Florida Senate - 2018                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 7026
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Farmer moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (234288) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 2135 and 2136
    5  insert:
    6         Section 30. Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section
    7  493.6105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         493.6105 Initial application for license.—
    9         (6) In addition to the requirements under subsection (3),
   10  an applicant for a Class “K” license must:
   11         (a) Submit one of the following:
   12         1. The Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training
   13  Commission Instructor Certificate and written confirmation by
   14  the commission that the applicant possesses an active firearms
   15  certification.
   16         2. A valid National Rifle Association Private Security
   17  Firearm Instructor Certificate issued not more than 3 years
   18  before the submission of the applicant’s Class “K” application.
   19         2.3. A valid firearms instructor certificate issued by a
   20  federal law enforcement agency issued not more than 3 years
   21  before the submission of the applicant’s Class “K” application.
   22         Section 31. Paragraph (h) of subsection (2) of section
   23  790.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   24         790.06 License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.—
   25         (2) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
   26  shall issue a license if the applicant:
   27         (h) Demonstrates competence with a firearm by any one of
   28  the following:
   29         1. Completion of any hunter education or hunter safety
   30  course approved by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
   31  or a similar agency of another state;
   32         2. Completion of any National Rifle Association firearms
   33  safety or training course;
   34         2.3. Completion of any firearms safety or training course
   35  or class available to the general public offered by a law
   36  enforcement agency, junior college, college, or private or
   37  public institution or organization or firearms training school,
   38  using instructors certified by the National Rifle Association,
   39  Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission, or the
   40  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
   41         3.4. Completion of any law enforcement firearms safety or
   42  training course or class offered for security guards,
   43  investigators, special deputies, or any division or subdivision
   44  of a law enforcement agency or security enforcement;
   45         4.5. Presents evidence of equivalent experience with a
   46  firearm through participation in organized shooting competition
   47  or military service;
   48         5.6. Is licensed or has been licensed to carry a firearm in
   49  this state or a county or municipality of this state, unless
   50  such license has been revoked for cause; or
   51         6.7. Completion of any firearms training or safety course
   52  or class conducted by a state-certified or National Rifle
   53  Association certified firearms instructor;
   54  
   55  A photocopy of a certificate of completion of any of the courses
   56  or classes; an affidavit from the instructor, school, club,
   57  organization, or group that conducted or taught such course or
   58  class attesting to the completion of the course or class by the
   59  applicant; or a copy of any document that shows completion of
   60  the course or class or evidences participation in firearms
   61  competition shall constitute evidence of qualification under
   62  this paragraph. A person who conducts a course pursuant to
   63  subparagraph 2. or subparagraph 6., subparagraph 3., or
   64  subparagraph 7., or who, as an instructor, attests to the
   65  completion of such courses, must maintain records certifying
   66  that he or she observed the student safely handle and discharge
   67  the firearm in his or her physical presence and that the
   68  discharge of the firearm included live fire using a firearm and
   69  ammunition as defined in s. 790.001;
   70         Section 32. Subsection (6) of section 823.16, Florida
   71  Statutes, is amended to read:
   72         823.16 Sport shooting ranges; definitions; exemption from
   73  liability; exemption from specified rules; exemption from
   74  nuisance actions; continued operation.—
   75         (6) A sport shooting range that is not in violation of
   76  existing law at the time of the enactment of an ordinance
   77  applicable to the sport shooting range shall be permitted to
   78  continue in operation even if the operation of the sport
   79  shooting range does not conform to the new ordinance or an
   80  amendment to an existing ordinance, provided the range was not
   81  in violation of any law when the range was constructed and
   82  provided that the range continues to conform to current National
   83  Rifle Association gun safety and shooting range standards.
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   85  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   86  And the title is amended as follows:
   87         Delete line 2652
   88  and insert:
   89         amending s. 493.6105, F.S.; deleting a provision
   90         authorizing an applicant for a Class “K” license to
   91         submit a certain National Rifle Association Private
   92         Security Firearm Certificate to fulfill a training
   93         requirement; amending s. 790.06, F.S.; deleting
   94         provisions authorizing an applicant for a license to
   95         carry a concealed weapon or firearm to demonstrate
   96         competency with a firearm by completing any National
   97         Rifle Association firearms safety or training course,
   98         any firearms safety or training course that uses
   99         instructors certified by the National Rifle
  100         Association, or any firearms safety or training course
  101         conducted by a National Rifle Association-certified
  102         firearms instructor; amending s. 823.16, F.S.;
  103         deleting a provision specifying that a certain sport
  104         shooting range that is not in violation of existing
  105         law at the time of an enactment of a certain ordinance
  106         may continue to operate after the enactment of the
  107         ordinance under certain circumstances;