| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to concealed weapons or firearms licenses; |
| 3 | amending s. 790.06, F.S.; providing an exemption from |
| 4 | certain restrictions for licensees holding specified |
| 5 | county offices; providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 790.06, Florida |
| 10 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 11 | 790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.- |
| 12 | (12)(a) No license issued pursuant to this section shall |
| 13 | authorize any person to carry a concealed weapon or firearm into |
| 14 | any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05; any police, |
| 15 | sheriff, or highway patrol station; any detention facility, |
| 16 | prison, or jail; any courthouse; any courtroom, except that |
| 17 | nothing in this section would preclude a judge from carrying a |
| 18 | concealed weapon or determining who will carry a concealed |
| 19 | weapon in his or her courtroom; any polling place; any meeting |
| 20 | of the governing body of a county, public school district, |
| 21 | municipality, or special district; any meeting of the |
| 22 | Legislature or a committee thereof; any school, college, or |
| 23 | professional athletic event not related to firearms; any school |
| 24 | administration building; any portion of an establishment |
| 25 | licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the |
| 26 | premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily |
| 27 | devoted to such purpose; any elementary or secondary school |
| 28 | facility; any career center; any college or university facility |
| 29 | unless the licensee is a registered student, employee, or |
| 30 | faculty member of such college or university and the weapon is a |
| 31 | stun gun or nonlethal electric weapon or device designed solely |
| 32 | for defensive purposes and the weapon does not fire a dart or |
| 33 | projectile; inside the passenger terminal and sterile area of |
| 34 | any airport, provided that no person shall be prohibited from |
| 35 | carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, which firearm is |
| 36 | encased for shipment for purposes of checking such firearm as |
| 37 | baggage to be lawfully transported on any aircraft; or any place |
| 38 | where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law. Any |
| 39 | person who willfully violates any provision of this subsection |
| 40 | commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as |
| 41 | provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
| 42 | (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person who holds a |
| 43 | license issued pursuant to this section and who also holds |
| 44 | office as a county commissioner, school board member, or county |
| 45 | constitutional officer while he or she holds such office. |
| 46 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |