| 17 | | - | legislative findings; defining the term "presidential 4 |
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| 18 | | - | library"; prohibiting counties, municipalities, or 5 |
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| 19 | | - | other political subdivisions from adopting or 6 |
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| 20 | | - | enforcing certain local ordinances, regulations, 7 |
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| 21 | | - | rules, or policies regarding presidential libraries 8 |
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| 22 | | - | unless authorized by federal law; providing an 9 |
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| 23 | | - | effective date. 10 |
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| 24 | | - | 11 |
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| 25 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 |
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| 26 | | - | 13 |
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| 27 | | - | Section 1. Section 257.51, Florida Statutes, is created to 14 |
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| 28 | | - | read: 15 |
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| 29 | | - | 257.51 Regulation of presidential libraries. — 16 |
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| 30 | | - | (1) The Legislature finds that presidential libraries are 17 |
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| 31 | | - | unique national institutions designated to house, preserve, and 18 |
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| 32 | | - | make accessible the records of former presidents. 19 |
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| 33 | | - | (2) As used in this section, the term "presidential 20 |
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| 34 | | - | library" means an institution administered or designated under 21 |
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| 35 | | - | the Presidential Libraries Act, as amended, Pub. L. No. 99 -323, 22 |
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| 36 | | - | established for the preservation and accessibility of 23 |
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| 37 | | - | presidential records and related historical materials. 24 |
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| 38 | | - | (3) A county, municipality, or other political subdivision 25 |
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| 17 | + | legislative findings; preempting to the state all 4 |
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| 18 | + | regulatory authority over the establishment, 5 |
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| 19 | + | maintenance, activities, and operations of 6 |
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| 20 | + | presidential libraries; deferring such regulatory 7 |
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| 21 | + | authority to the Federal Government; defining the term 8 |
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| 22 | + | "presidential library"; prohibiting counties, 9 |
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| 23 | + | municipalities, or other pol itical subdivisions from 10 |
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| 24 | + | enacting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, rule, 11 |
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| 25 | + | or other measure regarding presidential libraries 12 |
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| 26 | + | unless authorized by federal law; providing an 13 |
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| 27 | + | effective date. 14 |
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| 28 | + | 15 |
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| 29 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida : 16 |
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| 30 | + | 17 |
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| 31 | + | Section 1. Section 257.51, Florida Statutes, is created to 18 |
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| 32 | + | read: 19 |
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| 33 | + | 257.51 Preemption of regulation of presidential 20 |
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| 34 | + | libraries.— 21 |
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| 35 | + | (1) The Legislature finds that presidential libraries are 22 |
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| 36 | + | unique national institutions designated to house, preserve, an d 23 |
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| 37 | + | make accessible the records of former presidents. This section 24 |
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| 38 | + | preempts to the state all regulation of the establishment, 25 |
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| 51 | | - | of the state may not adopt or enforce a local ordinance, 26 |
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| 52 | | - | regulation, rule, or policy that prohibits, restricts, 27 |
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| 53 | | - | regulates, or otherwise limits the establishment, maintenance, 28 |
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| 54 | | - | or operation of a presidential library or impose any requirement 29 |
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| 55 | | - | or restriction thereon, except as otherwise authorized by 30 |
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| 56 | | - | federal law. 31 |
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| 57 | | - | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 32 |
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| 51 | + | maintenance, activities, and operations of any presidential 26 |
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| 52 | + | library within its jurisdiction and defers regulation of such 27 |
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| 53 | + | institutions to the Federal Government. 28 |
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| 54 | + | (2) As used in this section, the term "presidential 29 |
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| 55 | + | library" means an institution administered or designated under 30 |
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| 56 | + | the Presidential Libraries Act, as amended, Pub. L. No. 99 -323, 31 |
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| 57 | + | established for the preservation and accessib ility of 32 |
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| 58 | + | presidential records and related historical materials. 33 |
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| 59 | + | (3) A county, a municipality, or another political 34 |
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| 60 | + | subdivision of this state may not enact or enforce any 35 |
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| 61 | + | ordinance, resolution, rule, or other measure governing the 36 |
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| 62 | + | establishment, maintenan ce, or operation of a presidential 37 |
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| 63 | + | library or impose any requirement or restriction thereon, except 38 |
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| 64 | + | as otherwise authorized by federal law. 39 |
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| 65 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 40 |
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