HB 0041B 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Indian reservations; amending s.
3	285.16, F.S.; specifying that the state's jurisdiction
4	over criminal offenses committed within Indian
5	reservations does not apply to Indian reservations of the
6	Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida; providing an
7	exception for such reservations with respect to the
8	applicability of civil and criminal laws of the state;
9	providing for construction of the act in pari materia
10	with laws enacted during the 2003 Regular Session or the
11	2003 Special Session A of the Legislature; providing an
12	effective date.
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14	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16	Section 1. Section 285.16, Florida Statutes, is amended to
17	read:
18	285.16 Civil and criminal jurisdiction; Indian
19	reservation; exception.--
20	(1) The State of Florida hereby assumes jurisdiction over
21	criminal offenses committed by or against Indians or other
22	persons within Indian reservations and over civil causes of
23	actions between Indians or other persons or to which Indians or
24	other persons are parties rising within Indian reservations.
25	(2) The civil and criminal laws of Florida shall obtain on
26	all Indian reservations in this state and shall be enforced in
27	the same manner as elsewhere throughout the state.
28	(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section do not apply
29	to Indian reservations of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of
30	Florida.
31	Section 2. If any law amended by this act was also amended
32	by a law enacted at the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature
33	or at the 2003 Special Session A of the Legislature, such laws
34	shall be construed as if they had been enacted at the same
35	session of the Legislature, and full effect shall be given to
36	each if possible.
37	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.