Bill Text: FL S1586 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enhanced Firearms Training Facilities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-03-08 - Died in Community Affairs [S1586 Detail]

Download: Florida-2024-S1586-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2024                                    SB 1586
       
       
        
       By Senator Collins
       
       
       
       
       
       14-00081A-24                                          20241586__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to enhanced firearms training
    3         facilities; creating s. 790.501, F.S.; exempting from
    4         local government specified restrictions for the
    5         location of licensed enhanced firearms training
    6         facilities; providing definitions; establishing
    7         procedures for licensure; requiring certain sheriffs
    8         to provide an affidavit; specifying the duration of a
    9         license; specifying conditions under which a license
   10         is revoked; authorizing an enhanced firearms training
   11         facility to provide training and certification to the
   12         guardian program; requiring the Department of
   13         Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt rules;
   14         providing an effective date.
   15          
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   17  
   18         Section 1. Section 790.501, Florida Statutes, is created to
   19  read:
   20         790.501 Enhanced firearms training facilities; licensing.-
   21         (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a facility
   22  that is licensed under subsection (2) as an enhanced firearms
   23  training facility is exempt from any local government planning
   24  and zoning or public works restrictions.
   25         (2) For purposes of this section, the term:
   26         (a) “Enhanced firearms training facility” means a facility
   27  located on land zoned for agricultural use or the equivalent
   28  which is used to train people in the use of firearms and
   29  personal safety.
   30         (b) “Owner” means a person who:
   31         1. Holds the legal title to the land and facilities upon
   32  which the enhanced firearms training facility will be licensed;
   33  or
   34         2. Holds a percentage interest in the agricultural land and
   35  facilities that is equal to or greater than the other persons
   36  who also hold a legal interest, if the legal title is held in
   37  the name of two or more people.
   38         (3) To receive a license, the owner of an enhanced firearms
   39  training facility must:
   40         (a) Complete and submit an application to the Department of
   41  Agriculture and Consumer Services.
   42         (b) Have successfully passed a Level 2 background screening
   43  as provided in s. 435.04(2).
   44         (c) Have no felony conviction.
   45         (d) Have successfully completed a chief range safety
   46  officer training program approved by the Department of
   47  Agriculture and Consumer Services.
   48         (e) Hold a class “K” firearms instructor license from the
   49  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
   50         (4) In addition to meeting the requirements of subsection
   51  (3), the owner of an enhanced firearms training facility must
   52  provide the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services with
   53  an affidavit from the sheriff who has jurisdiction of the
   54  facility, attesting to the fact that the sheriff:
   55         1. Has personally visited the land and facilities upon
   56  which the enhanced firearms training facility will be licensed.
   57         2. Has determined the land and facilities would fulfill a
   58  public safety training need for which this section was created.
   59         3. Has determined that the land and facilities are large
   60  enough and sufficiently equipped to provide enhanced firearms
   61  training.
   62         (5) An enhanced firearms training facility license must be
   63  renewed annually and remains effective for 12 months or until
   64  the department determines that the owner of the enhanced
   65  firearms training facility is no longer in compliance with
   66  paragraph (3)(c), paragraph (3)(d), or paragraph (3)(e).
   67         (6) An enhanced firearms training facility may provide
   68  training and certification for the guardian program under s.
   69  30.15(1)(k).
   70         (7) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
   71  shall adopt rules to implement this section.
   72         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.