Bill Text: CA SB585 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Agricultural District 1-A: firearm sales at the Cow

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-01-19 - Stricken from Senate file. [SB585 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB585-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 585	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 4132 to the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to Agricultural District 1-A.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 585, as amended, Leno. Agricultural District 1-A: firearm sales
at the Cow Palace.
   Existing law generally regulates the transfer of firearms and
divides the state into agricultural districts. District 1-A is the
County of San Mateo and the City and County of San Francisco. A
violation of statutes governing agricultural districts is a
misdemeanor.
   This bill would prohibit  the sale of  
events at which  firearms and ammunition  are sold  at
the Cow Palace, as specified, located in District 1-A,  except as
provided,  and would thereby make a violation of that
prohibition a misdemeanor.  The bill would authorize up to 5 of
those events per year until they are replaced with nonfirearm and
nonammunition events, as provided. 
   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.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 4132 is added to the Food and Agricultural
Code, to read:
   4132.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  and
except as provided in subdivision (b),  no officer, employee,
operator, or any lessee of District 1-A as defined in Section 3853
may contract for, authorize, or allow  , the sale of
  an event at which  any firearm or ammunition 
is sold  on the property or in the buildings that comprise the
Cow Palace property in San Mateo County and the City and County of
San Francisco or any successor or additional property owned, leased,
or otherwise occupied or operated by the district. 
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) and commencing January 1,
2010, no more than five events as described in subdivision (a) shall
be authorized or allowed per year on Cow Palace property. The
district shall phase out those events by replacing them with
nonfirearm or nonammunition related events and shall add no event
that increases the number of these events at the Cow Palace property
from the number in the preceding year.  
   (b) 
    (c)  For purposes of this section:
   (1) The definition of "firearm" means the term as included in
subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 12001 of the Penal Code.
   (2) The term "ammunition" includes assembled ammunition for use in
a firearm and components of ammunition including smokeless and black
powder, and any projectile capable of being fired from a firearm
with deadly consequence.
  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.