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By Representative Gottlieb
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to weapons and firearms;
3 creating the "Children's Firearm Responsibility
4 Act of 2001"; amending s. 790.001, F.S.;
5 defining "unsafe handgun"; creating s.
6 790.0659, F.S.; prohibiting the manufacture and
7 importation of unsafe handguns; providing
8 exceptions; providing a penalty; amending s.
9 790.17, F.S.; prohibiting the furnishing of
10 unsafe handguns to minors under 18 years of
11 age; providing penalties; amending s. 784.05,
12 F.S., relating to culpable negligence;
13 providing a fine and additional penalties for
14 persons convicted of leaving a loaded firearm
15 within the reach or easy access of a minor
16 under certain circumstances; amending s.
17 790.174, F.S., relating to required safe
18 storage of firearms; providing applicability to
19 firearms stored or left within the interior of
20 a motor vehicle; providing a penalty for
21 failure to store or leave a firearm as required
22 by law under certain circumstances; creating s.
23 985.4167, F.S.; establishing the juvenile gun
24 violence prevention grant program; providing
25 criteria; providing for administration of the
26 program by the Department of Juvenile Justice;
27 providing for a grant application process;
28 requiring annual evaluation reports of entities
29 receiving grant awards; providing for audit;
30 amending s. 985.415, F.S., relating to the
31 community juvenile justice partnership grant
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1 program; revising provisions to include
2 community juvenile gun violence grants within
3 the program; providing an appropriation;
4 providing an effective date.
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6 WHEREAS, it is the expressed finding of the Legislature
7 under s. 790.173, Florida Statutes, that "a tragically large
8 number of Florida children have been accidently killed or
9 seriously wounded by negligently stored firearms," and
10 WHEREAS, it is the further finding of the Legislature
11 under s. 790.173, Florida Statutes, that "placing firearms
12 within the reach or easy access of children is irresponsible,
13 encourages such accidents, and should be prohibited; and that
14 legislative action is necessary to protect the safety of our
15 children," and
16 WHEREAS, the alarming increase in the incidence of
17 school shootings across the United States which have resulted
18 in death and serious injury to public school students,
19 teachers, and staff make the issue of juvenile gun violence
20 one of extreme importance to the citizens of the State of
21 Florida, NOW, THEREFORE,
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23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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25 Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the
26 "Children's Firearm Responsibility Act of 2001."
27 Section 2. Subsection (19) is added to section
28 790.001, Florida Statutes, to read:
29 790.001 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, except
30 where the context otherwise requires:
31 (19) "Unsafe handgun" means:
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1 (a) Any handgun which, when new, fires in any of five
2 successive trials in which the handgun, when loaded with an
3 empty case with a primer installed and having built-in manual
4 handgun safety devices deactivated so that the handgun is
5 ready to fire, is dropped onto a steel plate from a height of
6 1 meter from each of the following positions:
7 1. Normal firing position.
8 2. Upside down.
9 3. On the grip.
10 4. On the muzzle.
11 5. On either side.
12 6. On the exposed hammer or striker.
13 7. If there is no hammer or striker, the rearmost part
14 of the firearm.
15 8. Any other position necessary to determine whether
16 the handgun is subject to accidental discharge.
17 (b) Any handgun without a child-resistant trigger
18 mechanism reasonably designed to prevent a child who has not
19 attained 5 years of age from operating the weapon when it is
20 ready to fire. Such mechanism may include:
21 1. Any handgun with a trigger resistance equivalent to
22 a 10-pound pull; or
23 2. Any handgun which is designed so that the hand of
24 an average child who has not attained 5 years of age is unable
25 to grip the trigger.
26 (c) Any semiautomatic pistol which does not have a
27 magazine disconnect safety that prevents the pistol from being
28 fired once the magazine or clip is removed from the weapon.
