| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to concealed weapons or firearms; amending |
| 3 | s. 790.06, F.S.; providing that a license to carry a |
| 4 | concealed weapon or firearm does not authorize a person to |
| 5 | carry such weapon or firearm into a health care facility; |
| 6 | providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 790.06, Florida |
| 11 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 12 | 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.-- |
| 13 | (12) A No license issued pursuant to this section does not |
| 14 | shall authorize any person to carry a concealed weapon or |
| 15 | firearm into any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05; any |
| 16 | police, sheriff, or highway patrol station; any detention |
| 17 | facility, prison, or jail; any courthouse; any courtroom, except |
| 18 | that nothing in this section does not would preclude a judge |
| 19 | from carrying a concealed weapon or determining who will carry a |
| 20 | concealed weapon in his or her courtroom; any polling place; any |
| 21 | health care facility; any meeting of the governing body of a |
| 22 | county, public school district, municipality, or special |
| 23 | district; any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereof; |
| 24 | any school, college, or professional athletic event not related |
| 25 | to firearms; any school administration building; any portion of |
| 26 | an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for |
| 27 | consumption on the premises, which portion of the establishment |
| 28 | is primarily devoted to such purpose; any elementary or |
| 29 | secondary school facility; any career center; any college or |
| 30 | university facility unless the licensee is a registered student, |
| 31 | employee, or faculty member of such college or university and |
| 32 | the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal electric weapon or device |
| 33 | designed solely for defensive purposes and the weapon does not |
| 34 | fire a dart or projectile; inside the passenger terminal and |
| 35 | sterile area of any airport, except that a provided that no |
| 36 | person is not shall be prohibited from carrying any legal |
| 37 | firearm into the terminal, which firearm is encased for shipment |
| 38 | for purposes of checking such firearm as baggage to be lawfully |
| 39 | transported on any aircraft; or any place where the carrying of |
| 40 | firearms is prohibited by federal law. Any person who willfully |
| 41 | violates any provision of this subsection commits a misdemeanor |
| 42 | of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. |
| 43 | 775.083. |
| 44 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |