Senate Bill 0756

    Florida Senate - 2000                                   SB 756

    By Senator Forman





    32-615-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to regulation of firearms;

  3         amending s. 790.33, F.S., relating to state

  4         preemption of the field of regulation of

  5         firearms and ammunition; providing that certain

  6         ordinances, resolutions, or rules of local

  7         government are not precluded with respect to

  8         possession of weapons or firearms of public

  9         employees or possession of weapons or firearms

10         on public property controlled by local

11         government, under specified circumstances;

12         providing an exception for certain street,

13         road, or highway rights-of-way; providing an

14         effective date.

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

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18         Section 1.  Subsection (4) is added to section 790.33,

19  Florida Statutes, to read:

20         790.33  Field of regulation of firearms and ammunition

21  preempted.--

22         (4)  LOCAL REGULATION OF FIREARM POSSESSION BY PUBLIC

23  EMPLOYEES OR ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.--

24         (a)  This section does not preclude any ordinance,

25  resolution, or rule of any local government acting as an

26  employer which regulates or prohibits the possession of

27  weapons or firearms of public employees on the job, or areas

28  related thereto, during working hours, or during times related

29  thereto.

30         (b)  This section does not preclude any local

31  government from enacting an ordinance or resolution that

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    Florida Senate - 2000                                   SB 756
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  1  prohibits the possession of weapons or firearms on public

  2  property controlled by the local government, other than the

  3  rights-of-way of streets, roads, or highways, but the local

  4  government must prominently display a sign giving notice of

  5  such prohibition.

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

  7  law.

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      Provides that specified provisions relating to state
12    preemption of the field of regulation of firearms and
      ammunition do not preclude certain ordinances,
13    resolutions, or rules of local government which regulate
      or prohibit possession of weapons or firearms of public
14    employees, under specified circumstances when the local
      government acts as employer.  Provides also that such
15    provisions do not preclude certain local ordinances or
      resolutions prohibiting possession of weapons or firearms
16    on public property controlled by local government, under
      specified circumstances.  Provides an exception for
17    certain street, road, or highway rights-of-way.

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