Bill Text: CA AB1798 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Deadly weapons.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 103, Statutes of 2014. [AB1798 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1798-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1798 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 103 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 9, 2014 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JULY 9, 2014 PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 26, 2014 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY APRIL 28, 2014 INTRODUCED BY Committee on Public Safety FEBRUARY 18, 2014 An act to amend Sections 11106, 11108.9, 16190, 16540, 16850, 17170, 17180, 17190, 27210, 28480, and 28490 of the Penal Code, relating to deadly weapons. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1798, Committee on Public Safety. Deadly weapons. Existing law requires the Attorney General to keep records of copies of fingerprints and licenses to carry concealed firearms and other documents relating to the transfer of firearms, and authorizes the dissemination of specified information relating to firearms transactions and possession by law enforcement agencies, the courts, and other specified officers if certain conditions are met. Existing law requires local law enforcement agencies to develop a plan for reduction in the number of recovered firearms that cannot be traced due to obliterated serial numbers. Existing law defines the terms "application to purchase," "firearm safety device," "locked container," "short-barreled rifle," "short-barreled shotgun," and "shotgun" for purposes of firearms regulation. Existing law requires the producer and facility's manager of a gun show or event to prepare an annual event and security plan regarding the show or event. Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to conduct onsite inspections at the business premises of federal firearms licensees, and authorizes the department to adopt regulations necessary to maintain a centralized list of federal firearms licensees and regulate those licensees. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 11106 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 11106. (a) (1) In order to assist in the investigation of crime, the prosecution of civil actions by city attorneys pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), the arrest and prosecution of criminals, and the recovery of lost, stolen, or found property, the Attorney General shall keep and properly file a complete record of all of the following: (A) All copies of fingerprints. (B) Copies of licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215. (C) Information reported to the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 26225 or 29830. (D) Dealers' records of sales of firearms. (E) Reports provided pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) of Chapter 4 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, or pursuant to any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585. (F) Forms provided pursuant to Section 12084, as that section read prior to being repealed on January 1, 2006. (G) Reports provided pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, that are not dealers' records of sales of firearms. (H) Information provided pursuant to Section 28255. (I) Reports of stolen, lost, found, pledged, or pawned property in any city or county of this state. (2) The Attorney General shall, upon proper application therefor, furnish the information to the officers referred to in Section 11105. (b) (1) The Attorney General shall permanently keep and properly file and maintain all information reported to the Department of Justice pursuant to the following provisions as to firearms and maintain a registry thereof: (A) Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6. (B) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) of Chapter 4 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6. (C) Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050) of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6. (D) Any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585. (E) Former Section 12084. (F) Section 28255. (G) Any other law. (2) The registry shall consist of all of the following: (A) The name, address, identification of, place of birth (state or country), complete telephone number, occupation, sex, description, and all legal names and aliases ever used by the owner or person being loaned the particular firearm as listed on the information provided to the department on the Dealers' Record of Sale, the Law Enforcement Firearms Transfer (LEFT), as defined in former Section 12084, or reports made to the department pursuant to any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585, Section 28255, or any other law. (B) The name and address of, and other information about, any person (whether a dealer or a private party) from whom the owner acquired or the person being loaned the particular firearm and when the firearm was acquired or loaned as listed on the information provided to the department on the Dealers' Record of Sale, the LEFT, or reports made to the department pursuant to any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585 or any other law. (C) Any waiting period exemption applicable to the transaction which resulted in the owner of or the person being loaned the particular firearm acquiring or being loaned that firearm. (D) The manufacturer's name if stamped on the firearm, model name or number if stamped on the firearm, and, if applicable, the serial number, other number (if more than one serial number is stamped on the firearm), caliber, type of firearm, if the firearm is new or used, barrel length, and color of the firearm, or, if the firearm is not a handgun and does not have a serial number or any identification number or mark assigned to it, that shall be noted. (3) Information in the registry referred to in this subdivision shall, upon proper application therefor, be furnished to the officers referred to in Section 11105, to a city attorney prosecuting a civil action, solely for use in prosecuting that civil action and not for any other purpose, or to the person listed in the registry as the owner or person who is listed as being loaned the particular firearm. (4) If any person is listed in the registry as the owner of a firearm through a Dealers' Record of Sale prior to 1979, and the person listed in the registry requests by letter that the Attorney General store and keep the record electronically, as well as in the record's existing photographic, photostatic, or nonerasable optically stored form, the Attorney General shall do so within three working days of receipt of the request. The Attorney General shall, in writing, and as soon as practicable, notify the person requesting electronic storage of the record that the request has been honored as required by this paragraph. (c) (1) If the conditions specified in paragraph (2) are met, any officer referred to in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (b) of Section 11105 may disseminate the name of the subject of the record, the number of the firearms listed in the record, and the description of any firearm, including the make, model, and caliber, from the record relating to any firearm's sale, transfer, registration, or license record, or any information reported to the Department of Justice pursuant to any of the following: (A) Section 26225. (B) Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6. (C) Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) of Chapter 4 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6. (D) Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050) of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6 (E) Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150) of Chapter 6 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6. (F) Article 5 (commencing with Section 30900) of Chapter 2 of Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6. (G) Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 33850) of Division 11 of Title 4 of Part 6. (H) Any provision listed in subdivision (a) of Section 16585. (2) Information may be disseminated pursuant to paragraph (1) only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (A) The subject of the record has been arraigned for a crime in which the victim is a person described in subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 6211 of the Family Code and is being prosecuted or is serving a sentence for the crime, or the subject of the record is the subject of an emergency protective order, a temporary restraining order, or an order after hearing, which is in effect and has been issued by a family court under the Domestic Violence Protection Act set forth in Division 10 