BILL NUMBER: AB 2015	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  335
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 31, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 12, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 25, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Corbett

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2002

   An act to amend Section 466 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2015, Corbett.  Crimes:  breaking and entering tools.
   Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for any person to have upon
him or her in his or her possession any specified instrument or tool
with the intent to break or enter into any building, railroad car,
aircraft or vessel, trailer coach, or vehicle, as defined.
   This bill would add to the list of instruments or tools ceramic or
porcelain spark plug chips or pieces.  The bill would state the
Legislature's intent to add only ceramic or porcelain spark plug
chips or pieces, not other common objects such as rocks or pieces of
metal, to the list of burglary tools.  Because this bill would create
a new crime, it 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.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 466 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   466.  Every person having upon him or her in his or her possession
a picklock, crow, keybit, crowbar, screwdriver, vise grip pliers,
water-pump pliers, slidehammer, slim jim, tension bar, lock pick gun,
tubular lock pick, floor-safe door puller, master key, ceramic or
porcelain spark plug chips or pieces, or other instrument or tool
with intent feloniously to break or enter into any building, railroad
car, aircraft, or vessel, trailer coach, or vehicle as defined in
the Vehicle Code, or who shall knowingly make or alter, or shall
attempt to make or alter, any key or other instrument named above so
that the same will fit or open the lock of a building, railroad car,
aircraft, vessel, trailer coach, or vehicle as defined in the Vehicle
Code, without being requested to do so by some person having the
right to open the same, or who shall make, alter, or repair any
instrument or thing, knowing or having reason to believe that it is
intended to be used in committing a misdemeanor or felony, is guilty
of a misdemeanor.  Any of the structures mentioned in Section 459
shall be deemed to be a building within the meaning of this section.

  SEC. 2.  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
measure to add only ceramic or porcelain spark plug chips or pieces,
not other common objects such as rocks or pieces of metal that can be
used to break windows, to the list of burglary tools in Section 466
of the Penal Code.
  SEC. 3.  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.