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    141-484AX-27                                   Bill No. HB 229

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Cosgrove offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, between lines 12 and 13, of the bill

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17         Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section

18  790.06, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

19         790.06  License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.--

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

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

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

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

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

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

27  the applicant. However, an individual holding an active

28  certification from the Criminal Justice Standards and Training

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

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

31  943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9) is exempt from the

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 1  licensing requirements of this section.  If any individual

 2  holding an active certification from the Criminal Justice

 3  Standards and Training Commission as a "law enforcement

 4  officer," a "correctional officer," or a "correctional

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

 6  (7), (8), or (9) wishes to receive a concealed weapons or

 7  firearms license, such person is exempt from the background

 8  investigation and all background investigation fees, but shall

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

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

11  correctional officer, or a correctional probation officer as

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

13  required fees and background investigation for a period of 1

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

15  law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or a

16  correctional probation officer. A law enforcement officer as

17  defined in s. 943.10(1) who has retired with honorable

18  distinction is exempt from the license fees regularly required

19  to be paid by nonexempt applicants and shall, after submission

20  to the Department of State of written documentation verifying

21  that such law enforcement officer has retired with honorable

22  distinction, pay a nonrefundable one-time license fee of $10

23  for a statewide license or renewal of a statewide license.

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27  And the title is amended as follows:

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31         amending s. 790.06, F.S.; providing a separate

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 1         nonrefundable license fee for a license to

 2         carry a concealed weapon or firearm for law

 3         enforcement officers who have retired with

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