BILL NUMBER: AB 2182 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 10, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Torres
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend Section 836 of the Penal Code, relating to
firearms.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2182, as amended, Torres. Airports: firearms: arrest.
Under existing law it is a misdemeanor to knowingly possess a
firearm within any sterile area of an airport or a passenger vessel
terminal. Existing law also generally prohibits the carrying of
concealed firearms without a permit. Existing law authorizes a peace
officer to make a warrantless arrest of a person for a violation of
the provisions of law prohibiting the carrying of a concealed firearm
when the violation occurs within an airport in an area to which
access is controlled by the inspection of persons and property.
This bill would require a peace officer to arrest a person for
violating the provisions of law prohibiting the carrying of concealed
firearms when the offense occurs within an airport, as defined, in
an area to which access is controlled by the inspection of persons
and property, and the person does not have a valid concealed
weapons permit. The bill would also require the
peace officer to confiscate the firearm. The bill would ban
a person who is subsequently found guilty from entering the airport,
and would make it a misdemeanor to enter the airport where the
offense occurred. The bill would establish a rebuttable
presumption that the area to which access is controlled by the
inspection of persons and property begins wherever signs have been
posted notifying airport users that the possession of restricted
items is prohibited. By creating a new crime, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes no .
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 836 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
836. (a) A peace officer may arrest a person in obedience to a
warrant, or, pursuant to the authority granted to him or her by
Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2,
without a warrant, may arrest a person whenever any of the following
circumstances occur:
(1) The officer has probable cause to believe that the person to
be arrested has committed a public offense in the officer's presence.
(2) The person arrested has committed a felony, although not in
the officer's presence.
(3) The officer has probable cause to believe that the person to
be arrested has committed a felony, whether or not a felony, in fact,
has been committed.
(b) Any time a peace officer is called out on a domestic violence
call, it shall be mandatory that the officer make a good faith effort
to inform the victim of his or her right to make a citizen's arrest.
This information shall include advising the victim how to safely
execute the arrest.
(c) (1) When a peace officer is responding to a call alleging a
violation of a domestic violence protective or restraining order
issued under Section 527.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the Family
Code, Section 136.2, 646.91, or paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of
Section 1203.097 of this code, Section 213.5 or 15657.03 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code, or of a domestic violence protective
or restraining order issued by the court of another state, tribe, or
territory and the peace officer has probable cause to believe that
the person against whom the order is issued has notice of the order
and has committed an act in violation of the order, the officer
shall, consistent with subdivision (b) of Section 13701, make a
lawful arrest of the person without a warrant and take that person
into custody whether or not the violation occurred in the presence of
the arresting officer. The officer shall, as soon as possible after
the arrest, confirm with the appropriate authorities or the Domestic
Violence Protection Order Registry maintained pursuant to Section
6380 of the Family Code that a true copy of the protective order has
been registered, unless the victim provides the officer with a copy
of the protective order.
(2) The person against whom a protective order has been issued
shall be deemed to have notice of the order if the victim presents to
the officer proof of service of the order, the officer confirms with
the appropriate authorities that a true copy of the proof of service
is on file, or the person against whom the protective order was
issued was present at the protective order hearing or was informed by
a peace officer of the contents of the protective order.
(3) In situations where mutual protective orders have been issued
under Division 10 (commencing with Section 6200) of the Family Code,
liability for arrest under this subdivision applies only to those
persons who are reasonably believed to have been the dominant
aggressor. In those situations, prior to making an arrest under this
subdivision, the peace officer shall make reasonable efforts to
identify, and may arrest, the dominant aggressor involved in the
incident. The dominant aggressor is the person determined to be the
most significant, rather than the first, aggressor. In identifying
the dominant aggressor, an officer shall consider (A) the intent of
the law to protect victims of domestic violence from continuing
abuse, (B) the threats creating fear of physical injury, (C) the
history of domestic violence between the persons involved, and (D)
whether either person involved acted in self-defense.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), if a suspect
commits an assault or battery upon a current or former spouse,
fiancé, fiancée, a current or former cohabitant as defined in Section
6209 of the Family Code, a person with whom the suspect currently is
having or has previously had an engagement or dating relationship,
as defined in paragraph (10) of subdivision (f) of Section 243, a
person with whom the suspect has parented a child, or is presumed to
have parented a child pursuant to the Uniform Parentage Act (Part 3
(commencing with Section 7600) of Division 12 of the Family Code), a
child of the suspect, a child whose parentage by the suspect is the
subject of an action under the Uniform Parentage Act, a child of a
person in one of the above categories, any other person related to
the suspect by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree, or
any person who is 65 years of age or older and who is related to the
suspect by blood or legal guardianship, a peace officer may arrest
the suspect without a warrant where both of the following
circumstances apply:
(1) The peace officer has probable cause to believe that the
person to be arrested has committed the assault or battery, whether
or not it has in fact been committed.
(2) The peace officer makes the arrest as soon as probable cause
arises to believe that the person to be arrested has committed the
assault or battery, whether or not it has in fact been committed.
(e) (1) In addition to the authority to make an arrest without a
warrant pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (a), a
peace officer shall, with or without a warrant, arrest a person for a
violation of Section 25400 when all of the following apply:
(A) The officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person to
be arrested has committed the violation of Section 25400.
(B) The person to be arrested does not have a valid concealed
weapons permit issued pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
26150) of Division 5 of Title 4 of Part 6.
(B)
(C) The violation of Section 25400 occurred within an
airport, as defined in Section 21013 of the Public Utilities Code, in
an area to which access is controlled by the inspection of persons
and property.
(C)
(D) The peace officer makes the arrest as soon as
reasonable cause arises to believe that the person to be arrested has
committed the violation of Section 25400.
(2) When an arrest is made pursuant to this subdivision, the
officer shall confiscate the firearm.
(3) A person who is arrested pursuant to these provisions and
found guilty of a violation of Section 25400 occurring within an
airport, as defined in Section 21013 of the Public Utilities Code, in
an area to which access is controlled by the inspection of persons
and property, shall be banned from using the airport where the
offense occurred. A person entering the airport after a conviction
described in this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(4)
(3) For purposes of this subdivision, there shall be a
rebuttable presumption that an area to which access is controlled by
the inspection of persons and property begins wherever a sign has
been posted notifying airport users that the possession of restricted
items is prohibited.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this
act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution.