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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to firearms; amending s. 790.065, F.S.; | ||
| 3 | providing that an exemption from public records | ||
| 4 | requirements for specified records pertaining to a buyer | ||
| 5 | or transferee of a firearm and the duty of the Department | ||
| 6 | of Law Enforcement with respect to maintaining such | ||
| 7 | records do not apply to pawnbroker transaction forms that | ||
| 8 | record a transaction involving a firearm; providing an | ||
| 9 | effective date. | ||
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 13 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section | ||
| 14 | 790.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: | ||
| 15 | 790.065 Sale and delivery of firearms.— | ||
| 16 | (4)(a) Any records containing any of the information set | ||
| 17 | forth in subsection (1) pertaining to a buyer or transferee who | ||
| 18 | is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of a | ||
| 19 | firearm by reason of Florida and federal law which records are | ||
| 20 | created by the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct the | ||
| 21 | criminal history record check shall be confidential and exempt | ||
| 22 | from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and may not be disclosed by | ||
| 23 | the Department of Law Enforcement or any officer or employee | ||
| 24 | thereof to any person or to another agency. The Department of | ||
| 25 | Law Enforcement shall destroy any such records forthwith after | ||
| 26 | it communicates the approval and nonapproval numbers to the | ||
| 27 | licensee and, in any event, such records shall be destroyed | ||
| 28 | within 48 hours after the day of the response to the licensee's | ||
| 29 | request.This paragraph does not apply to a pawnbroker | ||
| 30 | transaction form that records a transaction involving a firearm. | ||
| 31 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. | ||
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