(a) Subject to appropriations, the department of safety shall provide free firearm locks to a Tennessee resident upon the resident's request. The department of safety shall prominently display on the department's website instructions for requesting free firearm locks.(b) The department shall collaborate with the Tennessee bureau of investigation, and other state agencies as the department deems appropriate, to create a public safety campaign dedicated to safe firearm storage using funds specifically appropriated for that purpose during the 2023-2024 fiscal year. It is the legislative intent that one million one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000) be appropriated for the department's public safety campaign dedicated to safe firearm storage.Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, (1st. Ex. Sess.) ch. 1, s 1, eff. 11/1/2023.
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