Bill Text: CA SB683 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Firearms: firearm safety certificate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 761, Statutes of 2013. [SB683 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB683-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 683	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Block

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 26525 of the Penal Code, relating to
firearms.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 683, as introduced, Block. Firearms: used firearms.
   Existing law, subject to exceptions, prohibits a person from
selling, leasing, or transferring firearms unless the person has been
issued a firearms dealer license, as specified. Existing law
provides an exception to that requirement for the sale, lease, or
transfer of used firearms that are not handguns at gun shows or other
events, as specified, if the person has a valid federal firearms
license, a current certificate of eligibility, and certain other
criteria are met.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 26525 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   26525.  (a) Section 26500 does not apply to the sale, lease, or
transfer of used firearms, other than handguns, at gun shows or
events, as specified in Article 1 (commencing with Section 26700) and
Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) of Chapter 2, by a person
other than a licensee or dealer, provided the person has a valid
federal firearms license and a current certificate of eligibility
issued by the Department of Justice, as specified in Section 26710,
and provided all the sales, leases, or transfers fully comply with
Section 27545. However, the person shall not  engage in the
sale   sell  , lease, or transfer  of
 used firearms other than handguns at more than 12 gun shows
or events in any calendar year and shall not sell, lease, or
transfer more than 15 used firearms other than handguns at any single
gun show or event. In no event shall the person sell more than 75
used firearms other than handguns in any calendar year.
   (b) The Department of Justice shall adopt regulations to
administer this program and shall recover the full costs of
administration from fees assessed applicants.