HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1771

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Council for Smarter Government offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove everything after the enacting clause

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17         Section 1.  Section 285.16, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         285.16  Civil and criminal jurisdiction; Indian

20  reservation; exception.--

21         (1)  The State of Florida hereby assumes jurisdiction

22  over criminal offenses committed by or against Indians or

23  other persons within Indian reservations and over civil causes

24  of actions between Indians or other persons or to which

25  Indians or other persons are parties rising within Indian

26  reservations.

27         (2)  The civil and criminal laws of Florida shall

28  obtain on all Indian reservations in this state and shall be

29  enforced in the same manner as elsewhere throughout the state.

30         (3)  Upon consent of the Secretary of Interior to this

31  retrocession of jurisdiction, subsections (1) and (2) of this

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1771

    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)





  1  section shall not apply to criminal charges filed against

  2  Miccosukee Indian defendants or civil actions brought against

  3  Miccosukee Indians for crimes or causes of action arising

  4  within the Indian reservations of the Miccosukee Tribe of

  5  Indians of Florida.

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  7  law.

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11  And the title is amended as follows:

12         On page 1,

13  remove:  entire title

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16                      A bill to be entitled

17         An act relating to Indian reservations;

18         amending s. 285.16, F.S.; specifying that the

19         state's jurisdiction over criminal offenses

20         committed within Indian reservations does not

21         apply to Indian reservations of the Miccosukee

22         Tribe of Indians of Florida; providing an

23         exception for such reservations with respect to

24         the applicability of civil and criminal laws of

25         the state; providing an effective date.

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