Miami-Dade
Legislative Item File Number: 070274 |
Printable PDF Format Clerk's Official Copy |
File Number: 070274 | File Type: Resolution | Status: Adopted | ||||||||||||
Version: 0 | Reference: R-198-07 | Control: County Commission | ||||||||||||
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Requester: NONE | Cost: | Final Action: 2/20/2007 | ||||||||||||
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Sunset Provision: No | Effective Date: | Expiration Date: |
Registered Lobbyist: | None Listed |
Legislative History |
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Acting Body | Date | Agenda Item | Action | Sent To | Due Date | Returned | Pass/Fail |
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Board of County Commissioners | 2/20/2007 | 11A19 | Adopted | P | |||
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County Manager | 2/14/2007 | Additions | 2/20/2007 | ||||
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Budget and Finance Committee | 2/13/2007 | 2CC | Forwarded to the BCC by the BCC Chairperson with a favorable recommendation | P | |||
REPORT: | Assistant County Attorney Benitez read the foregoing resolution into the record. It was moved by Commissioner Sorenson that this proposed resolution be forwarded to with a favorable recommendation. This motion was seconded by Commissioner Diaz. Commissioner Diaz asked to be listed as a co-sponsor of the foregoing resolution. Hearing no other questions or comments, the Committee proceeded to vote. | ||||||
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County Attorney | 1/31/2007 | Referred | Budget and Finance Committee | 2/13/2007 | |||
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County Attorney | 1/31/2007 | Assigned | Abigail Price-Williams | ||||
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Legislative Text |
TITLE RESOLUTION URGING THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR THE UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM IN PUBLIC BODY WHEREAS, discharging a firearm into the air to celebrate the coming of a New Year or any other occasion has resulted in death and serious injury from stray bullets; and WHEREAS, tragically, too many innocent Florida residents, including children, have been accidentally killed or seriously injured by the celebratory discharge of a firearm; and WHEREAS, state law provides that knowingly discharging a firearm in any public place or over any occupied premises, while outside of a vehicle, is a misdemeanor of the first degree; and WHEREAS, there is a great need to increase the criminal penalties for the dangerous practice of recklessly discharging a firearm in public in an effort to deter this behavior and reduce the number of deaths and serious bodily injuries resulting therefrom, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that this Board: Section 1. Urges the Florida Legislature to pass legislation increasing the penalties for the unlawful discharge of a firearm in public from a misdemeanor to a felony. Section 2. Directs the Clerk of the Board to transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the Governor, Senate President, House Speaker and Chair and members of the Miami- Dade County State Legislative Delegation. Section 3. Directs the County's state lobbyists to advocate for the passage of the legislation set forth in Section 1 above, and directs the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs to include this item in the 2007 State Legislative Package. |
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