| 1 | Representative Zapata offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 15-60 and insert: |
| 5 | 111.076 Reporting of immigration status |
| 6 | information.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an |
| 7 | agency, as defined in s. 20.03, including, but not limited to, |
| 8 | the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the |
| 9 | Department of Business and Professional Regulation, and any |
| 10 | person or entity contracting with such an agency, including, but |
| 11 | not limited to, those in agribusiness, construction, and |
| 12 | hospitality, may not prohibit or in any way restrict a public |
| 13 | employee from doing any of the following with respect to |
| 14 | information regarding the immigration status of any individual: |
| 15 | (1) Sending such information to, or requesting or |
| 16 | receiving such information from, the United States Department of |
| 17 | Homeland Security; |
| 18 | (2) Maintaining such information; or |
| 19 | (3) Exchanging such information with any other federal, |
| 20 | state, or local governmental entity. |
| 21 | Section 2. Section 125.582, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 22 | to read: |
| 23 | 125.582 Communicating or cooperating with federal |
| 24 | officials concerning immigration.-- |
| 25 | (1) A county government, whether acting through its |
| 26 | governing body or by an initiative, referendum, or any other |
| 27 | process, may not enact any ordinance or policy that limits or |
| 28 | prohibits a law enforcement officer, local official, or local |
| 29 | government employee or any person or entity contracting with |
| 30 | such a government, including, but not limited to, those in |
| 31 | agribusiness, construction, and hospitality, from communicating |
| 32 | or cooperating with federal officials with regard to the |
| 33 | immigration status of any person within this state. |
| 34 | (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county |
| 35 | governmental entity or official may not prohibit or in any way |
| 36 | restrict any governmental entity or government official from |
| 37 | sending to, or receiving from, the United States Department of |
| 38 | Homeland Security information regarding the citizenship or |
| 39 | immigration status of any individual. |
| 40 | Section 3. Section 166.04935, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 41 | to read: |
| 42 | 166.04935 Communicating or cooperating with federal |
| 43 | officials concerning immigration.-- |
| 44 | (1) A municipal government, whether acting through its |
| 45 | governing body or by an initiative, referendum, or any other |
| 46 | process, may not enact any ordinance or policy that limits or |
| 47 | prohibits a law enforcement officer, local official, or local |
| 48 | government employee or any person or entity contracting with |
| 49 | such a government, including, but not limited to, those in |
| 50 | agribusiness, construction, and hospitality, from communicating |
| 51 | or cooperating with federal officials with regard to the |
| 52 | immigration status of any person within this state. |
| 53 | (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a |
| 54 | municipal governmental entity or official may not prohibit or in |
| 55 | any way restrict any governmental entity or government official |
| 56 | from sending to, or receiving from, the United States Department |
| 57 | of Homeland Security information regarding the citizenship or |
| 58 | immigration status of any individual. |
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| 61 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 62 | Remove lines 2-5 and insert: |
| 63 | An act relating to illegal immigration; creating s. |
| 64 | 111.076, F.S.; prohibiting restrictions on the reporting of |
| 65 | certain immigration status information by public employees |
| 66 | and public contractors; creating ss. 125.582 and 166.04935, |
| 67 | F.S.; |