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Family Code. (B) The information is disseminated only to the victim of the crime or to the person who has obtained the emergency protective order, the temporary restraining order, or the order after hearing issued by the family court. (C) Whenever a law enforcement officer disseminates the information authorized by this subdivision, that officer or another officer assigned to the case shall immediately provide the victim of the crime with a "Victims of Domestic Violence" card, as specified in subparagraph (H) of paragraph (9) of subdivision (c) of Section 13701. (3) The victim or person to whom information is disseminated pursuant to this subdivision may disclose it as he or she deems necessary to protect himself or herself or another person from bodily harm by the person who is the subject of the record. SEC. 2. Section 11108.9 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 11108.9. Each local law enforcement agency shall develop, in conjunction with and subject to the approval of the Department of Justice, a succinct Serial Number Restoration Plan setting forth the goals for reduction in the number of recovered firearms that cannot be traced due to obliterated serial numbers, and the methods that the local agency will follow in order to achieve these goals, including, but not limited to, establishing local programs for restoring serial numbers and accessing resources of the Department of Justice or the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for restoring serial numbers. These plans shall be submitted to the Department of Justice by January 1, 2000. SEC. 3. Section 16190 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 16190. As used in this part, "application to purchase" means either of the following: (a) The initial completion of the register by the purchaser, transferee, or person being loaned a firearm, as required by Section 28210. (b) The initial completion and transmission to the Department of Justice of the record of electronic or telephonic transfer by the dealer on the purchaser, transferee, or person being loaned a firearm, as required by Section 28215. SEC. 4. Section 16540 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 16540. As used in this part, "firearm safety device" means a device other than a gun safe that locks and is designed to prevent children and unauthorized users from firing a firearm. The device may be installed on a firearm, be incorporated into the design of the firearm, or prevent access to the firearm. SEC. 5. Section 16850 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 16850. As used in this part, "locked container" means a secure container that is fully enclosed and locked by a padlock, keylock, combination lock, or similar locking device. The term "locked container" does not include the utility or glove compartment of a motor vehicle. SEC. 6. Section 17170 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 17170. As used in this part, "short-barreled rifle" means any of the following: (a) A rifle having a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length. (b) A rifle with an overall length of less than 26 inches. (c) Any weapon made from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if that weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length. (d) Any device that may be readily restored to fire a fixed cartridge which, when so restored, is a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive. (e) Any part, or combination of parts, designed and intended to convert a device into a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, or any combination of parts from which a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, may be readily assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person. SEC. 7. Section 17180 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 17180. As used in this part, "short-barreled shotgun" means any of the following: (a) A firearm that is designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell and has a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length. (b) A firearm that has an overall length of less than 26 inches and that is designed or redesigned to fire a fixed shotgun shell. (c) Any weapon made from a shotgun (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if that weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length. (d) Any device that may be readily restored to fire a fixed shotgun shell which, when so restored, is a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive. (e) Any part, or combination of parts, designed and intended to convert a device into a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, or any combination of parts from which a device defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, can be readily assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person. SEC. 8. Section 17190 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 17190. As used in Sections 16530, 16640, 16870, and 17180, Sections 17720 to 17730, inclusive, Section 17740, Section 30215, and Article 1 (commencing with Section 33210) of Chapter 8 of Division 10 of Title 4, "shotgun" means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of projectiles (ball shot) or a single projectile for each pull of the trigger. SEC. 9. Section 27210 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 27210. (a) The producer and facility's manager of a gun show or event shall prepare an annual event and security plan and schedule that shall include, at a minimum, the following information for each show or event: (1) The type of show or event including, but not limited to, antique or general firearms. (2) The estimated number of vendors offering firearms for sale or display. (3) The estimated number of attendees. (4) The number of entrances and exits at the gun show or event site. (5) The location, dates, and times of the show or event. (6) The contact person and telephone number for both the producer and the facility. (7) The number of sworn peace officers employed by the producer or the facility's manager who will be present at the show or event. (8) The number of nonsworn security personnel employed by the producer or the facility's manager who will be present at the show or event. (b) The annual event and security plan shall be submitted by either the producer or the facility's manager to the Department of Justice and the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the facility. (c) If significant changes have been made since the annual plan was submitted, the producer shall, not later than 15 days before commencement of the gun show or event, submit to the department, the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the facility site, and the facility's manager, a revised event and security plan, including a revised list of vendors that the producer knows, or reasonably should know, will be renting tables, space, or otherwise participating in the gun show or event. (d) The event and security plan shall be approved by the facility' s manager before the event or show, after consultation with the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the facility. (e) No gun show or event shall commence unless the requirements of subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) are met. SEC. 10. Section 28480 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 28480. (a) The department may conduct onsite inspections at the business premises of a person on the centralized list described in Section 28450 to determine compliance with firearms laws pursuant to the provisions listed in Section 16575. (b) The department shall work in consultation with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to ensure that licensees are not subject to duplicative inspections. (c) During the inspection the following firearm records shall be made available for review: (1) Federal records referred to in subdivision (a) of Section 478.125 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations and the bound book containing the same information referred to in Section 478.124a and subdivision (e) of Section 478.125 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (2) Verification numbers issued pursuant to Section 27555. (3) Any other records requested by the department to determine compliance with the provisions listed in Section 16575. SEC. 11. Section 28490 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 28490. The department may adopt regulations as necessary to carry out the provisions of this article, Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2, and Sections 27555 to 27570, inclusive. The department shall work in consultation with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to ensure that state regulations are not duplicative of federal regulations.