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