Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 118
       
       
        
       By Senator Hutson
       
       
       
       
       
       6-00220-16                                             2016118__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to persons subject to final
    3         deportation orders; creating s. 877.28, F.S.;
    4         prohibiting the presence within the state of persons
    5         subject to final deportation orders unless such orders
    6         have been stayed pending judicial review; providing
    7         criminal penalties; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 877.28, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         877.28 Presence in state after final deportation order.—A
   14  person who knowingly is present in the state after an order of
   15  deportation, as defined in 8 U.S.C. s. 1101(47), has become
   16  final as described in 8 U.S.C. s. 1101(47)(B), and the order is
   17  not stayed pending judicial review, may not be present in this
   18  state. A person who violates this section commits a felony of
   19  the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
   20  775.083, or s. 775.084.
   21         Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2016.