Florida Senate - 2018                                     SB 308
       
       
        
       By Senator Bean
       
       
       
       
       
       4-00355-18                                             2018308__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to federal immigration enforcement;
    3         providing a short title; creating ch. 908, F.S.,
    4         relating to federal immigration enforcement; providing
    5         legislative findings and intent; providing
    6         definitions; prohibiting sanctuary policies; requiring
    7         state entities, local governmental entities, and law
    8         enforcement agencies to comply with and support the
    9         enforcement of federal immigration law; prohibiting
   10         restrictions by such entities and agencies on taking
   11         certain actions with respect to information regarding
   12         a person’s immigration status; providing requirements
   13         concerning certain criminal defendants subject to
   14         immigration detainers or otherwise subject to transfer
   15         to federal custody; authorizing a law enforcement
   16         agency to transport an unauthorized alien under
   17         certain circumstances; providing an exception to
   18         reporting requirements for crime victims or witnesses;
   19         requiring recordkeeping relating to crime victim and
   20         witness cooperation in certain investigations;
   21         specifying duties concerning certain arrested persons;
   22         specifying duties concerning immigration detainers;
   23         authorizing a board of county commissioners to adopt
   24         an ordinance to recover costs for complying with an
   25         immigration detainer; authorizing local governmental
   26         entities and law enforcement agencies to petition the
   27         Federal Government for reimbursement of certain costs;
   28         requiring report of violations; providing penalties
   29         for failure to report a violation; providing whistle
   30         blower protections for persons who report violations;
   31         requiring the Attorney General to prescribe the format
   32         for submitting complaints; providing requirements for
   33         entities to comply with document requests from state
   34         attorneys concerning violations; providing for
   35         investigation of possible violations; providing for
   36         injunctive relief and civil penalties; requiring
   37         written findings; prohibiting the expenditure of
   38         public funds for specified purposes; providing a cause
   39         of action for personal injury or wrongful death
   40         attributed to a sanctuary policy; providing that a
   41         trial by jury is a matter of right; requiring written
   42         findings; requiring a court to provide a copy of the
   43         final judgment to the Governor within 30 days after
   44         rendition; providing for suspension or removal from
   45         office of a sanctuary policymaker; providing for
   46         ineligibility for funding from nonfederal grant
   47         programs for a specified duration; providing for
   48         applicability to certain education records;
   49         prohibiting discrimination on specified grounds;
   50         requiring repeal of existing sanctuary policies within
   51         a specified period; providing effective dates.
   52          
   53  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   54  
   55         Section 1. Short title.—This act may be cited as the “Rule
   56  of Law Adherence Act.”
   57         Section 2. Chapter 908, Florida Statutes, consisting of
   58  sections 908.101-908.402, is created to read:
   59                             CHAPTER 908                           
   60                   FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT                 
   61                               PART I                              
   62                      FINDINGS AND DEFINITIONS                     
   63         908.101Legislative findings and intent.—The Legislature
   64  finds that it is an important state interest that state
   65  entities, local governmental entities, and their officials owe
   66  an affirmative duty to all citizens and other persons lawfully
   67  present in the United States to assist the Federal Government
   68  with enforcement of federal immigration laws within this state,
   69  including complying with federal immigration detainers. The
   70  Legislature further finds that it is an important state interest
   71  that, in the interest of public safety and adherence to federal
   72  law, this state support federal immigration enforcement efforts
   73  and ensure that such efforts are not impeded or thwarted by
   74  state or local laws, policies, practices, procedures, or
   75  customs. State entities, local governmental entities, and their
   76  officials who encourage persons unlawfully present in the United
   77  States to locate within this state or who shield such persons
   78  from personal responsibility for their unlawful actions breach
   79  this duty and should be held accountable.
   80         908.102Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
   81         (1)“Federal immigration agency” means the United States
   82  Department of Justice, the United States Department of Homeland
   83  Security, or any successor agency and any division of such
   84  agency, including United States Immigration and Customs
   85  Enforcement, United States Customs and Border Protection, or any
   86  other federal agency charged with the enforcement of immigration
   87  law. The term includes an official or employee of such agency.
