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812.173 Convenience business security —
(1) Every convenience business shall be equipped with the following security devices and standards:
(a) A security camera system capable of recording and retrieving an image to assist in offender
identification and apprehension.
(b) A drop safe,or cash management device for restricted access to cash receipts.
(c) A lighted parking lot illuminated at an intensity of at least 2 foot-candles per square foot at 18
inches above the surface.
(d) A conspicuous notice at the entrance which states that the cash register contains $50 or less.
(e) Window signage that allows a clear and unobstructed view from outside the building and in a
normal line of sight of the cash register and sales transaction area.
(f) Height markers at the entrance of the convenience business which display height measures.
(g) A cash management policy to limit the cash on hand at all times after 11 p.m.
(2) A convenience business shall not have window tinting that reduces exterior or interior view in a
normal tine of sight.
(3) Every convenience business shall be equipped with a silent alarm to law enforcement or a private
security agency, unless application for an exemption is made to and granted by the Attorney General. An
application for exemption must be in writing and must be accompanied by an administrative fee of $25
for each store for which an exemption would apply.
(4) If a murder, robbery, sexual battery, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, or kidnapping or
false imprisonment, as those crimes are identified and defined by Florida Statutes, occurs or has
occurred at a convenience business since July 1, 1989, and arises out of the operation of the
convenience business, that convenience business shall implement at least one of the following security
measures:
(a) Provide at least two employees on the premises at all times after 11 p.m. and before 5 a.m.;
(b) Install for use by employees at all times after 11 p.m. and before 5 a.m. a secured safety
enclosure of transparent polycarbonate or other material that meets at least one of the following
minimum standards:
1. American Society for Testing and Materials Standard D3935 (classification PC110 B 3 0800700) and
that has a thickness of at least 0.375 inches and has an impact strength of at least 200 foot pounds; or
2. Underwriters Laboratory Standard UL 752 for medium power small arms (level one), Bullet
Resisting Equipment;
(c) Provide a security guard on the premises at all times after 11 p.m. and before 5 a.m.;
(d) Lock the business premises throughout the hours of 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., and only transact business
through an indirect pass -through trough, trapdoor, or window; or
(e) Close the business at all times after 11 p.m. and before 5 a.m.
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(5) For purposes of this section, any convenience business that by law implemented any of the
security measures set forth in paragraphs (4)(a)-(e) and has maintained said measures as required by the
Department of Legal Affairs without any occurrence or incidence of the crimes identified by subsection
(4) for a period of no less than 24 months immediately preceding the filing of a notice of exemption,
may file with the department a notice of exemption from these enhanced security measures. In no event
shalt this exemption be interpreted to preclude full compliance with the security measures set forth in
subsection (4) should any occurrence or incidence of the crimes identified by subsection (4) cause
subsection (4) to be statutorily applicable. As of the date this act becomes law, the Department of Legal
Affairs will provide notice to any convenience business to which a subsection (4) incident has previously
occurred. In no event shall the state or the Department of Legal Affairs incur any liability for the
regulation and enforcement of this act.
History.—s. 5, ch. 90-346; s. 5, ch. 92-103.
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812.174 Training of employees. —The owner or principal operator of a convenience business or
convenience businesses shall provide proper robbery deterrence and safety training by an approved
curriculum to its retail employees within 60 days of employment. Existing retail employees shall receive
training within 6 months of April 8, 1992. A proposed curriculum shall be submitted in writing to the
Attorney General with an administrative fee not to exceed $100. The Attorney General shall review and
approve or disapprove the curriculum in writing within 60 days after receipt. The state shall have no
liability for approving or disapproving a training curriculum under this section. Approval shall be given to
a curriculum which trains and familiarizes retail employees with the security principles, devices, and
measures required by s. 812.173. Disapproval of a curriculum shall be subject to the provisions of
chapter 120. No person shall be liable for ordinary negligence due to implementing an approved
curriculum if the training was actually provided. A curriculum shall be submitted for reapproval
biennially with an administrative fee not to exceed $100. Any curriculum approved by the Attorney
General since September 1990 shall be subject to reapproval 2 years from the anniversary of initial
approval and biennially thereafter.
History.—s. 6, ch. 90-346; s. 6, ch. 92-103.
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