Florida Bill Would Make Taking a Photo of a Farm a Felony

[Toro]

Verbatim

Florida Senate - 2011 SB 1246
By Senator Norman
12-01071A-11 20111246__

A bill to be entitled
1 An act relating to farms; prohibiting a person from
2 entering onto a farm or photographing or video
3 recording a farm without the owner’s written consent;
4 providing a definition; providing penalties; providing
5 an effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
8
9 Section 1. (1) A person who enters onto a farm or other
10 property where legitimate agriculture operations are being
11 conducted without the written consent of the owner, or an
12 authorized representative of the owner, commits a felony of the
13 first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
14 or s. 775.084, Florida Statutes.
15 (2) A person who photographs, video records, or otherwise
16 produces images or pictorial records, digital or otherwise, at
17 or of a farm or other property where legitimate agriculture
18 operations are being conducted without the written consent of
19 the owner, or an authorized representative of the owner, commits
20 a felony of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.
21 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, Florida Statutes.
22 (3) As used in this section, the term “farm” includes any
23 tract of land cultivated for the purpose of agricultural
24 production, the raising and breeding of domestic animals, or the
25 storage of a commodity.
26
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1246/BillText/Filed/PDF

My adopted state!

 

[Oddball]

I wonder how they'll plan on enforcing this with Google Earth.

 

[xsited1]

Don't be recording farm laborer abuse. Just don't.

 

[The T]

*idiocy*

 

[Toro]

The bill outlaws entering a farm and taking a picture without the owner's permission. I can see trespassing, but I can't see banning photographing and filming.

It's to stop PETA from sneaking onto farms to record abusive practices.

 

[Intense]

Pretty Fucked up no matter how you slice it. Just waking up to Living in a Police State for some. A law for everything and everything against the law.

 

[bodecea]

Must be the Soylent Green farms.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

...pledge.......united states......one nation, under surveillance.......with liberty and justice......for who?

 

[Intense]

...pledge.......united states......one nation, under surveillance.......with liberty and justice......for who?

one nation, under surveillance.......

By Google Earth

 

[The T]

Pretty Fucked up no matter how you slice it. Just waking up to Living in a Police State for some. A law for everything and everything against the law.

And scary as Hell...and the guy foisting it is a Republican?

He should be ashamed of himself. He sure isn't a Conservative.

 

[xotoxi]

I wonder if "The Land" in Epcot Center is considered a farm?

 

[The T]

What a tangled web some weave. Liberty? What's that?

 

[The T]

I wonder if "The Land" in Epcot Center is considered a farm?

No kidding...Shit why not expand it?