Section 760.01 - Purposes; construction; title(1) Sections 760.01 - 760.11 and 509.092 shall be cited as the "Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992."(2) The general purposes of the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 are to secure for all individuals within the state freedom from discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, handicap, or marital status and thereby to protect their interest in personal dignity, to make available to the state their full productive capacities, to secure the state against domestic strife and unrest, to preserve the public safety, health, and general welfare, and to promote the interests, rights, and privileges of individuals within the state.(3) The Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992 shall be construed according to the fair import of its terms and shall be liberally construed to further the general purposes stated in this section and the special purposes of the particular provision involved.s. 1, ch. 69-287; s. 1, ch. 72-48; s. 1, ch. 77-341; s.1, ch. 92-177; s.4, ch. 92-282; s.2, ch. 2015-68.Amended by 2015 Fla. Laws, ch. 68, s 2, eff. 7/1/2015.Former ss. 13.201, 23.161.