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; |