§ 8.063, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 8. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
Limitations on actions challenging congressional districts.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) Actions challenging the state’s congressional districts on state constitutional or state law grounds shall be brought exclusively in state court.
(2) A state court action challenging the state’s congressional districts may raise any state constitutional or state law claims, and any federal constitutional or federal law claims, regarding the state’s congressional districts that are within the jurisdiction of the circuit court.
(3) Nothing within this section shall be construed to preclude federal courts from deciding actions challenging the state’s congressional districts on federal constitutional or federal law grounds.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 8, ch. 2022-265.
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