| 1 | Representative Schenck offered the following: |
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| 3 | Substitute Amendment for Amendment (608405) (with title |
| 4 | amendment) |
| 5 | Remove lines 15-60 and insert: |
| 6 | 111.076 Reporting of immigration status |
| 7 | information.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an |
| 8 | agency, as defined in s. 20.03, may not prohibit or in any way |
| 9 | restrict or limit a public employee from doing any of the |
| 10 | following with respect to information regarding the immigration |
| 11 | status of any individual: |
| 12 | (1) Sending such information to, or requesting or |
| 13 | receiving such information from, the United States Department of |
| 14 | Homeland Security; |
| 15 | (2) Maintaining such information; or |
| 16 | (3) Exchanging such information with any other federal, |
| 17 | state, or local governmental entity. |
| 18 | Section 2. Section 125.582, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 19 | to read: |
| 20 | 125.582 Communicating or cooperating with federal |
| 21 | officials concerning immigration.-- |
| 22 | (1) A county government, whether acting through its |
| 23 | governing body or by an initiative, referendum, or any other |
| 24 | process, may not enact any ordinance or policy that limits, |
| 25 | restricts, or prohibits a law enforcement officer, local |
| 26 | official, or local government employee from communicating or |
| 27 | cooperating with federal officials with regard to the |
| 28 | immigration status of any person within this state. |
| 29 | (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county |
| 30 | governmental entity or official may not prohibit or in any way |
| 31 | restrict or limit any governmental entity or government official |
| 32 | from sending to, or receiving from, the United States Department |
| 33 | of Homeland Security information regarding the citizenship or |
| 34 | immigration status of any individual. |
| 35 | Section 3. Section 166.04935, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 36 | to read: |
| 37 | 166.04935 Communicating or cooperating with federal |
| 38 | officials concerning immigration.-- |
| 39 | (1) A municipal government, whether acting through its |
| 40 | governing body or by an initiative, referendum, or any other |
| 41 | process, may not enact any ordinance or policy that limits, |
| 42 | restricts, or prohibits a law enforcement officer, local |
| 43 | official, or local government employee from communicating or |
| 44 | cooperating with federal officials with regard to the |
| 45 | immigration status of any person within this state. |
| 46 | (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a |
| 47 | municipal governmental entity or official may not prohibit or in |
| 48 | any way restrict or limit any governmental entity or government |
| 49 | official from sending to, or receiving from, the United States |
| 50 | Department of Homeland Security information regarding the |
| 51 | citizenship or immigration status of any individual. |
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| 54 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 55 | Remove lines 2-6 and insert: |
| 56 | An act relating to illegal immigration; creating s. |
| 57 | 111.076, F.S.; prohibiting limitations or restrictions on |
| 58 | the reporting of certain immigration status information by |
| 59 | public employees; creating ss. 125.582 and 166.04935, |
| 60 | F.S.; prohibiting certain local government limitations or |
| 61 | restrictions |