BILL NUMBER: AB 86	CHAPTERED  09/02/05

	CHAPTER  167
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 2, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 2, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 11, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 17, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chavez, Cohn, DeVore, Hancock,
Karnette, Koretz, and Ridley-Thomas)
   (Coauthors: Senators Bowen and Torlakson)

                        JANUARY 6, 2005

   An act to amend Section 11108 of the Penal Code, relating to
firearms.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 86, Levine  Firearms.
   Existing law directs local law enforcement to submit the
description of serialized property which has been reported stolen,
lost, found, recovered, or under observation, directly to an
automated Department of Justice system. Existing law requires reports
of stolen nonserialized property which has unique characteristics or
inscriptions permitting accurate identification to be sent by each
sheriff or police chief executive directly to the Special Services
Section of the department.
   This bill would delete the latter requirement. It would instead
require local law enforcement to submit the description of uniquely
inscribed property, as well as serialized property, to the Department
of Justice's system.
   This bill would also provide that any information entered into the
Department of Justice system regarding a firearm would remain in the
system until the firearm was found, recovered, no longer under
observation, or the record was deemed to have been entered in error.
The bill would require the costs resulting from this requirement to
be reimbursed from funds other than those collected from specified
fees relating to firearms.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 11108 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   11108.  (a) Each sheriff or police chief executive shall submit
descriptions of serialized property, or nonserialized property that
has been uniquely inscribed, which has been reported stolen, lost,
found, recovered or under observation, directly into the appropriate
Department of Justice automated property system for firearms, stolen
bicycles, stolen vehicles, or other property, as the case may be.
   (b) Information about a firearm entered into the automated system
for firearms shall remain in the system until the reported firearm
has been found, recovered, is no longer under observation, or the
record is determined to have been entered in error.
   (c) Any costs incurred by the Department of Justice to implement
subdivision (b) shall be reimbursed from funds other than the fees
charged and collected pursuant to subdivisions (e) and (f) of Section
12076.