SC04-990 - City Of Hollywood v. Colon Bernard Mulligan

State: Florida

Docket No: SC04-990 -

Case Date: 07/06/2006

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____________ No. SC04-990 ____________ CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, Petitioner, vs. COLON BERNARD MULLIGAN, Respondent. [July 6, 2006] BELL, J. The Fourth District Court of Appeal has certified the following question to us as one of great public importance: Does the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act preempt local governments from adopting ordinances imposing forfeiture of personal property for misdemeanor offenses? Mulligan v. City of Hollywood, 871 So. 2d 249, 257 (Fla. 4th DCA 2003).1 The Fourth District answered this question in the affirmative. We rephrase the question as follows: Does the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act (FCFA), sections 932.701-.707, Florida Statutes (2002), preempt a municipality from

1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V,

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