   88         (2)“Immigration detainer” means a facially sufficient
   89  written or electronic request issued by a federal immigration
   90  agency using that agency’s official form to request that another
   91  law enforcement agency detain a person based on probable cause
   92  to believe that the person to be detained is a removable alien
   93  under federal immigration law, including detainers issued
   94  pursuant to 8 U.S.C. ss. 1226 and 1357. For purposes of this
   95  subsection, an immigration detainer is deemed facially
   96  sufficient if:
   97         (a)The federal immigration agency’s official form is
   98  complete and indicates on its face that the federal immigration
   99  official has probable cause to believe that the person to be
  100  detained is a removable alien under federal immigration law; or
  101         (b)The federal immigration agency’s official form is
  102  incomplete and fails to indicate on its face that the federal
  103  immigration official has probable cause to believe that the
  104  person to be detained is a removable alien under federal
  105  immigration law, but the form is supported by an affidavit,
  106  order, or other official documentation that indicates that the
  107  federal immigration agency has probable cause to believe that
  108  the person to be detained is a removable alien under federal
  109  immigration law.
  110         (3)“Inmate” means a person in the custody of a law
  111  enforcement agency.
  112         (4)“Law enforcement agency” means an agency in this state
  113  charged with enforcement of state, county, municipal, or federal
  114  laws or with managing custody of detained persons in the state
  115  and includes municipal police departments, sheriff’s offices,
  116  state police departments, state university and college police
  117  departments, and the Department of Corrections. The term
  118  includes an official or employee of such agency.
  119         (5)“Local governmental entity” means any county,
  120  municipality, or other political subdivision of this state. The
  121  term includes a person holding public office or having official
  122  duties as a representative, agent, or employee of such entity.
  123         (6)“Sanctuary policy” means a law, policy, practice,
  124  procedure, or custom adopted or authorized by a state entity,
  125  local governmental entity, or law enforcement agency which
  126  contravenes 8 U.S.C. s. 1373(a) or (b), or which knowingly
  127  prohibits or impedes a law enforcement agency from communicating
  128  or cooperating with a federal immigration agency with respect to
  129  federal immigration enforcement, including, but not limited to,
  130  limiting or preventing a state entity, local governmental
  131  entity, or law enforcement agency from:
  132         (a)Complying with an immigration detainer;
  133         (b)Complying with a request from a federal immigration
  134  agency to notify the agency before the release of an inmate or
  135  detainee in the custody of the state entity, local governmental
  136  entity, or law enforcement agency;
  137         (c)Providing a federal immigration agency access to an
  138  inmate for interview;
  139         (d)Initiating an immigration status investigation; or
  140         (e)Providing a federal immigration agency with an inmate’s
  141  incarceration status or release date.
  142         (7)“Sanctuary policymaker” means a state or local elected
  143  official, or an appointed official of a local governmental
  144  entity governing body, who has voted for, allowed to be
  145  implemented, or voted against repeal or prohibition of a
  146  sanctuary policy.
  147         (8)“State entity” means the state or any office, board,
  148  bureau, commission, department, branch, division, or institution
  149  thereof, including institutions within the State University
  150  System and the Florida College System. The term includes a
  151  person holding public office or having official duties as a
  152  representative, agent, or employee of such entity.
  153                               PART II                             
  154                               DUTIES                              
  155         908.201Sanctuary policies prohibited.—A state entity, law
  156  enforcement agency, or local governmental entity may not adopt
  157  or have in effect a sanctuary policy.
  158         908.202Cooperation with federal immigration authorities.—
  159         (1)A state entity, local governmental entity, or law
  160  enforcement agency shall fully comply with and, to the fullest
  161  extent authorized by law, support the enforcement of federal
  162  immigration law. This subsection is only applicable to an
  163  official, representative, agent, or employee of such entity or
  164  agency when he or she is acting within the scope of his or her
  165  official duties or within the scope of his or her employment.
  166         (2)Except as otherwise expressly prohibited by federal
  167  law, a state entity, local governmental entity, or law
  168  enforcement agency may not prohibit or in any way restrict
  169  another state entity, local governmental entity, or law
  170  enforcement agency from taking any of the following actions with
  171  respect to information regarding a person’s immigration status:
  172         (a)Sending such information to or requesting, receiving,
  173  or reviewing such information from a federal immigration agency
  174  for purposes of this chapter.
