Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1340
       
       
       
       By Senator Sachs
       
       
       
       
       30-01226B-12                                          20121340__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to concealed weapons or firearms;
    3         amending s. 790.06, F.S.; providing that a license to
    4         carry a concealed weapon or firearm does not authorize
    5         any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a
    6         concealed weapon or firearm into a state, county,
    7         municipal, school board, constitutional officer’s, or
    8         special district office or building that primarily
    9         consists of offices for one of these entities or any
   10         combination of them or into a child care facility;
   11         providing an effective date.
   12  
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section
   16  790.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.—
   18         (12)(a) A license issued under this section does not
   19  authorize any person to openly carry a handgun or carry a
   20  concealed weapon or firearm into:
   21         1. Any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05;
   22         2. Any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station;
   23         3. Any detention facility, prison, or jail;
   24         4. Any courthouse;
   25         5. Any courtroom, except that nothing in this section would
   26  preclude a judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining
   27  who will carry a concealed weapon in his or her courtroom;
   28         6. Any state, county, municipal, school board,
   29  constitutional officer’s, or special district office or a
   30  building that primarily consists of offices for one of these
   31  entities or any combination of them;
   32         7.6. Any polling place;
   33         8.7. Any meeting of the governing body of a county, public
   34  school district, municipality, or special district;
   35         9.8. Any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof;
   36         10.9. Any school, college, or professional athletic event
   37  not related to firearms;
   38         11. Any child care facility as defined in s. 402.302;
   39         12.10. Any elementary or secondary school facility or
   40  administration building;
   41         13.11. Any career center;
   42         14.12. Any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense
   43  alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, which
   44  portion of the establishment is primarily devoted to such
   45  purpose;
   46         15.13. Any college or university facility unless the
   47  licensee is a registered student, employee, or faculty member of
   48  such college or university and the weapon is a stun gun or
   49  nonlethal electric weapon or device designed solely for
   50  defensive purposes and the weapon does not fire a dart or
   51  projectile;
   52         16.14. The inside of the passenger terminal and sterile
   53  area of any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited
   54  from carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm
   55  is encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as
   56  baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or
   57         17.15. Any place where the carrying of firearms is
   58  prohibited by federal law.
   59         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.