Florida HB 1345: Pharmaceutical Products Containing Cannabis

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to statewide data sharing of 2
secondhand dealer, secondary metals recycler, and 3
pawnbroker transactions; amending ss. 538.04, 538.19, 4
538.32, and 539.001, F.S.; requiring secondhand 5
dealers, secondary metals recyclers, and pawnbrokers 6
to transmit specified records to the Department of Law 7
Enforcement for the purpose of statewide data sharing; 8
providing an effective date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Subsections (1), (6), and (8) of section 13
538.04, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 14
538.04 Recordkeeping requirements; penalties.— 15
(1) A secondhand dealer shall complete a secondhand 16
dealers transaction form at the time of the actual transaction. 17
A secondhand dealer shall maintain a copy of a completed 18
transaction form on the registered premises for at least 1 year 19
after the date of the transaction. However, the secondhand 20
dealer shall maintain a copy of the transaction form for not 21
less than 3 years. Unless other arrangements are agreed upon by 22
the secondhand dealer and the appropriate law enforcement 23
official, the secondhand dealer shall, within 24 hours after 24
acquiring any secondhand goods, deliver to such official and the 25

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Department of Law Enforcement a record of the transaction on a 26
form approved by the Department of Law Enforcement for the 27
purpose of statewide data sharing. Such record must shall 28
contain all of the following: 29
(a) The time, date, and place of the transaction. 30
(b) A complete and accurate description of the goods 31
acquired, including the following information, if applicable: 32
1. Brand name. 33
2. Model number. 34
3. Manufacturer's serial number. 35
4. Size. 36
5. Color, as apparent to the untrained eye. 37
6. Precious metal type, weight, and content if known. 38
7. Gemstone description, including the number of stones, 39
if applicable. 40
8. In the case of firearms, the type of action, caliber or 41
gauge, number of barrels, barrel length, and finish. 42
9. Any other unique identifying marks, numbers, or 43
letters. 44
(c) Digital photographs of the goods, clearly showing the 45
items required to be included on the record as provided in 46
paragraph (b). 47
(d) A description of the person from whom the goods were 48
acquired, including: 49
1. Full name, current residential address, workplace, and 50

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home and work phone numbers. 51
2. Height, weight, date of birth, race, gender, hair 52
color, eye color, and any other identifying marks. 53
3. The right thumbprint, free of smudges and smears, of 54
the person from whom the goods were acquired. 55
(e) Any other information required by the form approved by 56
the Department of Law Enforcement. 57
(6) If the appropriate law enforcement official supplies a 58
secondhand dealer with appropriate software and the secondhand 59
dealer has computer capability, the secondhand dealer must 60
electronically transmit secondhand dealer transactions required 61
by this section to such official and the Department of Law 62
Enforcement for the purpose of statewide data sharing. If a 63
secondhand dealer does not have computer capability, the 64
appropriate law enforcement official may provide the secondhand 65
dealer with a computer and all equipment necessary to 66
electronically transmit secondhand dealer transactions. The 67
appropriate law enforcement official shall retain ownership of 68
the computer, unless otherwise agreed upon, and the secondhand 69
dealer shall maintain the computer in good working order, except 70
for ordinary wear. A secondhand dealer who transmits secondhand 71
dealer transactions electronically is not required to also 72
deliver the original or paper copies of the secondhand 73
transaction forms to the appropriate law enforcement official or 74
the Department of Law Enforcement. However, such official may, 75

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for purposes of a criminal investigation, request the secondhand 76
dealer to deliver the original transaction form that was 77
electronically transmitted. The secondhand dealer shall deliver 78
the form to the appropriate law enforcement official within 24 79
hours after receipt of the request. 80
(8) When secondhand goods are purchased by means of an 81
automated kiosk, the serial num