  175         (b)Recording and maintaining such information for purposes
  176  of this chapter.
  177         (c)Exchanging such information with a federal immigration
  178  agency or another state entity, local governmental entity, or
  179  law enforcement agency for purposes of this chapter.
  180         (d)Using such information to determine eligibility for a
  181  public benefit, service, or license pursuant to federal or state
  182  law or an ordinance or regulation of a local governmental
  183  entity.
  184         (e)Using such information to verify a claim of residence
  185  or domicile if a determination of residence or domicile is
  186  required under federal or state law, an ordinance or regulation
  187  of a local governmental entity, or a judicial order issued
  188  pursuant to a civil or criminal proceeding in this state.
  189         (f)Using such information to comply with an immigration
  190  detainer.
  191         (g)Using such information to confirm the identity of a
  192  person who is detained by a law enforcement agency.
  193         (3)(a)This subsection only applies in a criminal case in
  194  which:
  195         1.The judgment requires the defendant to be confined in a
  196  secure correctional facility; and
  197         2.The judge:
  198         a.Indicates in the record under s. 908.204 that the
  199  defendant is subject to an immigration detainer; or
  200         b.Otherwise indicates in the record that the defendant is
  201  subject to a transfer to federal custody.
  202         (b)In a criminal case described by paragraph (a), the
  203  judge shall, at the time of pronouncement of a sentence of
  204  confinement, issue an order requiring the secure correctional
  205  facility in which the defendant is to be confined to reduce the
  206  defendant’s sentence by a period of not more than 7 days on the
  207  facility’s determination that the reduction in sentence will
  208  facilitate the seamless transfer of the defendant into federal
  209  custody. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “secure
  210  correctional facility” means a state correctional institution,
  211  as defined in s. 944.02, or a county detention facility or a
  212  municipal detention facility, as defined in s. 951.23.
  213         (c)If the applicable information described by subparagraph
  214  (a)2. is not available at the time the sentence is pronounced in
  215  the case, the judge shall issue the order described by paragraph
  216  (b) as soon as the information becomes available.
  217         (4)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a law
  218  enforcement agency has received verification from a federal
  219  immigration agency that an alien in the law enforcement agency’s
  220  custody is unlawfully present in the United States, the law
  221  enforcement agency may securely transport such alien to a
  222  federal facility in this state or to another point of transfer
  223  to federal custody outside the jurisdiction of the law
  224  enforcement agency. A law enforcement agency shall obtain
  225  judicial authorization before securely transporting such alien
  226  to a point of transfer outside of this state.
  227         (5)This section does not require a state entity, local
  228  governmental entity, or law enforcement agency to provide a
  229  federal immigration agency with information related to a victim
  230  of or a witness to a criminal offense if such victim or witness
  231  timely and in good faith responds to the entity’s or agency’s
  232  request for information and cooperation in the investigation or
  233  prosecution of such offense.
  234         (6)A state entity, local governmental entity, or law
  235  enforcement agency that, pursuant to subsection (5), withholds
  236  information regarding the immigration information of a victim of
  237  or witness to a criminal offense shall document such victim’s or
  238  witness’s cooperation in the entity’s or agency’s investigative
  239  records related to the offense and shall retain such records for
  240  at least 10 years for the purpose of audit, verification, or
  241  inspection by the Auditor General.
  242         908.203Duties related to certain arrested persons.—
  243         (1)If a person is arrested and is unable to provide proof
  244  of his or her lawful presence in the United States, not later
  245  than 48 hours after the person is arrested and before the person
  246  is released on bond, a law enforcement agency performing the
  247  booking process shall:
  248         (a)Review any information available from a federal
  249  immigration agency.
  250         (b)If information obtained under paragraph (a) reveals
  251  that the person is not a citizen of the United States and is
  252  unlawfully present in the United States according to the terms
  253  of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. ss.
  254  1101 et seq., the law enforcement agency shall:
  255         1.Provide immediate notice of the person’s arrest and
  256  charges to a federal immigration agency.
  257         2.Provide notice of that fact to the judge authorized to
  258  grant or deny the person’s release on bail under chapter 903.
  259         3.Record that fact in the person’s case file.
