Bill Text: CA AB539 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Firearm possession: prohibitions: transfer to licensed dealer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 739, Statutes of 2013. [AB539 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB539-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 539 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 739
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 11, 2013
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 11, 2013
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 29, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Pan
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
An act to amend Sections 11106, 29810, 29825, 29850, and 33870 of,
and to add Section 29830 to, the Penal Code, relating to firearms.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 539, Pan. Firearm possession: prohibitions: transfer to
licensed dealer.
Existing law prohibits specified persons, including persons
convicted of specified crimes, persons addicted to the use of any
narcotic drug, certain probationers, and persons against whom
specified restraining orders or injunctions apply, from possessing a
firearm. Under existing law a violation of these provisions is
justified if the person possessed the firearm no longer than was
necessary to deliver or transport the firearm to a law enforcement
agency for that agency's disposition according to law, if certain
requirements are met. Existing law allows a firearm that is in the
custody of a law enforcement agency to be sold or transferred to a
licensed dealer if the law enforcement agency determines that the
legal owner of the firearm is prohibited from possessing the firearm.
Existing law requires that a person prohibited from possessing a
firearm pursuant to certain provisions of law to be notified and
provided with a form to facilitate the transfer of firearms. Existing
law requires the Judicial Council to provide notice on all
protective orders that the respondent is prohibited from possessing a
firearm while the protective order is in effect and that the firearm
shall be relinquished to a local law enforcement agency or a
licensed firearms dealer.
This bill would allow anyone who is prohibited from owning or
possessing a firearm pursuant to the above provisions or any other
provision of law to transfer any firearm or firearms in his or her
possession, or of which he or she is the owner, to a licensed
firearms dealer for the duration of the prohibition if the
prohibition on owning or possessing the firearm will expire on a date
specified in the court order. The bill would require a firearms
dealer who stores a firearm under these circumstances to notify the
Department of Justice of the date that the dealer has taken
possession of the firearm, and would also require the Attorney
General to maintain a record of this information. The bill would make
conforming changes to the above provisions. Because the bill would
impose certain requirements on local agencies relating to the
transfer of firearms to a licensed firearms dealer, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11106 of
the Penal Code, proposed by AB 500 and SB 53, that would become
operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are
chaptered and become effective January 1, 2014, and this bill is
chaptered last.
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, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 11106 of the Penal Code, as added by Section
2.5 of Chapter 745 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read:
11106. (a) 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 copies of
fingerprints, copies of licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to
Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215, information reported to the
Department of Justice pursuant to Section 26225 or 29830, dealers'
records of sales of firearms, 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, forms provided pursuant to Section 12084, as that
section read prior to being repealed, 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, and reports of
stolen, lost, found, pledged, or pawned property in any city or
county of this state, and shall, upon proper application therefor,
furnish this 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) 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 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) 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 Section 26225,
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,
Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) of Chapter 4 of Division 6
of Title 4 of Part 6, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050) of
Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, Article 2 (commencing with Section
28150) of Chapter 6 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, Article 5
(commencing with Section 30900) of Chapter 2 of Division 10 of Title
4 of Part 6, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 33850) of Division 11
of Title 4 of Part 6, or any provision listed in subdivision (a) of
Section 16585, if the following conditions are met:
(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.
(2) 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. 1.3. Section 11106 of the Penal Code, as added by Section 2.5
of Chapter 745 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read:
11106. (a) 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 copies of
fingerprints, copies of licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to
Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215, information reported to the
Department of Justice pursuant to Section 26225 or 29830, dealers'
records of sales of firearms, 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, forms provided pursuant to Section 12084, as that
section read prior to being repealed, 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, information
provided pursuant to Section 28255, and reports of stolen, lost,
found, pledged, or pawned property in any city or county of this
state, and shall, upon proper application therefor, furnish this
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) 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 Section 26225,
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,
Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) of Chapter 4 of Division 6
of Title 4 of Part 6, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050) of
Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, Article 2 (commencing with Section
28150) of Chapter 6 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, Article 5
(commencing with Section 30900) of Chapter 2 of Division 10 of Title
4 of Part 6, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 33850) of Division 11
of Title 4 of Part 6, or any provision listed in subdivision (a) of
Section 16585, if the following conditions are met:
(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.
