Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 209, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Latvala moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 34 and 35
    4  insert:
    5         1. As used in this paragraph, the term “in the act of
    6  evacuating” means any of the following actions by a person
    7  within the 24 hours after the issuance of a mandatory evacuation
    8  order:
    9         a. Leaving his or her residence and traveling to and
   10  reaching the geographical limits of the area under mandatory
   11  evacuation where the person reasonably and safely has the
   12  ability to properly store the transported weapon or firearm
   13  pursuant to this chapter.
   14         b. Leaving his or her residence and traveling to and
   15  reaching a place within the geographical limits of the mandatory
   16  evacuation area where the person reasonably and safely has the
   17  ability to properly store the transported weapon or firearm
   18  pursuant to this chapter.
   19         2. This paragraph does not preempt any other provision of
   20  law related to possession or transport of a weapon or firearm in
   21  chapter 252, this chapter, or chapter 870, or possession of a
   22  firearm in a public shelter.
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   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 7
   27  and insert:
   28         during a declared state of emergency; defining the
   29         term “in the act of evacuating”; providing
   30         applicability; providing an