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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to storage of firearms in motor 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | vehicles or vessels; creating s. 790.176, F.S.; 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | providing definitions; providing requirements for 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | storage of firearms and ammunition in motor vehicles 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | or vessels; providing criminal penalties; providing an 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | effective date. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. Section 790.176, Florida Statutes, is created 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | to read: 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 790.176 Storage of firearms in motor vehicles or vessels. — 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) As used in this section, the term: 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in s. 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 320.01(1). 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) "Trunk" means the fully enclosed and locked main 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | storage compartment of a motor vehicle that is not accessible 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | from the passenger compartment, but does not include any 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | compartment that has a window; the bed of a pickup truck; or the 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | rear area of a hatchback, station wagon -type motor vehicle, or 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | sport utility motor vehicle. 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) "Vessel" has the s ame meaning as in s. 327.02. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) A person who stores or leaves, in a motor vehicle or 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | vessel under his or her control, a firearm, whether loaded or 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | unloaded, or firearm ammunition, while the person is not in the 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | motor vehicle or vessel, shall keep the f irearm from ordinary 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | observation locked within the trunk, a utility or glove box, or 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | a locked container securely affixed to the motor vehicle or 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | vessel. 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (3) A person who violates subsection (2) commits a 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as p rovided in s. 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 775.082 or s. 775.083. 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 34 |
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