House Bill hb1771e1

                                          HB 1771, First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Indian reservations;

  3         amending s. 285.16, F.S.; providing that the

  4         state shall not have jurisdiction over crimes

  5         by one Miccosukee committed against the person

  6         or property of another Miccosukee within the

  7         reservations of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians

  8         of Florida; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 285.16, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         285.16  Civil and criminal jurisdiction; Indian

15  reservation; exception.--

16         (1)  The State of Florida hereby assumes jurisdiction

17  over criminal offenses committed by or against Indians or

18  other persons within Indian reservations and over civil causes

19  of actions between Indians or other persons or to which

20  Indians or other persons are parties rising within Indian

21  reservations.

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

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

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

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

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

27  section shall not apply to criminal offenses committed by an

28  enrolled member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida,

29  or a person eligible for such enrollment, against the person

30  or property of any other such enrolled member or person

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                                          HB 1771, First Engrossed



  1  eligible for such enrollment within the Indian reservations of

  2  the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.

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

  4  law.

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