Florida SB 1134: Individual Wine Containers

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Official Actions of Local Governments 
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Prohibiting counties and municipalities, respectively, from funding or promoting or taking official action as it relates to diversity, equity, and inclusion; providing that certain ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, programs, and policies are void; providing that a county commissioner, a member of the governing body of a municipality, or any other county or municipal official acting in an official capacity who violates certain provisions commits misfeasance or malfeasance in office, etc. 
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 2 An act relating to official actions of local 
 3 governments; creating ss. 125.595 and 166.04971, F.S.; 
 4 defining terms; prohibiting counties and 
 5 municipalities, respectively, from funding or 
 6 promoting or taking official action as it relates to 
 7 diversity, equity, and inclusion; providing that 
 8 certain ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, 
 9 programs, and policies are void; prohibiting counties 
 10 and municipalities, respectively, from expending funds 
 11 for diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or for 
 12 diversity, equity, and inclusion officers; providing 
 13 that a county commissioner, a member of the governing 
 14 body of a municipality, or any other county or 
 15 municipal official acting in an official capacity who 
 16 violates certain provisions commits misfeasance or 
 17 malfeasance in office; prohibiting counties and 
 18 municipalities, respectively, from providing or 
 19 authorizing funds to be used to promote diversity, 
 20 equity, and inclusion initiatives; authorizing a cause 
 21 of action against counties and municipalities, 
 22 respectively; authorizing a court to enter a judgment 
 23 awarding certain relief, damages, and costs; providing 
 24 construction and applicability; creating s. 287.139, 
 25 F.S.; requiring potential recipients of county or 
 26 municipal contracts or grants to make a certain 
 27 certification to the county or municipality before 
 28 being awarded such contract or grant; providing 
 29 applicability; providing an effective date. 
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 31 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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 33 Section 1. Section 125.595, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 34 read: 
 35 125.595 Prohibition of official actions of counties 
 36 relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion; penalty; remedy.— 
 37 (1) For purposes of this section, the term: 
 38 (a) “Acting in an official capacity” means performing or 
 39 purporting to perform a function, duty, or responsibility 
 40 assigned by law, rule, or policy to a public officer or public 
 41 employee, or otherwise exercising or claiming to exercise the 
 42 authority of such office or employment. 
 43 (b) “Diversity, equity, and inclusion” means any effort 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 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. 
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 57 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 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