(2) 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. 1.5. Section 11106 of the Penal Code, as added by Section 2.5
of Chapter 745 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read:
11106. (a) 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 copies of
fingerprints, copies of licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to
Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215, information reported to the
Department of Justice pursuant to Section 26225 or 29830, copies of
ammunition purchaser authorizations pursuant to Section 30370,
ammunition vendor license information pursuant to Article 5
(commencing with Section 30380) of Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title
4 of Part 6, information required by Section 30352, dealers' records
of sales of firearms, 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, forms provided pursuant to Section 12084, as that
section read prior to being repealed, 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, and reports of
stolen, lost, found, pledged, or pawned property in any city or
county of this state, and shall, upon proper application therefor,
furnish this 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) 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 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) 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 Section 26225,
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,
Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) of Chapter 4 of Division 6
of Title 4 of Part 6, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050) of
Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, Article 2 (commencing with Section
28150) of Chapter 6 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, Article 5
(commencing with Section 30900) of Chapter 2 of Division 10 of Title
4 of Part 6, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 33850) of Division 11
of Title 4 of Part 6, or any provision listed in subdivision (a) of
Section 16585, if the following conditions are met:
(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.
(2) 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. 1.7. Section 11106 of the Penal Code, as added by Section 2.5
of Chapter 745 of the Statutes of 2011, is amended to read:
11106. (a) 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 copies of
fingerprints, copies of licenses to carry firearms issued pursuant to
Section 26150, 26155, 26170, or 26215, information reported to the
Department of Justice pursuant to Section 26225 or 29830, copies of
ammunition purchaser authorizations pursuant to Section 30370,
ammunition vendor license information pursuant to Article 5
(commencing with Section 30380) of Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title
4 of Part 6, information required by Section 30352, dealers' records
of sales of firearms, 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, forms provided pursuant to Section 12084, as that
section read prior to being repealed, 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, information
provided pursuant to Section 28255, and reports of stolen, lost,
found, pledged, or pawned property in any city or county of this
state, and shall, upon proper application therefor, furnish this
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) 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 Section 26225,
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,
Article 1 (commencing with Section 27500) of Chapter 4 of Division 6
of Title 4 of Part 6, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 28050) of
Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, Article 2 (commencing with Section
28150) of Chapter 6 of Division 6 of Title 4 of Part 6, Article 5
(commencing with Section 30900) of Chapter 2 of Division 10 of Title
4 of Part 6, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 33850) of Division 11
of Title 4 of Part 6, or any provision listed in subdivision (a) of
Section 16585, if the following conditions are met:
(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.
(2) 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 29810 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
29810. (a) For any person who is subject to Section 29800 or
29805, the court shall, at the time judgment is imposed, provide on a
form supplied by the Department of Justice, a notice to the
defendant prohibited by this chapter from owning, purchasing,
receiving, possessing, or having under custody or control, any
firearm. The notice shall inform the defendant of the prohibition
regarding firearms and include a form to facilitate the transfer of
firearms. If the prohibition on owning or possessing a firearm will
expire on a date specified in the court order, the form shall inform
the defendant that he or she may elect to have his or her firearm
transferred to a firearms dealer licensed pursuant to Section 29830.
(b) Failure to provide the notice described in subdivision (a) is
not a defense to a violation of this chapter.
SEC. 3. Section 29825 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
29825. (a) Every person who purchases or receives, or attempts to
purchase or receive, a firearm knowing that the person is prohibited
from doing so by a temporary restraining order or injunction issued
pursuant to Section 527.6, 527.8, or 527.85 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, a protective order as defined in Section 6218 of the
Family Code, a protective order issued pursuant to Section 136.2 or
646.91 of this code, or a protective order issued pursuant to Section
15657.03 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, is guilty of a public
offense, which shall be punishable by imprisonment in a county jail
not exceeding one year or in the state prison, by a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment
and fine.
(b) Every person who owns or possesses a firearm knowing that the
person is prohibited from doing so by a temporary restraining order
or injunction issued pursuant to Section 527.6, 527.8, or 527.85 of
the Code of Civil Procedure, a protective order as defined in Section
6218 of the Family Code, a protective order issued pursuant to
Section 136.2 or 646.91 of this code, or a protective order issued
pursuant to Section 15657.03 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, is
guilty of a public offense, which shall be punishable by
imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, by a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment
and fine.
(c) If probation is granted upon conviction of a violation of this
section, the court shall impose probation consistent with Section
1203.097.
(d) The Judicial Council shall provide notice on all protective
orders that the respondent is prohibited from owning, possessing,
purchasing, receiving, or attempting to purchase or receive a firearm
while the protective order is in effect. The order shall also state
that a firearm owned or possessed by the person shall be relinquished
to the local law enforcement agency for that jurisdiction, sold to a
licensed firearms dealer, or transferred to a licensed firearms
dealer pursuant to Section 29830 for the duration of the period that
the protective order is in effect, and that proof of surrender or
sale shall be filed within a specified time of receipt of the order.
