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Florida Civil Rights Code Section 761.05 - Religious Freedom - Applicability; construction.

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Title XLIV   CIVIL RIGHTS

Chapter 761   RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

761.05  Applicability; construction.--

(1)  This act applies to all state law, and the implementation of that law, whether statutory or otherwise, and whether adopted before or after the enactment of this act.

(2)  State law adopted after the date of the enactment of this act is subject to this act unless such law explicitly excludes such application by reference to this act.

(3)  Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the government to burden any religious belief.

(4)  Nothing in this act shall be construed to circumvent the provisions of chapter 893.

(5)  Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect, interpret, or in any way address that portion of s. 3, Art. I of the State Constitution prohibiting laws respecting the establishment of religion.

(6)  Nothing in this act shall create any rights by an employee against an employer if the employer is not a governmental agency.

(7)  Nothing in this act shall be construed to affect, interpret, or in any way address that portion of s. 3, Art. I of the State Constitution and the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the establishment of religion. This act shall not be construed to permit any practice prohibited by those provisions.

History.--s. 5, ch. 98-412.

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Last modified: November 21, 2006