29 (d) A handgun sold without a mechanism or feature
30 reasonably designed to prevent the discharge of the weapon by
31 unauthorized users, including, but not limited to:
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1 1. A detachable key-activated or combination lock
2 which prevents the trigger from being pulled or the hammer
3 from striking the primer;
4 2. A solenoid use-limitation device which prevents, by
5 use of a magnetically activated relay, the firing of the
6 handgun unless a magnet of the appropriate strength is placed
7 in proximity to the handle of the handgun; or
8 3. A removable hammer or striker.
9 Section 3. Section 790.0659, Florida Statutes, is
10 created to read:
11 790.0659 Manufacture and importation of unsafe
12 handguns prohibited.--
13 (1) No licensed manufacturer or licensed importer
14 shall manufacture within the state or import into the state
15 any handgun that has been determined, upon testing and
16 evaluation by the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
17 Firearms, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, or an
18 agency or entity authorized by the bureau or the department to
19 test and evaluate the safety of firearms, to be an unsafe
20 handgun as defined in s. 790.001(19).
21 (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to:
22 (a) The manufacture or importation of a handgun by a
23 licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for use by a
24 department or agency of the Federal Government, or a sheriff's
25 office, municipal police department, correctional facility or
26 agency, or other criminal justice or governmental agency of
27 the state, when the manufacture or importation is on behalf of
28 such agencies, entities, or departments for official law
29 enforcement purposes; or
30 (b) The manufacture or importation of a handgun by a
31 licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for the purposes of
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1 lawful testing, evaluation, or experimentation conducted by
2 the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the
3 Florida Department of Law Enforcement, or any agency or entity
4 authorized by the bureau or department to test and evaluate
5 the safety of firearms.
6 (3) Any licensed manufacturer or licensed importer who
7 violates the provisions of this section commits a felony of
8 the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
9 775.083.
10 Section 4. Section 790.17, Florida Statutes, is
11 amended to read:
12 790.17 Furnishing weapons to minors under 18 years of
13 age or persons of unsound mind and furnishing firearms or
14 unsafe handguns to minors under 18 years of age prohibited;
15 penalties.--
16 (1) A person who sells, hires, barters, lends,
17 transfers, or gives any minor under 18 years of age any dirk,
18 electric weapon or device, or other weapon, other than an
19 ordinary pocketknife, without permission of the minor's parent
20 or guardian, or sells, hires, barters, lends, transfers, or
21 gives to any person of unsound mind an electric weapon or
22 device or any dangerous weapon, other than an ordinary
23 pocketknife, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree,
24 punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
25 (2)(a) A person may not knowingly or willfully sell or
26 transfer a firearm to a minor under 18 years of age, except
27 that a person may transfer ownership of a firearm other than
28 an unsafe handgun as defined in s. 790.001(19) to a minor with
29 permission of the parent or guardian. A person who violates
30 this paragraph commits a felony of the third degree,
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1 punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
2 775.084.
3 (b) The parent or guardian must maintain possession of
4 the firearm except pursuant to s. 790.22.
5 (3) A person who sells, hires, barters, lends,
6 transfers, or gives any minor under 18 years of age any unsafe
7 handgun as defined in s. 790.001(19) commits a felony of the
8 second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
9 775.083, or s. 775.084.
10 (4) A person who sells, hires, barters, lends,
11 transfers, or gives any minor under 18 years of age any unsafe
12 handgun as defined in s. 790.001(19), the possession of which
13 results in the death or bodily injury of the minor or any
14 other person, commits a felony of the first degree, punishable
15 as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
16 Section 5. Section 784.05, Florida Statutes, is
17 amended to read:
18 784.05 Culpable negligence.--
19 (1) Whoever, through culpable negligence, exposes
20 another person to personal injury commits a misdemeanor of the
21 second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
22 775.083.
23 (2) Whoever, through culpable negligence, inflicts
24 actual personal injury on another commits a misdemeanor of the
25 first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
26 775.083.
