| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to firearms transactions; amending s. |
| 3 | 790.335, F.S.; clarifying that violations of provisions |
| 4 | prohibiting keeping any list, record, or registry of |
| 5 | privately owned firearms or any list, record, or registry |
| 6 | of the owners of those firearms may be committed by |
| 7 | entities as well as individuals; requiring that secondhand |
| 8 | dealers and pawnbrokers who electronically submit certain |
| 9 | firearm transaction records to law enforcement agencies |
| 10 | submit certain specified information in Florida Crime |
| 11 | Information Center coding; providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section |
| 16 | 790.335, Florida Statutes, is amended, present subsection (5) is |
| 17 | renumbered as subsection (6), and a new subsection (5) is added |
| 18 | to that section, to read: |
| 19 | 790.335 Prohibition of registration of firearms; |
| 20 | electronic records.-- |
| 21 | (4) PENALTIES.-- |
| 22 | (a) Any person who, or entity that, violates a provision |
| 23 | of this section commits a felony of the third degree, punishable |
| 24 | as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
| 25 | (5) ELECTRONIC RECORDS.--Secondhand dealers and |
| 26 | pawnbrokers who electronically submit firearms transaction |
| 27 | records to the appropriate law enforcement agencies as required |
| 28 | by chapters 538 and 539 shall submit the name of the |
| 29 | manufacturer and caliber information of each firearm in Florida |
| 30 | Crime Information Center coding, and shall include the model and |
| 31 | serial number of each firearm. |
| 32 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |