Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 296
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Domestic Security (Evers) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 790.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         790.01 Unlicensed carrying of concealed weapons or
    8  concealed firearms.—
    9         (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) (4), a person who
   10  is not licensed under s. 790.06 and who carries a concealed
   11  weapon or electric weapon or device on or about his or her
   12  person commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
   13  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
   14         (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person who is
   15  not licensed under s. 790.06 and who carries a concealed firearm
   16  on or about his or her person commits a felony of the third
   17  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
   18  775.084.
   19         (3) This section does not apply to: a person licensed to
   20  carry a concealed weapon or a concealed firearm pursuant to the
   21  provisions of s. 790.06.
   22         (a) A person who carries a concealed weapon, or a person
   23  who may lawfully possess a firearm and who carries a concealed
   24  firearm, on or about his or her person while in the act of
   25  complying with a mandatory evacuation order issued during a
   26  state of emergency declared by the Governor pursuant to chapter
   27  252 or declared by a local authority pursuant to chapter 870.
   28         (b)(4) It is not a violation of this section for A person
   29  who carries to carry for purposes of lawful self-defense, in a
   30  concealed manner:
   31         1.(a) A self-defense chemical spray.
   32         2.(b) A nonlethal stun gun or dart-firing stun gun or other
   33  nonlethal electric weapon or device that is designed solely for
   34  defensive purposes.
   35         (4)(5) This section does not preclude any prosecution for
   36  the use of an electric weapon or device, a dart-firing stun gun,
   37  or a self-defense chemical spray during the commission of any
   38  criminal offense under s. 790.07, s. 790.10, s. 790.23, or s.
   39  790.235, or for any other criminal offense.
   40         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.
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   42  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   43  And the title is amended as follows:
   44         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   45  and insert:
   46                        A bill to be entitled                      
   47         An act relating to carrying a concealed weapon or a
   48         concealed firearm; amending s. 790.01, F.S.; providing
   49         an exemption from criminal penalties for carrying a
   50         concealed weapon or a concealed firearm while in the
   51         act of complying with a mandatory evacuation order
   52         during a declared state of emergency; providing an
   53         effective date.