • (3) This subsection does not apply to:

 

  • (a) Funding that is received as a result of an

 

  • appropriation to a specifically named state entity, local

 

  • governmental entity, or law enforcement agency in the General

 

  • Appropriations Act or other law.

 

  • (b) Grants awarded prior to the date of adjudication that

 

  • such state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement

 

  • agency had in effect a sanctuary policy in violation of this

 

 

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  • 401 Education records.—This chapter does not apply to

 

  • the release of information contained in education records of an

 

  • educational agency or institution, except in conformity with the

 

  • Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. s.

 

 

  • 402 Discrimination prohibited.—A state entity, a local

 

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  • governmental entity, or a law enforcement agency, or a person

 

  • employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of such

 

  • an entity, may not base its actions under this chapter on the

 

  • gender, race, religion, national origin, or physical disability

 

  • of a person except to the extent permitted by the United States

 

  • Constitution or the state constitution.

 

  • Section 3. A sanctuary policy, as defined in s. 908.102,

 

  • Florida Statutes, as created by this act, that is in effect on

 

  • the effective date of this act must be repealed within 90 days

 

  • after that date.

 

  • Section 4. Sections 908.302 and 908.303, Florida Statutes,

 

  • as created by this act, shall take effect October 1, 2018, and,

 

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