The order shall state the penalties for a violation of the
prohibition. The order shall also state on its face the expiration
date for relinquishment.
SEC. 4. Section 29830 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
29830. (a) Any person who is prohibited from owning or possessing
a firearm pursuant to this article, or who is prohibited from owning
or possessing a firearm pursuant to any other law, may transfer or
cause to be transferred, any firearm or firearms in his or her
possession, or of which he or she is the owner, to a firearms dealer
licensed pursuant to Section 26700 to 26915, inclusive, for storage
during the duration of the prohibition, if the prohibition on owning
or possessing the firearm will expire on a date specified in the
court order.
(b) A firearms dealer who stores a firearm or firearms pursuant to
subdivision (a), may charge the owner a fee for the storage of the
firearm or firearms.
(c) A firearms dealer who stores a firearm or firearms pursuant to
subdivision (a) shall notify the Department of Justice of the date
that the firearms dealer has taken possession of the firearm or
firearms.
(d) Any firearm that is returned by a dealer to the owner of the
firearm pursuant to this section shall be returned in accordance with
the procedures set forth in Section 27540 and Article 1 (commencing
with Section 26700) and Article 2 (commencing with Section 26800) of
Chapter 2 of Division 6.
SEC. 5. Section 29850 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
29850. (a) A violation of Section 29800, 29805, 29815, or 29820
is justifiable where all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The person found the firearm or took the firearm from a person
who was committing a crime against the person who found or took the
firearm.
(2) The person possessed the firearm no longer than was necessary
to deliver or transport the firearm to a law enforcement agency for
that agency's disposition according to law or to a licensed firearms
dealer for transfer or for storage pursuant to Section 29830.
(3) If the firearm was transported to a law enforcement agency or
to a licensed firearms dealer, it was transported in accordance with
subdivision (b) of Section 25570.
(4) If the firearm is being transported to a law enforcement
agency or to a licensed firearms dealer, the person transporting the
firearm has given prior notice to the law enforcement agency or to
the licensed firearms dealer that the person is transporting the
firearm to the law enforcement agency or the licensed firearms dealer
for disposition according to law.
(b) Upon the trial for violating Section 29800, 29805, 29815, or
29820, the trier of fact shall determine whether the defendant was
acting within the provisions of the exemption created by this
section.
(c) The defendant has the burden of proving by a preponderance of
the evidence that the defendant comes within the provisions of the
exemption created by this section.
SEC. 6. Section 33870 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
33870. (a) If a law enforcement agency determines that the
applicant is the legal owner of any firearm deposited with the
agency, that the applicant is prohibited from possessing any firearm,
and that the firearm is an otherwise legal firearm, the applicant
shall be entitled to sell or transfer the firearm to a licensed
firearms dealer. If a law enforcement agency determines that the
applicant is prohibited from owning or possessing any firearm and the
prohibition on owning or possessing the firearm will expire on a
date specified in the court order, the applicant shall be entitled to
have the firearm stored by a licensed firearms dealer for the
duration of the prohibition period pursuant to Section 29830.
(b) If the firearm has been lost or stolen, the firearm shall be
restored to the lawful owner pursuant to Section 11108.5 upon the
owner's identification of the firearm, proof of ownership, and proof
of eligibility to possess a firearm pursuant to Section 33865.
(c) This section does not prevent the local law enforcement agency
from charging the rightful owner of the firearm the fees described
in Section 33880.
SEC. 7. (a) Section 1.3 of this bill incorporates amendments to
Section 11106 of the Penal Code proposed by both this bill and
Assembly Bill 500. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills
are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2014, (2)
each bill amends Section 11106 of the Penal Code, and (3) Senate Bill
53 is not enacted or as enacted does not amend Section 11106, and
(4) this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 500, in which case
Sections 1, 1.5, and 1.7 of this bill shall not become operative.
(b) Section 1.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to Section
11106 of the Penal Code proposed by both this bill and Senate Bill
53. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and
become effective on or before January 1, 2014, (2) each bill amends
Section 11106 of the Penal Code, (3) Assembly Bill 500 is not enacted
or as enacted does not amend Section 11106, and (4) this bill is
enacted after Senate Bill 53 in which case Sections 1, 1.3, and 1.7
of this bill shall not become operative.
(c) Section 1.7 of this bill incorporates amendments to Section
11106 of the Penal Code proposed by this bill, Assembly Bill 500, and
Senate Bill 53. It shall only become operative if (1) all three
bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2014,
(2) all three bills amend Section 11106 of the Penal Code, and (3)
this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 500 and Senate Bill 53, in
which case Sections 1, 1.3, and 1.5 of this bill shall not become
operative.
SEC. 8. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