27 (3) Whoever violates subsection (1) by storing or
28 leaving a loaded firearm within the reach or easy access of a
29 minor commits, if the minor obtains the firearm and uses it to
30 inflict injury or death upon himself or herself or any other
31 person, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided
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1 in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. A person convicted
2 of a violation of this subsection shall, in addition to any
3 criminal penalty, be fined not more than $10,000 and shall
4 also be ordered by the sentencing judge to make restitution to
5 the victim of such offense and to perform up to 200 hours of
6 community service work. However, this subsection does not
7 apply:
8 (a) If the firearm was stored or left in a securely
9 locked box or container or in a location which a reasonable
10 person would have believed to be secure, or was securely
11 locked with a trigger lock;
12 (b) If the minor obtains the firearm as a result of an
13 unlawful entry by any person;
14 (c) To injuries resulting from target or sport
15 shooting accidents or hunting accidents; or
16 (d) To members of the Armed Forces, National Guard, or
17 State Militia, or to police or other law enforcement officers,
18 with respect to firearm possession by a minor which occurs
19 during or incidental to the performance of their official
20 duties.
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22 When any minor child is accidentally shot by another family
23 member, no arrest shall be made pursuant to this subsection
24 prior to 7 days after the date of the shooting. With respect
25 to any parent or guardian of any deceased minor, the
26 investigating officers shall file all findings and evidence
27 with the state attorney's office with respect to violations of
28 this subsection. The state attorney shall evaluate such
29 evidence and shall take such action as he or she deems
30 appropriate under the circumstances and may file an
31 information against the appropriate parties.
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1 (4) As used in this act, the term "minor" means any
2 person under the age of 16.
3 Section 6. Section 790.174, Florida Statutes, is
4 amended to read:
5 790.174 Safe storage of firearms required.--
6 (1) A person who stores or leaves, on a premise under
7 his or her control or within the interior of a motor vehicle
8 owned or operated by such person, a loaded firearm, as defined
9 in s. 790.001, and who knows or reasonably should know that a
10 minor is likely to gain access to the firearm without the
11 lawful permission of the minor's parent or the person having
12 charge of the minor, or without the supervision required by
13 law, shall keep the firearm in a securely locked box or
14 container or in a location which a reasonable person would
15 believe to be secure or shall secure it with a trigger lock,
16 except when the person is carrying the firearm on his or her
17 body or within such close proximity thereto that he or she can
18 retrieve and use it as easily and quickly as if he or she
19 carried it on his or her body.
20 (2)(a) It is a misdemeanor of the second degree,
21 punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, if a
22 person violates subsection (1) by failing to store or leave a
23 firearm in the required manner and as a result thereof a minor
24 gains access to the firearm, without the lawful permission of
25 the minor's parent or the person having charge of the minor,
26 and possesses or exhibits it, without the supervision required
27 by law:
28 1.(a) In a public place; or
29 2.(b) In a rude, careless, angry, or threatening
30 manner in violation of s. 790.10.
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1 (b) It is a felony of the third degree, punishable as
2 provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, if a person
3 violates subsection (1) by failing to store or leave a firearm
4 in the required manner and as a result thereof a minor gains
5 access to the firearm, without the lawful permission of the
6 minor's parents or the person having charge of the minor, and
7 uses it to inflict injury or death upon himself or herself or
8 any other person. A person convicted of a violation of this
9 paragraph shall, in addition to any criminal penalty, be fined
10 not more than $10,000 and shall also be ordered by the
11 sentencing judge to make restitution to the victim and to
12 perform up to 200 hours of community service work.
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14 This subsection does not apply if the minor obtains the
15 firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person.
16 (3) As used in this act, the term "minor" means any
17 person under the age of 16.
18 Section 7. Section 985.4167, Florida Statutes, is
19 created to read:
20 985.4167 Community juvenile gun violence prevention
21 grants.--
22 (1) GRANTS; CRITERIA.--
23 (a) The Juvenile Justice Advisory Board and the Task
24 Force on School Safety, in conjunction with the Department of
25 Juvenile Justice, are authorized to develop a grant
26 application process for the award of community juvenile gun
27 violence prevention grants which may be awarded as part of the
28 community juvenile justice partnership grant program under s.
