| 1 | Representative Snyder offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (141847) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 18 and 19, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 776.06, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 776.06 Deadly force.-- |
| 8 | (2)(a) The term "deadly force" does not include the |
| 9 | discharge of a firearm by a law enforcement officer or |
| 10 | correctional officer during and within the scope of his or her |
| 11 | official duties which is loaded with a less-lethal munition. As |
| 12 | used in this subsection, the term "less-lethal munition" means a |
| 13 | projectile that is designed to stun, temporarily incapacitate, |
| 14 | or cause temporary discomfort to a person without penetrating |
| 15 | the person's body, and includes a dart-firing stun gun that |
| 16 | penetrates the body. |
| 17 | (b) A law enforcement officer or a correctional officer is |
| 18 | not liable in any civil or criminal action arising out of the |
| 19 | use of any less-lethal munition, including a dart-firing stun |
| 20 | gun, in good faith during and within the scope of his or her |
| 21 | official duties. |
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| 24 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 25 | Remove lines 25-30 and insert: |
| 26 | An act relating to law enforcement officers; amending |
| 27 | s. 776.051, F.S.; providing that a person is not |
| 28 | justified in using force to resist an arrest by a law |
| 29 | enforcement officer, or to resist a law enforcement |
| 30 | officer engaged in executing a legal duty, if the |
| 31 | officer acts in good faith and is known or appears to |
| 32 | be a law enforcement officer; amending s. 776.06, |
| 33 | F.S.; specifying that dart-firing stun guns are |
| 34 | included within certain provisions excluding law |
| 35 | enforcement officer liability for use of less-lethal |
| 36 | munitions in certain circumstances; |