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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to concealed weapons; amending

  3         s. 790.06, F.S.; revising provisions concerning

  4         licenses for concealed weapons or concealed

  5         firearms held by a servicemember; prohibiting

  6         license expiration while the servicemember is

  7         under military orders to be a certain distance

  8         away from his or her residence; providing for

  9         an extension of the time to renew such a

10         license; providing for fees and costs when such

11         a license is renewed within the extension

12         period; providing criteria to qualify for such

13         extension; providing an effective date.

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15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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17         Section 1.  Subsection (11) of section 790.06, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         790.06  License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.--

20         (11)(a)  No less than 90 days before prior to the

21  expiration date of the license, the Department of Agriculture

22  and Consumer Services shall mail to each licensee a written

23  notice of the expiration and a renewal form prescribed by the

24  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The licensee

25  must renew his or her license on or before the expiration date

26  by filing with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer

27  Services the renewal form containing a notarized affidavit

28  stating that the licensee remains qualified pursuant to the

29  criteria specified in subsections (2) and (3), a color

30  photograph as specified in paragraph (5)(e), and the required

31  renewal fee. Out-of-state residents must also submit a


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 1  completed fingerprint card and fingerprint processing fee. The

 2  license shall be renewed upon receipt of the completed renewal

 3  form, color photograph, appropriate payment of fees, and, if

 4  applicable, a completed fingerprint card. Additionally, a

 5  licensee who fails to file a renewal application on or before

 6  its expiration date must renew his or her license by paying a

 7  late fee of $15. A No license may not shall be renewed 180

 8  days 6 months or more after its expiration date, and such a

 9  license is shall be deemed to be permanently expired. A person

10  whose license has been permanently expired may reapply for

11  licensure; however, an application for licensure and fees

12  under pursuant to subsection (5) must be submitted, and a

13  background investigation shall be conducted pursuant to the

14  provisions of this section. A person Persons who knowingly

15  files file false information under pursuant to this subsection

16  is shall be subject to criminal prosecution under s. 837.06.

17         (b)  A license issued to a servicemember, as defined in

18  s. 250.01, is subject to paragraph (a); however, such a

19  license does not expire while the servicemember is serving on

20  military orders that have taken him or her over 35 miles from

21  his or her residence and shall be extended, as provided in

22  this paragraph, for up to 180 days after his or her return to

23  such residence. If the license-renewal requirements in

24  paragraph (a) are met within the 180-day extension period, the

25  servicemember may not be charged any additional costs, such

26  as, but not limited to, late fees or delinquency fees, above

27  the normal license fees. The servicemember must present to the

28  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services a copy of his

29  or her official military orders or a written verification from

30  the member's commanding officer before the end of the 180-day

31  period in order to qualify for the extension.


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