29 985.415. Juvenile gun violence prevention grants may be
30 awarded for programs which assist local school authorities,
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1 children about preventing juvenile gun violence and which
2 assist communities in developing partnerships between local
3 school authorities, law enforcement agencies, community
4 organizations, and parents in educating children about
5 preventing juvenile gun violence. The Department of Juvenile
6 Justice shall administer the program in accordance with the
7 requirements of this section and s. 985.415.
8 (b) In addition to the minimum requirements provided
9 in s. 985.415(1)(b), in awarding community juvenile gun
10 violence prevention grants, the department shall give priority
11 to applications that:
12 1. Provide for the reduction or prevention of juvenile
13 gun violence within the public school system.
14 2. Target public schools with a high incidence of
15 juvenile gun violence or a high incidence of weapons,
16 firearms, or destructive devices being brought onto public
17 school campuses.
18 (c) In addition to the requirements of s.
19 985.415(1)(c), in awarding grants under this section, the
20 department may consider the extent to which a proposed program
21 or project:
22 1. Educates children about the effects of gun
23 violence, which shall include:
24 a. Educating children to identify dangerous situations
25 in which guns are involved and how to avoid and prevent such
26 situations.
27 b. How to identify threats and other indications that
28 a peer is in possession of a gun and may use a gun, and what
29 steps to take in such situations.
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1 c. The development of programs which give children
2 access to adults to whom they can report in a confidential
3 manner about problems relating to guns.
4 2. Improves security on public elementary school,
5 middle school, and high school campuses in a manner that will
6 prevent students and nonstudents from entering school grounds
7 with weapons or firearms.
8 3. Encourages and develops schoolwide programs and
9 partnerships that involve teachers, students, parents,
10 administrators, other staff, and members of the community in
11 reducing incidents involving weapons, firearms, or destructive
12 devices in public schools.
13 4. Establishes programs that assist parents in helping
14 to educate their children about gun safety and the prevention
15 of gun violence.
16 5. Provides ongoing professional development for
17 public school staff and administrators to identify the causes
18 and effects of gun violence, and risk factors and student
19 behavior that may result in gun violence.
20 6. Provides technical assistance for school
21 psychologists and counselors which will enable timely
22 counseling and evaluations, in accordance with state and local
23 laws, of students who possess a weapon on school grounds and
24 of victims of juvenile gun violence.
25 7. Assists public schools and communities in reviewing
26 and updating crisis response plans with respect to the
27 discovery of weapons, firearms, or destructive devices on a
28 school campus or an incident of juvenile gun violence, or
29 assists public schools and communities in developing crisis
30 response plans where none currently exist.
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1 8. Supports or is coordinated with other federal,
2 state, and local programs that educate children about personal
3 health, safety, and responsibility, including programs carried
4 out under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
5 of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
6 9. Serves a population with a high incidence of public
7 school students found in possession of a weapon or destructive
8 device on school property, or students suspended or expelled
9 for bringing a weapon or destructive device onto school
10 grounds.
11 10. Establishes a partnership composed of not less
12 than one representative from each of the following:
13 a. A local school authority.
14 b. A public or private nonprofit agency or
15 organization with experience in violence prevention.
16 c. A local law enforcement agency.
17 (2) GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES.--
18 (a) Grants awarded under this section shall comply
19 with all requirements of s. 985.415. Each entity wishing to
20 apply for an annual community juvenile gun violence prevention
21 grant, which may be renewed for a maximum of 2 additional
22 years for the same provision of services, shall submit a grant
23 proposal for funding or continued funding to the department.
24 The department shall establish the grant application
25 procedures. In order to be considered for funding, the grant
26 proposal shall include the assurances and information required
27 under s. 985.415(2).
28 (b) In addition to the requirements of s.
29 985.415(2)(b), the department shall give priority for
30 selection to those school districts with the highest incidence
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1 students bringing a weapon, firearm, or destructive device
2 onto the grounds of a public school.
3 (c) The department shall make available, to anyone
4 wishing to apply for a community juvenile gun violence
5 prevention grant, information on all of the criteria to be
6 used in the selection of the proposals for funding pursuant to
7 the provisions of this subsection and s. 985.415.