  260         (2)A law enforcement agency is not required to perform a
  261  duty imposed by subsection (1) with respect to a person who is
  262  transferred to the custody of the agency by another law
  263  enforcement agency if the transferring agency performed that
  264  duty before transferring custody of the person.
  265         (3)A judge who receives notice of a person’s immigration
  266  status under this section shall ensure that such status is
  267  recorded in the court record.
  268         908.204Duties related to immigration detainers.—
  269         (1)A law enforcement agency that has custody of a person
  270  subject to an immigration detainer issued by a federal
  271  immigration agency shall:
  272         (a)Provide to the judge authorized to grant or deny the
  273  person’s release on bail under chapter 903 notice that the
  274  person is subject to an immigration detainer.
  275         (b)Record in the person’s case file that the person is
  276  subject to an immigration detainer.
  277         (c)Comply with, honor, and fulfill the requests made in
  278  the immigration detainer.
  279         (2)A law enforcement agency is not required to perform a
  280  duty imposed by paragraph (1)(a) or paragraph (1)(b) with
  281  respect to a person who is transferred to the custody of the
  282  agency by another law enforcement agency if the transferring
  283  agency performed that duty before transferring custody of the
  284  person.
  285         (3)A judge who receives notice that a person is subject to
  286  an immigration detainer shall ensure that such fact is recorded
  287  in the court record, regardless of whether the notice is
  288  received before or after a judgment in the case.
  289         908.205Reimbursement of costs.—
  290         (1)A board of county commissioners may adopt an ordinance
  291  requiring a person detained pursuant to an immigration detainer
  292  to reimburse the county for any expenses incurred in detaining
  293  the person pursuant to the immigration detainer. A person
  294  detained pursuant to an immigration detainer is not liable under
  295  this section if a federal immigration agency determines that the
  296  immigration detainer was improperly issued.
  297         (2)A local governmental entity or law enforcement agency
  298  may petition the Federal Government for reimbursement of the
  299  entity’s or agency’s detention costs and the costs of compliance
  300  with federal requests when such costs are incurred in support of
  301  the enforcement of federal immigration law.
  302         908.206Duty to report.—
  303         (1)An official, representative, agent, or employee of a
  304  state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement
  305  agency shall promptly report a known or probable violation of
  306  this chapter to the Attorney General or the state attorney
  307  having jurisdiction over the entity or agency.
  308         (2)An official, representative, agent, or employee of a
  309  state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement
  310  agency who willfully and knowingly fails to report a known or
  311  probable violation of this chapter may be suspended or removed
  312  from office pursuant to general law and s. 7, Art. IV of the
  313  State Constitution.
  314         (3)A state entity, local governmental entity, or law
  315  enforcement agency may not dismiss, discipline, take any adverse
  316  personnel action as defined in s. 112.3187(3) against, or take
  317  any adverse action described in s. 112.3187(4)(b) against, an
  318  official, representative, agent, or employee for complying with
  319  subsection (1).
  320         (4)Section 112.3187 of the Whistle-blower’s Act applies to
  321  an official, representative, agent, or employee of a state
  322  entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement agency who
  323  is dismissed, disciplined, subjected to any adverse personnel
  324  action as defined in s. 112.3187(3) or any adverse action
  325  described in s. 112.3187(4)(b), or denied employment because he
  326  or she complied with subsection (1).
  327         908.207Implementation.—This chapter shall be implemented
  328  to the fullest extent authorized by federal law regulating
  329  immigration and the legislative findings and intent declared in
  330  s. 908.101.
  331                              PART III                             
  332                             ENFORCEMENT                           
  333         908.301Complaints.—The Attorney General shall prescribe
  334  and provide through the Department of Legal Affairs’ website the
  335  format for a person to submit a complaint alleging a violation
  336  of this chapter. This section does not prohibit the filing of an
  337  anonymous complaint or a complaint not submitted in the
  338  prescribed format. Any person has standing to submit a complaint
  339  under this chapter.
  340         908.302Enforcement; penalties.—
  341         (1)The state attorney for the county in which a state
  342  entity is headquartered or in which a local governmental entity
  343  or law enforcement agency is located has primary responsibility
  344  and authority for investigating credible complaints of a
  345  violation of this chapter. The results of an investigation by a
  346  state attorney shall be provided to the Attorney General in a
  347  timely manner.
