Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 296
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Brandes moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 29 - 47
    4  and insert:
    5  (a) A person who carries a concealed weapon, or a person who may
    6  lawfully possess a firearm and who carries a concealed firearm,
    7  on or about his or her person while in the act of evacuating
    8  during a mandatory evacuation order issued during a state of
    9  emergency declared by the Governor pursuant to chapter 252 or
   10  declared by a local authority pursuant to chapter 870.
   11         (b)(4) It is not a violation of this section for A person
   12  who carries to carry for purposes of lawful self-defense, in a
   13  concealed manner:
   14         1.(a) A self-defense chemical spray.
   15         2.(b) A nonlethal stun gun or dart-firing stun gun or other
   16  nonlethal electric weapon or device that is designed solely for
   17  defensive purposes.
   18         (4)(5) This section does not preclude any prosecution for
   19  the use of an electric weapon or device, a dart-firing stun gun,
   20  or a self-defense chemical spray during the commission of any
   21  criminal offense under s. 790.07, s. 790.10, s. 790.23, or s.
   22  790.235, or for any other criminal offense.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.
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   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete lines 5 - 6
   28  and insert:
   29         concealed weapon or a concealed firearm when
   30         evacuating pursuant to a mandatory evacuation order