Bill Text: FL H0849 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public Display of a Noose

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Public Safety & Domestic Security Policy (CCJP) [H0849 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0849-Introduced.html

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HB 849

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the public display of a noose; creating
3	s. 876.211, F.S.; prohibiting a person from placing a
4	noose in a public place, on the property of another
5	without first obtaining the written permission of the
6	owner or occupier of the property, or in an exhibit of any
7	kind with the intention of intimidating another person;
8	providing circumstances under which the provisions of the
9	act apply; providing that a person who violates the act
10	commits a misdemeanor of the first degree; providing
11	criminal penalties; providing an effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1. Section 876.211, Florida Statutes, is created
16	to read:
17	876.211 Prohibition against public display of a noose;
18	exceptions; penalty.-
19	(1) A person may not place a noose or cause a noose to be
20	placed:
21	(a) In a public place in this state.
22	(b) On the property of another person in this state
23	without first obtaining the written permission of the owner or
24	occupier of the property.
25	(c) In an exhibit of any kind with the intention of
26	intimidating another person, preventing another person from
27	doing any act that is lawful, or causing another person to do
28	any act that is unlawful.
29	(2) Subsection (1) applies only if the person placed or
30	exhibited the noose with the intent to:
31	(a) Deprive another person or class of persons of the
32	equal protection of the laws of this state or of equal
33	privileges and immunities under the laws of this state or for
34	the purpose of preventing the constituted authorities of this
35	state or any subdivision thereof from, or hindering them in,
36	giving or securing to all persons within this state the equal
37	protection of the laws of this state;
38	(b) By force or threat of force, injure, intimidate, or
39	interfere with another person because of the person's exercise
40	of any right secured by federal, state, or local law or to
41	intimidate another person or class of persons from exercising
42	any right secured by federal, state, or local law; or
43	(c) Intimidate, threaten, abuse, or harass another person.
44	(3) A person who violates subsection (1) commits a
45	misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
46	775.082 or s. 775.083.
47	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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