8 (d) The department shall review all program proposals
9 submitted. Entities submitting proposals shall be notified of
10 approval not later than June 30 of each year.
11 (e) Each entity that is awarded a grant as provided
12 for in this section shall submit an annual evaluation report
13 to the department, the district juvenile justice manager, the
14 district juvenile justice board, and the county juvenile
15 justice council, by a date subsequent to the end of the
16 contract period established by the department, documenting the
17 extent to which the program objectives have been met, the
18 effect of the program on reducing the incidence of juvenile
19 gun violence, and any other information required by the
20 department. The department shall coordinate and incorporate
21 all such annual evaluation reports with the provisions of s.
22 985.412. Each entity is also subject to a financial audit and
23 a performance audit.
24 (f) The department may establish rules and policy
25 provisions necessary to implement this section.
26 (3) RESTRICTIONS.--This section does not prevent a
27 program initiated under a community juvenile gun violence
28 prevention grant established pursuant to this section from
29 continuing to operate beyond the 3-year maximum funding period
30 if it can find other funding sources. Likewise, this section
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1 does not restrict the number of programs an entity may apply
2 for or operate.
3 Section 8. Section 985.415, Florida Statutes, is
4 amended to read:
5 985.415 Community Juvenile Justice Partnership
6 Grants.--
7 (1) GRANTS; CRITERIA.--
8 (a) In order to encourage the development of county
9 and circuit juvenile justice plans and the development and
10 implementation of county and circuit interagency agreements
11 pursuant to s. 985.4135, the community juvenile justice
12 partnership grant program is established, and shall be
13 administered by the Department of Juvenile Justice.
14 (b) In awarding these grants, the department shall
15 consider applications that at a minimum provide for the
16 following:
17 1. The participation of the agencies and programs
18 needed to implement the project or program for which the
19 applicant is applying;
20 2. The reduction of truancy and in-school and
21 out-of-school suspensions and expulsions, the reduction of
22 gun-related violence among juveniles, the enhancement of
23 school safety, and other delinquency early-intervention and
24 diversion services;
25 3. The number of youths from 10 through 17 years of
26 age within the geographic area to be served by the program,
27 giving those geographic areas having the highest number of
28 youths from 10 to 17 years of age priority for selection;
29 4. The extent to which the program targets
30 high-juvenile-crime neighborhoods and those public schools
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1 5. The validity and cost-effectiveness of the program;
2 and
3 6. The degree to which the program is located in and
4 managed by local leaders of the target neighborhoods and
5 public schools serving the target neighborhoods.
6 (c) In addition, the department may consider the
7 following criteria in awarding grants:
8 1. The circuit juvenile justice plan and any county
9 juvenile justice plans that are referred to or incorporated
10 into the circuit plan, including a list of individuals,
11 groups, and public and private entities that participated in
12 the development of the plan.
13 2. The diversity of community entities participating
14 in the development of the circuit juvenile justice plan.
15 3. The number of community partners who will be
16 actively involved in the operation of the grant program.
17 4. The number of students or youths to be served by
18 the grant and the criteria by which they will be selected.
19 5. The criteria by which the grant program will be
20 evaluated and, if deemed successful, the feasibility of
21 implementation in other communities.
22 (2) GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES.--
23 (a) Each entity wishing to apply for an annual
24 community juvenile justice partnership grant or a community
25 juvenile gun violence prevention grant under s. 985.4167,
26 which may be renewed for a maximum of 2 additional years for
27 the same provision of services, shall submit a grant proposal
28 for funding or continued funding to the department. The
29 department shall establish the grant application procedures.
30 In order to be considered for funding, the grant proposal
31 shall include the following assurances and information:
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1 1. A letter from the chair of the juvenile justice
2 circuit board confirming that the grant application has been
3 reviewed and found to support one or more purposes or goals of
4 the juvenile justice plan as developed by the board.
5 2. A rationale and description of the program and the
6 services to be provided, including goals and objectives.
7 3. A method for identification of the juveniles most
8 likely to be involved in the juvenile justice system who will
9 be the focus of the program.
