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Article: Bill expands AG's civil rights power.
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- June 1, 2003
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Attorney General Charlie Crist would welcome expanded power to investigate and take civil action against civil rights discrimination, if a bill revived during the special session becomes law.
"I think this is very important, significant legislation that really brings Florida into the modern era," Crist said of SB-46A sponsored by Sen. Alex Villalobos, R-Miami, and Rep. Jeffrey Kottkamp, R-Cape Coral, both lawyers who chair the Judiciary Committee in their respective chambers.
Crist sited several high-profile cases - Thai Tony, a South Florida restaurant that only added automatic tips to the checks of African-American patrons; Adams Mark hotel chain that ...