| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to concealed weapons licenses; amending s. |
| 3 | 790.06, F.S.; specifying that the United States residency |
| 4 | required to obtain a license to carry a concealed weapon |
| 5 | or firearm means that the licensee must be a United States |
| 6 | citizen or a permanent resident alien of the United |
| 7 | States; providing legislative intent; providing |
| 8 | applicability; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
| 13 | 790.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.-- |
| 15 | (2) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services |
| 16 | shall issue a license if the applicant: |
| 17 | (a) Is a resident of the United States who is either a |
| 18 | United States citizen or a permanent resident alien of the |
| 19 | United States, as determined by the United States Bureau of |
| 20 | Citizenship and Immigration Services, or is a consular security |
| 21 | official of a foreign government that maintains diplomatic |
| 22 | relations and treaties of commerce, friendship, and navigation |
| 23 | with the United States and is certified as such by the foreign |
| 24 | government and by the appropriate embassy in this country; |
| 25 | Section 2. This act is remedial in nature and shall apply |
| 26 | to all applications for a license pending on the date this act |
| 27 | becomes a law as well as to all licenses renewed after the |
| 28 | effective date of this act. |
| 29 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |