House Bill 1145

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1145

        By Representative A. Greene






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to gun-free zones; authorizing

  3         the governing body of a municipality or county

  4         to establish a gun-free zone pursuant to an

  5         ordinance approved by the governing body or

  6         approved by a vote of the electors; requiring

  7         that signs be posted to notify the public of a

  8         gun-free zone; requiring that law enforcement

  9         officers and security officers who carry

10         firearms be exempt from any ordinance

11         establishing a gun-free zone; providing a

12         penalty; providing an effective date.

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Establishment of gun-free zones.--

17         (1)  The governing body of a municipality or county may

18  establish one or more gun-free zones within the municipality

19  or county pursuant to an ordinance approved by a vote of the

20  governing body or approved by a majority of the electors

21  within the municipality or county voting in a referendum held

22  on the question of the creation of the gun-free zone.

23         (2)  Following the approval of a gun-free zone, the

24  governing body shall provide for posting clearly legible signs

25  at conspicuous locations to notify the public of the gun-free

26  zone.

27         (3)  The ordinance establishing the gun-free zone shall

28  provide an exemption for any state or federal law enforcement

29  officer or security officer, as defined in section 493.6101,

30  Florida Statutes, who carries a firearm in the performance of

31  his or her official duties.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                HB 1145

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  1         (4)  Any person who possesses a firearm in a gun-free

  2  zone in violation of the ordinance establishing the gun-free

  3  zone commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as

  4  provided in section 775.082, section 775.083, or section

  5  775.084, Florida Statutes.

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  7  law.

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10                          SENATE SUMMARY

11    Provides for one or more gun-free zones to be established
      by the governing body of a municipality or county
12    pursuant to an ordinance approved by the governing body
      or by vote of the electors. Requires that signs be posted
13    to notify the public of the gun-free zone. Requires that
      the ordinance provide an exemption for law enforcement
14    officers and security officers who carry firearms.
      Provides that it is a third-degree felony to violate an
15    ordinance establishing a gun-free zone.

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