10 4. Provisions for the participation of parents and
11 guardians in the program.
12 5. Coordination with other community-based and social
13 service prevention efforts, including, but not limited to,
14 drug and alcohol abuse prevention and dropout prevention
15 programs, and programs aimed at preventing juvenile gun
16 violence, that serve the target population or neighborhood.
17 6. An evaluation component to measure the
18 effectiveness of the program in accordance with the provisions
19 of s. 985.412.
20 7. A program budget, including the amount and sources
21 of local cash and in-kind resources committed to the budget.
22 The proposal must establish to the satisfaction of the
23 department that the entity will make a cash or in-kind
24 contribution to the program of a value that is at least equal
25 to 20 percent of the amount of the grant.
26 8. The necessary program staff.
27 (b) The department shall consider the following in
28 awarding such grants:
29 1. The recommendations of the juvenile justice county
30 council as to the priority that should be given to proposals
31 submitted by entities within a county.
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1 2. The recommendations of the juvenile justice circuit
2 board as to the priority that should be given to proposals
3 submitted by entities within a circuit.
4 (c) The department shall make available, to anyone
5 wishing to apply for such a grant, information on all of the
6 criteria to be used in the selection of the proposals for
7 funding pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.
8 (d) The department shall review all program proposals
9 submitted. Entities submitting proposals shall be notified of
10 approval not later than June 30 of each year.
11 (e) Each entity that is awarded a grant as provided
12 for in this section shall submit an annual evaluation report
13 to the department, the circuit juvenile justice manager, the
14 juvenile justice circuit board, and the juvenile justice
15 county council, by a date subsequent to the end of the
16 contract period established by the department, documenting the
17 extent to which the program objectives have been met, the
18 effect of the program on the juvenile arrest rate or the
19 incidence of juvenile gun violence, and any other information
20 required by the department. The department shall coordinate
21 and incorporate all such annual evaluation reports with the
22 provisions of s. 985.412. Each entity is also subject to a
23 financial audit and a performance audit.
24 (f) The department may establish rules and policy
25 provisions necessary to implement this section.
26 (3) RESTRICTIONS.--This section does not prevent a
27 program initiated under a community juvenile justice
28 partnership grant established pursuant to this section or a
29 community juvenile gun violence prevention grant established
30 pursuant to s. 985.4167 from continuing to operate beyond the
31 3-year maximum funding period if it can find other funding
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1 sources. Likewise, this section does not restrict the number
2 of programs an entity may apply for or operate.
3 Section 9. There is hereby appropriated the sum of $1
4 million from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of
5 Juvenile Justice to fund the community juvenile gun violence
6 prevention grant program established pursuant to s. 985.4166,
7 Florida Statutes, as created by this act.
8 Section 10. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
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11 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Creates the "Children's Firearms Responsibility Act of
13 2001."
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Defines "unsafe handgun." Prohibits the manufacture or
15 importation of unsafe handguns into the state. Provides
exceptions. Provides a third degree felony penalty for
16 violation. Prohibits the furnishing of unsafe handguns to
minors under 18 years of age. Provides a second degree
17 felony penalty for violation and a first degree felony
penalty when violation results in death or bodily injury.
18 With respect to culpable negligence, provides for a fine
of not more than $10,000, payment of restitution, and
19 community service in addition to existing criminal
penalties for persons convicted of leaving a loaded
20 firearm within the reach or easy access of a minor when
use of the firearm results in injury or death. Provides
21 a third degree felony penalty for failure to store or
leave a loaded firearm as required by law when a minor
22 gains access to the firearm. Expands applicability of
such provisions to loaded firearms stored within the
23 interior of a motor vehicle. Provides for a fine of not
more than $10,000, payment of restitution, and community
24 service in addition to existing criminal penalty.
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Establishes the juvenile gun violence prevention grant
26 program to be administered by the Department of Juvenile
Justice as part of the community juvenile justice
27 partnership grant program. Provides for grant
application process. Provides a $1 million appropriation
28 to the Department of Juvenile Justice for the purpose of
funding the community juvenile gun violence prevention
29 grant program.
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