| 1 | The Environmental Regulation Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to the carrying of firearms in national |
| 8 | forests; repealing s. 790.11, F.S., which prohibits the |
| 9 | carrying of firearms in national forests; repealing s. |
| 10 | 790.12, F.S., which authorizes the granting of a special |
| 11 | permit for the carrying of firearms in a national forest; |
| 12 | repealing s. 790.14, F.S., which provides a penalty for |
| 13 | violation of ss. 790.11 and 790.12, F.S.; amending s. |
| 14 | 790.25, F.S.; correcting cross-references; requiring the |
| 15 | Department of Environmental Protection to amend the |
| 16 | correlative rule in the Florida Administrative Code to |
| 17 | allow the possession of weapons in compliance with all |
| 18 | Florida Statutes; providing requirements with respect to |
| 19 | amendment of the rule; providing an effective date. |
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| 21 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 23 | Section 1. Sections 790.11, 790.12, and 790.14, Florida |
| 24 | Statutes, are repealed. |
| 25 | Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section |
| 26 | 790.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 27 | 790.25 Lawful ownership, possession, and use of firearms |
| 28 | and other weapons.-- |
| 29 | (2) USES NOT AUTHORIZED.-- |
| 30 | (b) The protections of this section do not apply to the |
| 31 | following: |
| 32 | 1. A person who has been adjudged mentally incompetent, |
| 33 | who is addicted to the use of narcotics or any similar drug, or |
| 34 | who is a habitual or chronic alcoholic, or a person using |
| 35 | weapons or firearms in violation of ss. 790.07-790.115 790.07- |
| 36 | 790.12, 790.145-790.19 790.14-790.19, 790.22-790.24; |
| 37 | 2. Vagrants and other undesirable persons as defined in s. |
| 38 | 856.02; |
| 39 | 3. A person in or about a place of nuisance as defined in |
| 40 | s. 823.05, unless such person is there for law enforcement or |
| 41 | some other lawful purpose. |
| 42 | Section 3. The Department of Environmental Protection |
| 43 | shall amend rule 62D-2.014(10), Florida Administrative Code, to |
| 44 | allow the possession of weapons in compliance with all |
| 45 | applicable Florida Statutes. The rule shall be amended to |
| 46 | indicate that such weapons shall be at all times in the |
| 47 | possession of a responsible party or properly secured within or |
| 48 | to a vehicle or temporary housing, which shall include motor |
| 49 | homes, travel trailers, recreational vehicles, campers, tents, |
| 50 | or other enclosed structures, while in state parks. |
| 51 | Section 4. This act shall take effect October 1, 2006. |