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Feds: Fla. Law Interferes With Regulations For Cuba

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The Associated Press

Published: March 22, 2009

MIAMI - The U.S. Justice Department says a Florida law that would make it more expensive for travel agents to book trips to Cuba interferes with existing federal regulations.

The Justice Department handed down its opinion Friday. The 35-page report also notes that the state law interferes with the U.S. government to speak "with one voice in foreign affairs."

The Florida Legislature passed the Sellers of Travel Act last year. It would require travel agencies selling trips to Cuba to post a $250,000 bond with the state and pay up to $2,500 in annual registration fees.

In July, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing Florida from enforcing the law. The judge said the law was likely unconstitutional.

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