Senate Bill 1028c1

    Florida Senate - 1999                           CS for SB 1028

    By the Committee on Fiscal Resource and Senator Mitchell





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to weapons and firearms;

  3         amending s. 790.06, F.S.; exempting certain

  4         retired law enforcement, correctional, or

  5         correctional probation officers from the fees

  6         imposed by the Department of State for a

  7         license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm;

  8         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 (b) of subsection (5) of section

13  790.06, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

14         790.06  License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.--

15         (5)  The applicant shall submit to the Department of

16  State:

17         (b)  A nonrefundable license fee not to exceed $85, if

18  he or she has not previously been issued a statewide license,

19  or a nonrefundable license fee not to exceed $70 for renewal

20  of a statewide license. Costs for processing the set of

21  fingerprints as required in paragraph (c) shall be borne by

22  the applicant. However, an individual holding an active

23  certification from the Criminal Justice Standards and Training

24  Commission as a "law enforcement officer," "correctional

25  officer," or "correctional probation officer" as defined in s.

26  943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9) is exempt from the

27  licensing requirements of this section.  If any individual

28  holding an active certification from the Criminal Justice

29  Standards and Training Commission as a "law enforcement

30  officer," a "correctional officer," or a "correctional

31  probation officer" as defined in s.  943.10(1), (2), (3), (6),

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    Florida Senate - 1999                           CS for SB 1028
    314-2062-99




  1  (7), (8), or (9) wishes to receive a concealed weapons or

  2  firearms license, such person is exempt from the background

  3  investigation and all background investigation fees, but shall

  4  pay the current license fees regularly required to be paid by

  5  nonexempt applicants. Further, a law enforcement officer, a

  6  correctional officer, or a correctional probation officer as

  7  defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), or (3) is exempt from the

  8  required fees and background investigation for a period of 1

  9  year subsequent to the date of retirement of said officer as a

10  law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or a

11  correctional probation officer. A person who is retired from

12  at least 20 years of service in this state as a law

13  enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or a correctional

14  probation officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), or (3) is

15  exempt from the license fee and the license renewal fee.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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18          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
19                             SB 1028

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21  The committee substitute provides that Florida retired
    correctional and correctional probation officers, as well as
22  law enforcement officers, are exempt from concealed weapon
    license fees. The exemption for out-of-state law enforcement
23  officers has been removed from the bill.

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