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Florida House Bill H0677

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to judicial notice; creating s. 2
1616 90.2035, F.S.; authorizing courts to take judicial 3
1717 notice of certain information taken from widely 4
1818 accepted web mapping services, global satellite 5
1919 imaging sites, or Internet mapping tools upon request 6
2020 of a party; requiring parties intending to offer such 7
2121 information in evidence to file notice of such intent 8
2222 containing specified information; authorizing parties 9
23-to object to the court taking judicial notice of such 10
24-information; creating a rebuttable presumption in 11
25-civil cases; providing jury instructions for criminal 12
26-cases; providing construction; providing an effective 13
27-date. 14
23+to object to the court's taking judicial notice of 10
24+such information; creating a rebuttable presumption; 11
25+providing construction; providing an effective date. 12
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27+Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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29-Be It Enacted by the Legi slature of the State of Florida: 16
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31- Section 1. Section 90.2035, Florida Statutes, is created 18
32-to read: 19
33- 90.2035 Judicial notice of information taken from web 20
34-mapping services, global satellite imaging sites, or Internet 21
35-mapping tools.— 22
36- (1)(a) Upon request of a party, a court may take judicial 23
37-notice of an image, map, location, distance, calculation, or 24
38-other information taken from a widely accepted web mapping 25
29+ Section 1. Section 90.2035, Florida Statutes, is created 16
30+to read: 17
31+ 90.2035 Judicial notice of information taken from web 18
32+mapping services, global satellite imaging sites, or Internet 19
33+mapping tools.— 20
34+ (1)(a) Upon request of a party, a court may take judicial 21
35+notice of an image, map, locatio n, distance, calculation, or 22
36+other information taken from a widely accepted web mapping 23
37+service, global satellite imaging site, or Internet mapping 24
38+tool, if such image, map, location, distance, calculation, or 25
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51-service, global satellite imaging site, or Internet mapping 26
52-tool, if such image, map, location , distance, calculation, or 27
53-other information indicates the date on which the information 28
54-was created. 29
55- (b) A party intending to offer such information in 30
56-evidence at trial or at a hearing must file notice of such 31
57-intent within a reasonable time, or as de fined by court order, 32
58-which notice must include a copy of the information and specify 33
59-the Internet address or pathway where such information may be 34
60-accessed and inspected. 35
61- (2)(a) A party may object to the court taking judicial 36
62-notice of the image, map, l ocation, distance, calculation, or 37
63-other information taken from a widely accepted web mapping 38
64-service, global satellite imaging site, or Internet mapping tool 39
65-within a reasonable time or as defined by court order. 40
66- (b) In civil cases there is a rebuttable presumption that 41
67-information sought to be judicially noticed pursuant to this 42
68-section should be judicially noticed. The rebuttable presumption 43
69-may be overcome if the court finds by the greater weight of the 44
70-evidence that the information does not fairly an d accurately 45
71-portray what it is being offered to prove or that it otherwise 46
72-should not be admitted into evidence under the Florida Evidence 47
73-Code. 48
74- (c) If the court overrules the objection, the court must 49
75-take judicial notice of the information and admit t he 50
51+other information indicates the date on which the information 26
52+was created. 27
53+ (b) A party intending to offer such information in 28
54+evidence at trial or at a hearing must file notice of such 29
55+intent within a reasonable time, or as defined by court order, 30
56+which notice must include a copy of the information and specify 31
57+the Internet address or pathway where such information may be 32
58+accessed and inspected. 33
59+ (2)(a) A party may object to the court's taking judicial 34
60+notice of the image, map, location, distance, calculation, or 35
61+other information taken from a widely accepted web mapping 36
62+service, global satellite imaging site, or Internet mapping tool 37
63+within a reasonable time or as defined by court order. 38
64+ (b) There is a rebuttable presumption that information 39
65+sought to be judicially noticed pursuant to this section should 40
66+be judicially noticed. The rebuttable presumption may be 41
67+overcome if the court finds by the greater weight of the 42
68+evidence that the information does not fairly and accurately 43
69+portray what it is being offered to prove or that it otherwise 44
70+should not be admitted into evidence under the Florida Evidence 45
71+Code. 46
72+ (c) If the court overrules the objection, the court must 47
73+take judicial notice of the information and admit the 48
74+information into evidence. 49
75+ (3) This section does not affect, expand, or limit 50
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89- (3) In criminal cases the court must instruct the jury 52
90-that it may or may not accept the noticed fact as conclusive. 53
91- (4) This section does not affect, expand, or limit 54
92-standards for any matters that may otherwise be judici ally 55
93-noticed. 56
94- Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 57
88+standards for any matters that may otherwise be judicially 51
89+noticed. 52
90+ Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 53