State won't enforce Fla. Cuba contracts law

Posted on Thursday, 09.05.13



State won't enforce Fla. Cuba contracts law

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS



MIAMI -- The state of Florida has agreed not enforce a law — ruled

unconstitutional by federal courts — that tried to ban companies from

bidding on government contracts if they also do business in Cuba or Syria.



The Florida Department of Transportation confirmed Thursday that it will

not contest the June ruling by a federal appeals court.



The Miami Herald (http://goo.gl/1Ujkfe ) reports that FDOT and Odebrecht

USA — the Coral Gables-based firm that challenged the law — agreed last

month to allow the federal trial court that struck down the legislation

last year to enter a permanent injunction against the law. A preliminary

injunction had been in place since June 2012.



Odebrecht is a subsidiary of a Brazilian company that has another unit

doing work in Cuba's port of Mariel.



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