  348         (2)(a)A state entity, local governmental entity, or law
  349  enforcement agency for which the state attorney has received a
  350  complaint shall comply with a document request from the state
  351  attorney related to the complaint.
  352         (b)If the state attorney determines that a complaint filed
  353  against a state entity, local governmental entity, or law
  354  enforcement agency is valid, the state attorney shall, not later
  355  than the 10th day after the date of the determination, provide
  356  written notification to the entity that:
  357         1.The complaint has been filed.
  358         2.The state attorney has determined that the complaint is
  359  valid.
  360         3.The state attorney is authorized to file an action to
  361  enjoin the violation if the entity does not come into compliance
  362  with the requirements of this chapter on or before the 60th day
  363  after the notification is provided.
  364         (c)No later than the 30th day after the day a state entity
  365  or local governmental entity receives written notification under
  366  paragraph (b), the state entity or local governmental entity
  367  shall provide the state attorney with a copy of:
  368         1.The entity’s written policies and procedures with
  369  respect to federal immigration agency enforcement actions,
  370  including the entity’s policies and procedures with respect to
  371  immigration detainers.
  372         2.Each immigration detainer received by the entity from a
  373  federal immigration agency in the current calendar year-to-date
  374  and the two prior calendar years.
  375         3.Each response sent by the entity for an immigration
  376  detainer described by subparagraph 2.
  377         (3)The Attorney General, the state attorney who conducted
  378  the investigation, or a state attorney ordered by the Governor
  379  pursuant to s. 27.14 may institute proceedings in circuit court
  380  to enjoin a state entity, local governmental entity, or law
  381  enforcement agency found to be in violation of this chapter. The
  382  court shall expedite an action under this section, including
  383  setting a hearing at the earliest practicable date.
  384         (4)Upon adjudication by the court or as provided in a
  385  consent decree declaring that a state entity, local governmental
  386  entity, or law enforcement agency has violated this chapter, the
  387  court shall enjoin the unlawful sanctuary policy and order that
  388  such entity or agency pay a civil penalty to the state of at
  389  least $1,000 but not more than $5,000 for each day that the
  390  sanctuary policy was in effect commencing on October 1, 2018, or
  391  the date the sanctuary policy was first enacted, whichever is
  392  later, until the date the injunction was granted. The court
  393  shall have continuing jurisdiction over the parties and subject
  394  matter and may enforce its orders with imposition of additional
  395  civil penalties as provided for in this section and contempt
  396  proceedings as provided by law.
  397         (5)An order approving a consent decree or granting an
  398  injunction or civil penalty pursuant to subsection (4) must
  399  include written findings of fact that describe with specificity
  400  the existence and nature of the sanctuary policy in violation of
  401  s. 908.201 and that identify each sanctuary policymaker who
  402  voted for, allowed to be implemented, or voted against repeal or
  403  prohibition of the sanctuary policy. The court shall provide a
  404  copy of the consent decree or order granting an injunction or
  405  civil penalty which contains the written findings required by
  406  this subsection to the Governor within 30 days after the date of
  407  rendition. A sanctuary policymaker identified in an order
  408  approving a consent decree or granting an injunction or civil
  409  penalty may be suspended or removed from office pursuant to
  410  general law and s. 7, Art. IV of the State Constitution.
  411         (6)A state entity, local governmental entity, or law
  412  enforcement agency ordered to pay a civil penalty pursuant to
  413  subsection (4) shall remit payment to the Chief Financial
  414  Officer, who shall deposit such payment into the General Revenue
  415  Fund.
  416         (7)Except as required by law, public funds may not be used
  417  to defend or reimburse a sanctuary policymaker or an official,
  418  representative, agent, or employee of a state entity, local
  419  governmental entity, or law enforcement agency who knowingly and
  420  willfully violates this chapter.
  421         908.303Civil cause of action for personal injury or
  422  wrongful death attributed to a sanctuary policy; trial by jury;
  423  required written findings.—
  424         (1)A person injured in this state by the tortious acts or
  425  omissions of an alien unlawfully present in the United States,
  426  or the personal representative of a person killed in this state
  427  by the tortious acts or omissions of an alien unlawfully present
  428  in the United States, has a cause of action for damages against
  429  a state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement
  430  agency in violation of ss. 908.201 and 908.202 upon proof by the
  431  greater weight of the evidence of:
  432         (a)The existence of a sanctuary policy in violation of s.
  433  908.201; and
  434         (b)1.A failure to comply with a provision of s. 908.202
  435  resulting in such alien’s having access to the person injured or
  436  killed when the tortious acts or omissions occurred; or
  437         2.A failure to comply with a provision of s. 908.204(1)(c)
  438  resulting in such alien’s having access to the person injured or
  439  killed when the tortious acts or omissions occurred.
  440         (2)A cause of action brought pursuant to subsection (1)
  441  may not be brought against a person who holds public office or
  442  who has official duties as a representative, agent, or employee
  443  of a state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement
  444  agency, including a sanctuary policymaker.
  445         (3)Trial by jury is a matter of right in an action brought
  446  under this section.
  447         (4)A final judgment entered in favor of a plaintiff in a
  448  cause of action brought pursuant to this section must include
  449  written findings of fact that describe with specificity the
  450  existence and nature of the sanctuary policy in violation of s.
  451  908.201 and that identify each sanctuary policymaker who voted
  452  for, allowed to be implemented, or voted against repeal or
  453  prohibition of the sanctuary policy. The court shall provide a
  454  copy of the final judgment containing the written findings
  455  required by this subsection to the Governor within 30 days after
  456  the date of rendition. A sanctuary policymaker identified in a
  457  final judgment may be suspended or removed from office pursuant
  458  to general law and s. 7, Art. IV of the State Constitution.
  459         (5)Except as provided in this section, this chapter does
  460  not create a private cause of action against a state entity,
  461  local governmental entity, or law enforcement agency that
  462  complies with this chapter.
  463         908.304Ineligibility for state grant funding.—
  464         (1)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a state
  465  entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement agency
  466  shall be ineligible to receive funding from nonfederal grant
  467  programs administered by state agencies that receive funding
  468  from the General Appropriations Act for a period of 5 years from
  469  the date of adjudication that such state entity, local
  470  governmental entity, or law enforcement agency had in effect a
  471  sanctuary policy in violation of this chapter.
  472         (2)The Chief Financial Officer shall be notified by the
  473  state attorney of an adjudicated violation of this chapter by a
  474  state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement
  475  agency and be provided with a copy of the final court
  476  injunction, order, or judgment. Upon receiving such notice, the
  477  Chief Financial Officer shall timely inform all state agencies
  478  that administer nonfederal grant funding of the adjudicated
  479  violation by the state entity, local governmental entity, or law
  480  enforcement agency and direct such agencies to cancel all
  481  pending grant applications and enforce the ineligibility of such
  482  entity for the prescribed period.
  483         (3)This subsection does not apply to:
  484         (a)Funding that is received as a result of an
  485  appropriation to a specifically named state entity, local
  486  governmental entity, or law enforcement agency in the General
  487  Appropriations Act or other law.
  488         (b)Grants awarded before the date of adjudication that
  489  such state entity, local governmental entity, or law enforcement
  490  agency had in effect a sanctuary policy in violation of this
  491  chapter.
  492                               PART IV                             
  493                            MISCELLANEOUS                          
  494         908.401Education records.—This chapter does not apply to
  495  the release of information contained in education records of an
  496  educational agency or institution, except in conformity with the
  497  Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. s.
  498  1232g.
  499         908.402Discrimination prohibited.—A state entity, a local
  500  governmental entity, or a law enforcement agency, or a person
  501  employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of such
  502  an entity, may not base any actions under this chapter on the
  503  gender, race, religion, national origin, or physical disability
  504  of a person except to the extent authorized by the United States
  505  Constitution or the State Constitution.
  506         Section 3. A sanctuary policy, as defined in s. 908.102,
  507  Florida Statutes, as created by this act, that is in effect on
  508  the effective date of this act must be repealed within 90 days
  509  after that date.
  510         Section 4. Except for sections 908.302 and 908.303, Florida
  511  Statutes, as created by this act, which shall take effect
  512  October 1, 2018, this act shall take effect July 1, 2018.