HB 0069 2003
   
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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