HB 0269 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to civil and criminal jurisdiction over
3	Indian reservations; amending s. 285.16, F.S.; exempting
4	the reservations of the Miccosukee Indian Tribe of Florida
5	from a provision of law authorizing the State of Florida
6	to take jurisdiction of civil and criminal matters on
7	Indian reservations in the state; providing an effective
8	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 amended to
13	read:
14	285.16 Civil and criminal jurisdiction; Indian
15	reservation; exception.--
16	(1) The State of Florida hereby assumes jurisdiction over
17	criminal offenses committed by or against Indians or other
18	persons within Indian reservations and over civil causes of
19	actions between Indians or other persons or to which Indians or
20	other persons are parties rising within Indian reservations.
21	(2) The civil and criminal laws of Florida shall obtain on
22	all Indian reservations in this state and shall be enforced in
23	the same manner as elsewhere throughout the state.
24	(3) This section does not apply to Indian reservations of
25	the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.
26	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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