Amendment
Bill No. HB 61
Amendment No. 346039
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Snyder offered the following:
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3     Amendment to Amendment (141847) (with title amendment)
4     Between lines 18 and 19, insert:
5     Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 776.06, Florida
6Statutes, is amended to read:
7     776.06  Deadly force.--
8     (2)(a)  The term "deadly force" does not include the
9discharge of a firearm by a law enforcement officer or
10correctional officer during and within the scope of his or her
11official duties which is loaded with a less-lethal munition. As
12used in this subsection, the term "less-lethal munition" means a
13projectile that is designed to stun, temporarily incapacitate,
14or cause temporary discomfort to a person without penetrating
15the person's body, and includes a dart-firing stun gun that
16penetrates the body.
17     (b)  A law enforcement officer or a correctional officer is
18not liable in any civil or criminal action arising out of the
19use of any less-lethal munition, including a dart-firing stun
20gun, in good faith during and within the scope of his or her
21official duties.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
25     Remove lines 25-30 and insert:
26An act relating to law enforcement officers; amending
27s. 776.051, F.S.; providing that a person is not
28justified in using force to resist an arrest by a law
29enforcement officer, or to resist a law enforcement
30officer engaged in executing a legal duty, if the
31officer acts in good faith and is known or appears to
32be a law enforcement officer; amending s. 776.06,
33F.S.; specifying that dart-firing stun guns are
34included within certain provisions excluding law
35enforcement officer liability for use of less-lethal
36munitions in certain circumstances;


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