Senate Bill sb1822

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1822

    By Senator Siplin





    19-1539-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to paintball guns and markers;

  3         defining the terms "paintball gun" and

  4         "paintball marker"; prohibiting a person from

  5         carrying a paintball gun or a paintball marker

  6         in a vehicle on the highway; providing

  7         specified exceptions; providing that the act

  8         does not apply to a commercial paintball field,

  9         range, or course operator when the operator

10         transports passengers to and from designated

11         player areas; providing that a person who

12         violates the act commits a misdemeanor of the

13         first degree; providing criminal penalties;

14         providing an 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.  Paintball guns and paintball markers.--

19         (1)  As used in this section, the term:

20         (a)  "Paintball gun" means a device designed and

21  manufactured to propel, by gas or air, an encapsulated gelatin

22  paintball.

23         (b)  "Paintball marker" means a device designed and

24  manufactured to propel, by gas or air, an encapsulated gelatin

25  paintball.

26         (2)  Except as set forth in subsection (3), a person

27  may not carry a paintball gun or a paintball marker in a

28  vehicle on the highway unless:

29         (a)  The paintball gun or paintball marker is

30  disassembled so that the propellant canister is separate from

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1822
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 1  the rest of the device and the device is empty of encapsulated

 2  gelatin paintballs; or

 3         (b)  The propellant canister of the paintball gun or

 4  paintball marker has been emptied of its gas or air propellant

 5  and the device is empty of encapsulated gelatin paintballs.

 6         (3)  Subsection (2) does not apply to a commercial

 7  paintball field, range, or course when passengers are being

 8  transported by the commercial field, range, or course operator

 9  to and from designated player areas.

10         (4)  A person who violates this section commits a

11  misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in

12  section 775.082 or section 775.083, Florida Statutes.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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16                          SENATE SUMMARY

17    Prohibits a person from carrying a paintball gun or a
      paintball marker in a vehicle on the highway. Provides
18    specified exceptions. Provides that the act does not
      apply to a commercial paintball field, range, or course
19    operator when the operator transports passengers to and
      from designated player areas. Provides that a person who
20    violates the act commits a misdemeanor of the first
      degree. Provides criminal penalties.
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