ALEXANDRIA, VA - koi ʻo ASTA i ka lanakila i kāna mau hana e kāpae i nā hoʻololi hou i ka Florida Sellers of Travel Law, ma ke ʻano he lunakanawai pekelala ma Miami i kēia lā i hoʻoholo ʻia e hoʻolaha ʻia nā kapu hou e pili ana i ke Kumukanawai a pāpā ʻia ka mokuʻāina mai ka hoʻokō ʻana iā lākou.

"Kākoʻo kēia kānāwai i ka hiki i nā ʻākena o Florida ke kūʻai manuahi aku i nā huakaʻi a hiki ke kau ʻia i kahi ukana pili kālā a me nā hoʻopaʻi ma luna o lākou pū kekahi," wahi a Chris Russo, ka pelekikena a me CEO ʻo ASTA. "Ma muli o nā hana like a ASTA a me nā ʻoihana huakaʻi he 16 i pili, ua pale ʻia a ʻae ʻia ka kuleana huakaʻi."

I loko o kāna kauoha, ua hoʻopuka ka luna kānāwai ʻAmelika ʻo Alan S. Gold i kahi kauoha mua e kūʻē i ke kānāwai, e paʻa ana i ka mea i kū ʻole i ke Kumukānāwai Pekelala ma nā kumu like ʻole e pili ana i ke kauoha pekelala o nā ʻĀina ʻĀina, ke Kānāwai Supremacy, ka ʻ Commlelo Kālepa ʻ andlelo ʻĀina a me ka ʻĀina Pāʻoihana Interstate .

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gold, "Me ka hopohopo nui kaʻu e hoʻomaopopo nei i ke Kānāwai Hoʻolālā Huakaʻi - kahi i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia me nā koi no ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana, nā uku nui a me ka hoʻopaʻi feloni no ka poʻe i hoʻokō ʻole i ke kānāwai - ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka hoʻāʻo e kau i ka hoʻopaʻi hoʻokele waiwai i ka huakaʻi ʻana i nā aupuni haole i koho ʻia, ʻo ia hoʻi ka Repubalika o Cuba. Akā ke kuleana a me ka mana e kau i kēlā mau hoʻopaʻi, a e hoʻokumu i nā kulekele ʻē aʻe, ke waiho nei, ma lalo o kā mākou Kumukānāwai Pekelala, aia wale nō i loko o ke kikowaena kūʻokoʻa o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ka Pelekikena, ʻaʻole ma loko o ka aegis o ka Mokuʻāina ʻo Florida ma lalo ke kumu o ka pale ʻana o nā mea kūʻai. ”

Ua kōkua ʻo ASTA i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana ma ka waiho ʻana i amicus curiae (hoa o ka ʻaha) haʻi ʻōlelo ma ABC Charters vs. Bronson, kahi hihia i kūʻē ʻia i ka mokuʻāina o Florida e 16 mau keʻena huakaʻi e hana kūikawā ana i ka huakaʻi i Cuba. Ua kāohi ʻia ke kānāwai i hana ʻia ma Iulai 1 ma lalo o kahi kaohi kaohi manawa, hoʻonui nui ʻia nā uku hoʻopaʻa inoa, nā hoʻopaʻa palekana a me nā uku hoʻopaʻi no nā ʻoihana e kūʻai pololei aku ana i nā lāhui i koho ʻia e ka Mokuʻāina Mokuʻāina ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo mokuʻāina o ka hoʻoweliweli. ʻo ʻIrana, Suria, Cuba, Sudan a me Kōlea ʻĀkau.

Ua kākoʻo ʻo Gold i ka manaʻo o ASTA i ka hiki ākea o kēia kānāwai hiki ke hopena i ka huakaʻi ʻana i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe ma mua o Cuba, e hōʻole ana i ka ʻōlelo e pili ana kēia kānāwai i ka makemake e pale aku i nā mea kūʻai aku a e hoʻopaʻi ke kānāwai Florida i ka hana. Ua manaʻo ʻo ASTA, e like me ka poʻe hoʻopiʻi, ua haki ke kānāwai hou i nā ʻāpana he nui o ke Kumukanawai, me ke kūʻokoʻa i ka huakaʻi, ke kuleana o ke aupuni pekelala e alakaʻi i nā pilina haole a hoʻoponopono i ke kālepa me ka ʻole o ka hihia aupuni.

Ua koi ʻia nā ʻākena ʻo Florida e waiho i kahi palapala hōʻoia makahiki i ka mokuʻāina kahi e hōʻike piha ai lākou i nā kikoʻī pili pili huakaʻi e pili ana i nā lāhui i ka papa inoa hoʻoweliweli, e like me nā mea hoʻolako a me nā mea pili pono ponoʻī. No nā makahiki, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā ʻoihana huakaʻi mai nā koina inoa o Florida i hāʻawi ʻia e ʻae ʻia e ka Airlines Reporting Corp. no ʻekolu mau makahiki ma mua.

Ma lalo o nā hoʻololi hou i ka mea kūʻai aku ʻo Florida Law Travel, ua lilo nā ʻākena i kēlā hoʻokuʻu inā kūʻai aku lākou i ka huakaʻi i hoʻokahi o nā ʻāina ma ka papa inoa o ka Mokuʻāina. ʻO nā ʻākena huakaʻi ʻAmelika i kūʻai aku i kahi huakaʻi e hoʻomaka ana ma Florida i kahi mea kūʻai aku ma Florida i kekahi o nā ʻāina ʻelima i helu ʻia e koi ʻia e uku i kahi uku hoʻopaʻa inoa makahiki ma waena o $ 1,000 a $ 2,500 a koi ʻia e kau i kahi palapala hoʻokō, mai $ 100,000 a $ 250,000. Inā kū ka poʻe hana hewa i kahi uku $ 10,000 no ka hōʻike ʻole ʻana i nā hana huakaʻi i kahi lāhui i koho ʻia a kū paha i ka hewa felony kolu.

No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka hihia, e ʻoluʻolu e kipa iā ASTA.org/ELibrary; no nā hoʻokuʻu mua e pili ana i kēia hihia, e ʻoluʻolu e kipa iā ASTA.org/News.

ʻO ka mikiona o ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Huakaʻi (ASTA) ka mea e kōkua i ka ʻoihana kūʻai aku i ka huakaʻi ma o ka hōʻike kūpono, ka ʻike like a me ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka ʻoihana. Ke ʻimi nei ʻo ASTA i kahi mākeke huakaʻi kūʻai e waiwai a ulu nei a me kahi māla maikaʻi e hana ai, hoʻopukapuka a hana i ka ʻoihana.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

travel agents who sold a trip originating in Florida to a Florida consumer to any of the five countries listed would have been forced to pay an annual registration fee of between $1,000 and $2,500 and required to post a performance bond, ranging from $100,000 and $250,000.
But the right and power to impose such sanctions, and to establish foreign policy, remains, under our Federal Constitution, solely within the exclusive domain of the Congress of the United States and the President, and not within the aegis of the State of Florida under the guise of consumer protection.
Gold endorsed ASTA’s view that the expansive reach of this law could ultimately affect travel to countries other than Cuba, rejecting the claim that this law was based on a desire to protect consumers and that the Florida law would punish and interfere with business.