Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 234
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/12/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Bogdanoff) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (348370) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete lines 35 - 36
    5  and insert:
    6  notwithstanding the provisions of s. 790.01. The licensee must
    7  carry the license,
    8         Between lines 164 and 165
    9  insert:
   10         Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 790.053, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         790.053 Open carrying of weapons.—
   13  (1) Except as otherwise provided by law and in subsection (2),
   14  it is unlawful for any person to openly carry on or about his or
   15  her person any firearm or electric weapon or device, except as
   16  provided in s. 790.06(1). It shall not be a violation of this
   17  section for a person who is licensed to carry a concealed
   18  firearm, and who is lawfully carrying it in a concealed manner,
   19  to accidentally or inadvertently display the firearm to the
   20  ordinary sight of another person so long as the firearm is not
   21  displayed in a rude, angry, or threatening manner.
   22  
   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24         And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete lines 3 - 5
   26  and insert:
   27         allowing the
   28         Delete line 116
   29  and insert:
   30         place in another state. amending s. 790.053, F.S.;
   31         providing that person in compliance with the terms of
   32         a concealed carry license is not in violation of s.
   33         790.053(1), F.S. when the concealed firearm is
   34         accidentally or inadvertently displayed to the
   35         ordinary sight of another person; providing an
   36         effective date.