Senate Bill sb1774

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1774

    By Senator Crist





    12-1338-07                                          See HB 143

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Criminal Justice

  3         Standards and Training Commission; creating s.

  4         943.132, F.S.; requiring the Criminal Justice

  5         Standards and Training Commission to adopt

  6         rules for the implementation of the federal Law

  7         Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004;

  8         requiring the commission to develop and

  9         authorize the issuance of a uniform firearms

10         proficiency verification card; authorizing the

11         use of specified facilities operating firing

12         ranges for testing of persons other than law

13         enforcement officers; providing an effective

14         date.

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

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18         Section 1.  Section 943.132, Florida Statutes, is

19  created to read:

20         943.132  Implementation of federal Law Enforcement

21  Officers Safety Act of 2004.--

22         (1)  The commission shall by rule establish the manner

23  in which Title 18, 44 U.S.C. ss. 926B and 926C, the federal

24  Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, relating to the

25  carrying of concealed firearms by qualified law enforcement

26  officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers, as

27  defined in the act, shall be implemented in the state. In

28  order to facilitate the implementation within the state of

29  Title 18, 44 U.S.C. ss. 926B and 926C, the commission shall

30  develop and authorize a uniform firearms proficiency

31  verification card to be issued to persons who achieve a

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1774
    12-1338-07                                          See HB 143




 1  passing score on the firing range testing component as

 2  utilized in the minimum firearms proficiency course applicable

 3  to active law enforcement officers, indicating the person's

 4  name and the date upon which he or she achieved the passing

 5  score. Each such card shall be issued only by firearms

 6  instructors certified by the commission.

 7         (2)  Facilities operating firing ranges on which

 8  firearms instructors certified by the commission administer

 9  the firing range testing component as utilized in the minimum

10  firearms proficiency course applicable to active law

11  enforcement officers may open the firing range under terms and

12  conditions established by the operating entity to other

13  persons for purposes of allowing such persons to demonstrate

14  their ability to achieve a passing score on the firing range

15  testing component as utilized in the minimum firearms

16  proficiency course. All costs associated with the

17  demonstration by any such person that he or she meets the

18  requirements of the firing range testing component as utilized

19  in the minimum firearms proficiency course shall be at the

20  expense of the person being tested.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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