Florida Senate - 2018 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 7026
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD/2R .
03/03/2018 05:02 PM .
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Senator Farmer moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (234288) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 2135 and 2136
5 insert:
6 Section 30. Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section
7 493.6105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
8 493.6105 Initial application for license.—
9 (6) In addition to the requirements under subsection (3),
10 an applicant for a Class “K” license must:
11 (a) Submit one of the following:
12 1. The Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training
13 Commission Instructor Certificate and written confirmation by
14 the commission that the applicant possesses an active firearms
15 certification.
16 2. A valid National Rifle Association Private Security
17 Firearm Instructor Certificate issued not more than 3 years
18 before the submission of the applicant’s Class “K” application.
19 2.3. A valid firearms instructor certificate issued by a
20 federal law enforcement agency issued not more than 3 years
21 before the submission of the applicant’s Class “K” application.
22 Section 31. Paragraph (h) of subsection (2) of section
23 790.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
24 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.—
25 (2) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
26 shall issue a license if the applicant:
27 (h) Demonstrates competence with a firearm by any one of
28 the following:
29 1. Completion of any hunter education or hunter safety
30 course approved by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
31 or a similar agency of another state;
32 2. Completion of any National Rifle Association firearms
33 safety or training course;
34 2.3. Completion of any firearms safety or training course
35 or class available to the general public offered by a law
36 enforcement agency, junior college, college, or private or
37 public institution or organization or firearms training school,
38 using instructors certified by the National Rifle Association,
39 Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, or the
40 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
41 3.4. Completion of any law enforcement firearms safety or
42 training course or class offered for security guards,
43 investigators, special deputies, or any division or subdivision
44 of a law enforcement agency or security enforcement;
45 4.5. Presents evidence of equivalent experience with a
46 firearm through participation in organized shooting competition
47 or military service;
48 5.6. Is licensed or has been licensed to carry a firearm in
49 this state or a county or municipality of this state, unless
50 such license has been revoked for cause; or
51 6.7. Completion of any firearms training or safety course
52 or class conducted by a state-certified or National Rifle
53 Association certified firearms instructor;
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55 A photocopy of a certificate of completion of any of the courses
56 or classes; an affidavit from the instructor, school, club,
57 organization, or group that conducted or taught such course or
58 class attesting to the completion of the course or class by the
59 applicant; or a copy of any document that shows completion of
60 the course or class or evidences participation in firearms
61 competition shall constitute evidence of qualification under
62 this paragraph. A person who conducts a course pursuant to
63 subparagraph 2. or subparagraph 6., subparagraph 3., or
64 subparagraph 7., or who, as an instructor, attests to the
65 completion of such courses, must maintain records certifying
66 that he or she observed the student safely handle and discharge
67 the firearm in his or her physical presence and that the
68 discharge of the firearm included live fire using a firearm and
69 ammunition as defined in s. 790.001;
70 Section 32. Subsection (6) of section 823.16, Florida
71 Statutes, is amended to read:
72 823.16 Sport shooting ranges; definitions; exemption from
73 liability; exemption from specified rules; exemption from
74 nuisance actions; continued operation.—
75 (6) A sport shooting range that is not in violation of
76 existing law at the time of the enactment of an ordinance
77 applicable to the sport shooting range shall be permitted to
78 continue in operation even if the operation of the sport
79 shooting range does not conform to the new ordinance or an
80 amendment to an existing ordinance, provided the range was not
81 in violation of any law when the range was constructed and
82 provided that the range continues to conform to current National
83 Rifle Association gun safety and shooting range standards.
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86 And the title is amended as follows:
87 Delete line 2652
88 and insert:
89 amending s. 493.6105, F.S.; deleting a provision
90 authorizing an applicant for a Class “K” license to
91 submit a certain National Rifle Association Private
92 Security Firearm Certificate to fulfill a training
93 requirement; amending s. 790.06, F.S.; deleting
94 provisions authorizing an applicant for a license to
95 carry a concealed weapon or firearm to demonstrate
96 competency with a firearm by completing any National
97 Rifle Association firearms safety or training course,
98 any firearms safety or training course that uses
99 instructors certified by the National Rifle
100 Association, or any firearms safety or training course
101 conducted by a National Rifle Association-certified
102 firearms instructor; amending s. 823.16, F.S.;
103 deleting a provision specifying that a certain sport
104 shooting range that is not in violation of existing
105 law at the time of an enactment of a certain ordinance
106 may continue to operate after the enactment of the
107 ordinance under certain circumstances;