Employer Immunity from Civil Liability; Providing employers with immunity from civil liability for actions taken against a current or prospective employee under certain circumstances, etc.
Unauthorized Aliens; Prohibits unauthorized aliens from receiving certain licensing or certification, financial assistance, & claim reimbursement; requires certain procedures, instruction, & testing to be conducted in English; prohibits alternate language accommodations; requires employers & licensees to verify employment eligibility & citizenship status, respectively, before taking certain actions; provides civil cause of action & criminal penalty; provides penalties; authorizes certain complaints; requires Office of Financial Regulation to conduct random audits; creates rebuttable presumption against unauthorized out-of-state drivers; provides exemptions & standard of proof; provides requirements for law enforcement officers, DHSMV, insurers, & OIR; provides administrative penalties; authorizes private cause of action; prohibits certain financial institutions from accepting certain forms of personal identification.
Unauthorized Aliens; Prohibiting the Department of Financial Services from issuing a license or certification to unauthorized aliens; authorizing a county to require a borrower to provide proof of being lawfully present in the United States; authorizing the Division of Risk Management to approve or deny claims relating to a minor who is an unauthorized alien; requiring that certain procedures, instruction, and testing be conducted in English; prohibiting certain entities and corporations from providing down payment assistance to unauthorized aliens, etc.
Foreign Students Enrolled in Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Requiring Florida College System institutions and state universities to limit the number of enrolled students who are citizens of a foreign country and who are not permanent residents of the United States to a specified percentage of students enrolled at the institution or university, etc.
Fee Waivers; Specifies that requirement for certain universities, colleges, career centers, & charter technical career centers to waive out-of-state fees for certain students applies to students who are undocumented for federal immigration purposes.
Education; Requiring each Florida College System institution and state university to waive tuition and fees for members of the Florida State Guard if certain conditions are met; prohibiting a Florida College System institution or state university from admitting a student who is not a citizen of the United States or lawfully present therein; revising eligibility requirements for the Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education (GATE) Program; prohibiting a Florida College System institution or state university from imposing certain graduation requirements; revising conditions for a student to meet the definition of homeless children and youths for purposes of tuition and fee exemptions, etc.
Immigration; Revising the duties and responsibilities of the Office of Economic Accountability and Transparency within the Department of Commerce; revising penalties, including suspension and revocation of certain licenses and the imposition of fines, for violating provisions related to employing unauthorized aliens; requiring that such fines be deposited into a specified trust fund; requiring that all private employers, rather than only those employing a specified number or more of employees, use the E-Verify system to verify a new employee’s employment eligibility, etc.
Commercial Motor Vehicles Operated by Unauthorized Aliens; Provides requirements for commercial motor vehicle operators; requires sworn law enforcement officers with certain authority to take into custody persons determined to be unauthorized aliens operating commercial motor vehicles & facilitate transfer of such persons into custody of federal immigration agency; requires impoundment & removal of commercial motor vehicle; requires such officers to immediately provide certain notification & information to FHP; provides that motor carriers are liable for certain civil penalties; prohibits release of certain impounded commercial motor vehicles unless certain penalties are paid or bonds are posted & certain costs are paid; requires Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement to issue certain out-of-service orders; authorizes office to issue such orders to & impose civil penalties upon motor carriers; provides that certain motor carriers are subject to certain penalties; requires approval of such orders by director of Division of FHP or his or her designee; provides circumstances under which such orders may be removed; provides for payment of certain penalties to CFO, who shall credit funds to State Transportation Trust Fund for distribution to FHP to fund certain training & technology.
Employment Eligibility; Requiring that all private employers, rather than only those employing more than a specified number of employees, use the E-Verify system to verify a new employee’s employment eligibility beginning on a specified date, etc.
Fee Waivers; Specifying that a requirement for certain universities, colleges, career centers, and charter technical career centers to waive out-of-state fees for certain students applies to students who are undocumented for federal immigration purposes, etc.
