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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to judicial notice; creating s. 2
90.2035, F.S.; authorizing courts to take judicial 3
notice of certain information taken from widely 4
accepted web mapping services, global satellite 5
imaging sites, or Internet mapping tools upon request 6
of a party; requiring parties intending to offer such 7
information in evidence to file notice of such intent 8
containing specified information; authorizing parties 9
to object to the court's taking judicial notice of 10
such information; creating a rebuttable presumption; 11
providing construction; providing an effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Section 90.2035, Florida Statutes, is created 16
to read: 17
90.2035 Judicial notice of information taken from web 18
mapping services, global satellite imaging sites, or Internet 19
mapping tools.— 20
(1)(a) Upon request of a party, a court may take judicial 21
notice of an image, map, locatio n, distance, calculation, or 22
other information taken from a widely accepted web mapping 23
service, global satellite imaging site, or Internet mapping 24
tool, if such image, map, location, distance, calculation, or 25
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other information indicates the date on which the information 26
was created. 27
(b) A party intending to offer such information in 28
evidence at trial or at a hearing must file notice of such 29
intent within a reasonable time, or as defined by court order, 30
which notice must include a copy of the information and specify 31
the Internet address or pathway where such information may be 32
accessed and inspected. 33
(2)(a) A party may object to the court's taking judicial 34
notice of the image, map, location, distance, calculation, or 35
other information taken from a widely accepted web mapping 36
service, global satellite imaging site, or Internet mapping tool 37
within a reasonable time or as defined by court order. 38
(b) There is a rebuttable presumption that information 39
sought to be judicially noticed pursuant to this section should 40
be judicially noticed. The rebuttable presumption may be 41
overcome if the court finds by the greater weight of the 42
evidence that the information does not fairly and accurately 43
portray what it is being offered to prove or that it otherwise 44
should not be admitted into evidence under the Florida Evidence 45
Code. 46
(c) If the court overrules the objection, the court must 47
take judicial notice of the information and admit the 48
information into evidence. 49
(3) This section does not affect, expand, or limit 50
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standards for any matters that may otherwise be judicially 51
noticed. 52
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 53