Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7026
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  02/28/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Stewart) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 398 and 399
    4  insert:
    5         (3) POSSESSION.—A person may not, within this state,
    6  possess a bump-fire stock. A person who violates this subsection
    7  commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in
    8  s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
    9         (4) RELINQUISHMENT AND DESTRUCTION.—A person who owns or is
   10  in possession of a bump-fire stock may arrange in advance to
   11  relinquish the device to a law enforcement agency, as defined in
   12  s. 934.02, or the Department of Law Enforcement or, if the bump
   13  fire stock is not relinquished, the person must destroy the
   14  device. The law enforcement agency or the department must
   15  destroy any relinquished or acquired bump-fire stock within a
   16  reasonable time.
   17         (5) APPLICABILITY.—This section does not apply to a law
   18  enforcement agency or the Department of Law Enforcement after
   19  taking possession of a bump-fire stock through relinquishment or
   20  other lawful means or while preparing to destroy the device.
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   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete lines 44 - 46
   25  and insert:
   26         distribution, transport, sale, giving, or possession
   27         of a bump-fire stock in this state; providing criminal
   28         penalties; authorizing a person to relinquish a bump
   29         fire stock to a law enforcement agency or the
   30         Department of Law Enforcement; requiring a person who
   31         does not relinquish a bump-fire stock to destroy the
   32         device; requiring the law enforcement agency or the
   33         department to destroy relinquished or acquired bump
   34         fire stocks; providing applicability; providing
   35         legislative intent; providing a