Florida HB 1001: Vessels

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to official actions of local 2
governments; creating ss. 125.595 and 166.04971, F.S.; 3
providing definitions; prohibiting counties and 4
municipalities, respectively, from funding or 5
promoting or taking official action as it relates to 6
diversity, equity, and inclusion; providing that 7
certain ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, 8
programs, and policies are void; prohibiting counties 9
and municipalities, respectively, from expending funds 10
for diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or for 11
diversity, equity, and inclusion officers; providing 12
that a county commissioner, a member of the governing 13
body of a municipality, or any other county or 14
municipal official acting in an official capacity who 15
violates certain provisions commits misfeasance or 16
malfeasance in office; prohibiting counties and 17
municipalities, respectively, from providing or 18
authorizing funds to be used to promote diversity, 19
equity, and inclusion initiatives; authorizing a cause 20
of action against counties and municipalities, 21
respectively; authorizing a court to enter a judgment 22
awarding certain relief, damages, and costs; providing 23
construction and applicability; creating s. 287.139, 24
F.S.; requiring potential recipients of county or 25

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municipal contracts or grants to make a certain 26
certification to the county or municipality before 27
being awarded such contract or grant; providing 28
applicability; providing an effective date. 29
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 31
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Section 1. Section 125.595, Florida Statutes, is created 33
to read: 34
125.595 Prohibition of official actions of counties 35
relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion; penalty; remedy.— 36
(1) For purposes of this section, the term: 37
(a) "Acting in an official capacity" means performing or 38
purporting to perform a function, duty, or responsibility 39
assigned by law, rule, or policy to a public officer or public 40
employee, or otherwise exercising or claiming to exercise the 41
authority of such office or employment. 42
(b) "Diversity, equity, and inclusion" means any effort 43
to: 44
1. Manipulate or otherwise influence the composition of 45
employees with reference to race, color, sex, ethnicity, gender 46
identity, or sexual orientation other than to ensure that hiring 47
is conducted in accordance with state and federal 48
antidiscrimination laws; 49

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2. Promote or provide preferential treatment or special 50
benefits to a person or group based on that person's or group's 51
race, color, sex, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual 52
orientation; or 53
3. Promote or adopt training, programming, or activities 54
designed or implemented with reference to race, color, sex, 55
ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation. 56
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The term does not include the use of equal opportunity or equal 58
employment opportunity materials designed to inform a person 59
about the prohibition against discrimination based on protected 60
status under state or federal law. 61
(c) "Diversity, equity, and inclusion office" means any 62
office, division, department, agency, center, or other unit of a 63
county which coordinates, creates, develops, designs, 64
implements, organizes, plans, or promotes policies, programming, 65
training, practices, meetings, activities, procedures, or 66
similar actions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion. 67
(d) "Diversity, equity, and inclusion officer" means a 68
person who is a full-time or part-time employee of, or an 69
independent contractor contracted by, a county whose duties 70
include coordinating, creating, developing, designing, 71
implementing, organizing, planning, or promoting policies, 72
programming, training, practices, meetings, activities, 73

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procedures, or similar actions relating to diversity, equity, 74
and inclusion. 75
(2) A county may not fund or promote, directly or 76
indirectly, or take any official action, including, but not 77
limited to, the adoption or enforcement of ordinances, 78
resolutions, rules, regulations, programs, or policies, as it 79
relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Any such existing 80
ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, programs, or 81
policies are void. 82
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