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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to paintball guns and markers; defining

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the terms "paintball gun" and "paintball marker";

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prohibiting a person from carrying a paintball gun or

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paintball marker in a vehicle on the highway; providing

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specified exceptions; providing that the act does not

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apply to a commercial paintball field, range, or course

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when passengers are transported to and from designated

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player areas; providing that a violation of the act is a

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first-degree misdemeanor; providing an effective date.

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

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     Section 1. Paintball guns and paintball markers.--

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     (1) As used in this section, the term "paintball gun" or

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"paintball marker" means a device designed and manufactured to

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propel, by gas or air, an encapsulated gelatin paintball.

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     (2) Except as set forth in subsection (3), a person may not

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carry a paintball gun or paintball marker in a vehicle on the

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highway unless:

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     (a) The paintball gun or paintball marker is disassembled

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so that the propellant canister is separate from the rest of the

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device and the device is empty of encapsulated gelatin

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paintballs; or

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     (b) The propellant canister of the paintball gun or

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paintball marker has been emptied of its gas or air propellant

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and the device is empty of encapsulated gelatin paintballs.

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     (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a commercial paintball

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field, range, or course when passengers are being transported in

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a vehicle by an employee of the commercial field, range, or

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course to and from designated player areas.

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     (4) A person who violates this section commits a

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misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.

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775.082 or s. 775.083, Florida Statutes.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.