Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 328
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Stewart) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 496 and 497
    4  insert:
    5         Section 18. Section 790.34, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         790.34 Prohibited device for firearm.—
    8         (1) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term “bump
    9  fire stock” means a gun conversion kit, a tool, an accessory, or
   10  a device used to alter the rate of fire of a firearm to mimic
   11  automatic weapon fire or which is used to increase the rate of
   12  fire of a semiautomatic firearm to a faster rate than is
   13  possible for a person to fire such semiautomatic firearm
   14  unassisted by a kit, a tool, an accessory, or a device.
   15         (2) SALE OR TRANSFER.—A person may not import into this
   16  state or, within this state, transfer, distribute, transport,
   17  sell, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, or give a bump
   18  fire stock to another person. A person who violates this
   19  subsection commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as
   20  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   21         (3) POSSESSION.—A person may not, within this state,
   22  possess a bump-fire stock. A person who violates this subsection
   23  commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in
   24  s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
   25         (4) RELINQUISHMENT AND DESTRUCTION.—A person who owns or is
   26  in possession of a bump-fire stock may arrange in advance to
   27  relinquish the device to a law enforcement agency, as defined in
   28  s. 934.02, or the Department of Law Enforcement or, if the bump
   29  fire stock is not relinquished, the person must destroy and
   30  render inoperable the device. The law enforcement agency or the
   31  department must destroy any relinquished or acquired bump-fire
   32  stock within a reasonable time.
   33         (5) APPLICABILITY.—This section does not apply to a law
   34  enforcement agency or the Department of Law Enforcement after
   35  taking possession of a bump-fire stock through relinquishment or
   36  other lawful means or while preparing to destroy the device.
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   38  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   39  And the title is amended as follows:
   40         Delete line 2
   41  and insert:
   42         An act relating to veteran identification and gun
   43         safety; creating s. 790.34, F.S.; defining the term
   44         “bump-fire stock”; prohibiting the importation,
   45         transfer, distribution, transport, sale, giving, or
   46         possession of a bump-fire stock in this state;
   47         creating penalties; authorizing a person to relinquish
   48         a bump-fire stock to a law enforcement agency or the
   49         Department of Law Enforcement; requiring a person who
   50         does not relinquish a bump-fire stock to destroy the
   51         device and render it inoperable; requiring the law
   52         enforcement agency or the department to destroy the
   53         bump-fire stock; providing applicability; creating s.