Senate Bill sb0870

    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 870

    By Senator Miller





    18-237-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to concealed weapons or

  3         firearms; amending s. 790.06, F.S.; providing

  4         that a license to carry a concealed weapon or

  5         firearm does not authorize a person to carry

  6         such weapon or firearm into a health care

  7         facility; providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (12) of section 790.06, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         790.06  License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.--

14         (12)  A No license issued pursuant to this section does

15  not shall authorize any person to carry a concealed weapon or

16  firearm into any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05;

17  any police, sheriff, or highway patrol station; any detention

18  facility, prison, or jail; any courthouse; any courtroom,

19  except that nothing in this section does not would preclude a

20  judge from carrying a concealed weapon or determining who will

21  carry a concealed weapon in his or her courtroom; any polling

22  place; any health care facility; any meeting of the governing

23  body of a county, public school district, municipality, or

24  special district; any meeting of the Legislature or a

25  committee thereof; any school, college, or professional

26  athletic event not related to firearms; any school

27  administration building; any portion of an establishment

28  licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on

29  the premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily

30  devoted to such purpose; any elementary or secondary school

31  facility; any career center; any college or university

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 870
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 1  facility unless the licensee is a registered student,

 2  employee, or faculty member of such college or university and

 3  the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal electric weapon or

 4  device designed solely for defensive purposes and the weapon

 5  does not fire a dart or projectile; inside the passenger

 6  terminal and sterile area of any airport, if a provided that

 7  no person is not shall be prohibited from carrying any legal

 8  firearm into the terminal, which firearm is encased for

 9  shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as baggage to

10  be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or any place where

11  the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law. Any

12  person who willfully violates any provision of this subsection

13  commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as

14  provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

15         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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18                          SENATE SUMMARY

19    Provides that a license to carry a concealed weapon or
      firearm does not authorize a person to carry such weapon
20    or firearm into a health care facility.

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