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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Florida Commission on Human 2
Relations; amending s. 760.11, F.S.; removing the 3
requirement that the Florida Commission on Human 4
Relations send certain information to certain persons 5
by registered mail; making technical changes; 6
providing an effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 760.11, 11
Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 12
760.11 Administrative and civil remedies; construction. — 13
(1) Any person aggrieved by a violation of ss. 760.01 -14
760.10 may file a complaint with the commission within 365 days 15
after of the alleged violation, naming the employer, employment 16
agency, labor organization, or joint labor -management committee, 17
or, in the case of an alleged violation of s. 760.10(5), the 18
person responsible for the violation and describing the 19
violation. Any person aggrieved by a violation of s. 509.092 may 20
file a complaint with the commission within 365 days after of 21
the alleged violation naming the person responsible for the 22
violation and describing the violation. The commission, a 23
commissioner, or the Attorney General may in like manner file 24
such a complaint. On the same day the complaint is filed with 25
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the commission, the commission shall clearly stamp on the face 26
of the complaint the date the complaint was filed with the 27
commission. In lieu of filing the complaint with the commission, 28
a complaint under this section may be filed with the federal 29
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or with any unit of 30
government of the state which is a fair -employment-practice 31
agency under 29 C.F.R. ss. 1601.70 -1601.80. If the date the 32
complaint is filed is cl early stamped on the face of the 33
complaint, that date is the date of filing. The date the 34
complaint is filed with the commission for purposes of this 35
section is the earliest date of filing with the Equal Employment 36
Opportunity Commission, the fair -employment-practice agency, or 37
the commission. The complaint must shall contain a short and 38
plain statement of the facts describing the violation and the 39
relief sought. The commission may require additional information 40
to be in the complaint. The commission, withi n 5 days after of 41
the complaint being filed, shall by registered mail send a copy 42
of the complaint to the person who allegedly committed the 43
violation. The person who allegedly committed the violation may 44
file an answer to the complaint within 25 days after of the date 45
the complaint was filed with the commission. Any answer filed 46
must shall be mailed to the aggrieved person by the person 47
filing the answer. Both the complaint and the answer must shall 48
be verified. 49
(3) Except as provided in subsection (2), the commission 50
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shall investigate the allegations in the complaint. Within 180 51
days after of the filing of the complaint, the commission shall 52
determine if there is reasonable cause to believe that 53
discriminatory practice has occurred in violation of the Fl orida 54
Civil Rights Act of 1992. When the commission determines whether 55
or not there is reasonable cause, the commission by registered 56
mail shall promptly notify the aggrieved person and the 57
respondent of the reasonable cause determination, the date of 58
such determination, and the options available under this 59
section. 60
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 61