BILL NUMBER: AB 362	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 17, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 28, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2007
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member De Leon
   (Coauthor: Senator Scott)

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2007

   An act  to amend Sections 11106, 12010, 12011, and 12012
of, to add Sections 12316.5 and 12318 to, and to add Article 3.5
(commencing with Section 12060) to Title 2 of Part 4 of, to, the
Penal Code,   relating to ammunition.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 362, as amended, De Leon. Ammunition.
   Existing law requires the Department of Justice  and the
Attorney General  to maintain records pertaining to firearms
transactions. 
   This bill would require the Attorney General to prepare and submit
to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2009, a report on the
feasibility of creating a system of licensing, registration, or both
licensing and registration, of handgun ammunition sales. 

   This bill would require the department to maintain additional
information relating to ammunition transfers, handgun ammunition
permittees, and licensed handgun ammunition vendors, as specified.
 
   Existing law establishes the Prohibited Armed Persons File, which
lists persons who are prohibited from possessing firearms, as
specified.  
   This bill would expand those provisions to include persons
prohibited from possessing ammunition.  
   Existing law generally regulates the sale of ammunition. 

   This bill would establish a program administered by the Department
of Justice for licensing handgun ammunition vendors, as specified.
The bill would also authorize the issuance of a handgun ammunition
permit, to be used by purchasers of handgun ammunition, as specified.
 
   The bill would authorize the Department of Justice to incorporate
the permit information into a permittee's California driver's
license, as specified.  
   The bill would establish a database maintained by the department
to serve as a registry of handgun ammunition vendors. The bill would
also establish a database of handgun ammunition permittees. 

   This bill would require that commencing July 1, 2008, unless
specifically excluded, no person shall sell or transfer more than 50
rounds of handgun ammunition in any month unless they are registered
as a handgun ammunition vendor, as defined. The bill would also
require these vendors to obtain a background clearance for those
employees who would handle ammunition in the course and scope of
their employment. The bill would require the Department of Justice to
maintain a registry of registered handgun ammunition vendors, as
specified. Violation of these provisions, as specified, would be
subject to civil fines, as specified.  
   The bill would also provide that no retail seller of ammunition
shall sell, offer for sale, or display for sale, any handgun
ammunition in a manner that allows that ammunition to be accessible
to a purchaser without the assistance of the retailer or employee
thereof. Violation of these provisions would be subject to civil
fines, as specified.  
   The bill would further provide that handgun ammunition may only be
purchased in a face-to-face transaction and only if certain
conditions exist.  
   Existing law provides that it is a crime to sell ammunition to a
minor, or to sell handgun ammunition to a person who is under 21
years of age.  
   This bill would provide that any person under 21 years of age who
purchases, or who attempts to purchase, handgun ammunition by using a
false identification document, or by otherwise misrepresenting the
person's age, and any minor who purchases, or attempts to purchase,
any ammunition by using a false identification document, or otherwise
misrepresenting the person's age, would be subject to civil fines,
as specified.  
   Existing law generally regulates what information is required to
be obtained in connection with the transfer of ammunition. 

   This bill would, subject to exceptions, require certain ammunition
vendors to obtain a thumbprint and other information from ammunition
purchasers, and would require submission of that information to the
Department of Justice, as specified. A violation of these provisions
would be subject to civil fines, as specified. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    The Attorney General shall prepare and
submit to the Legislature, on or before January 1, 2009, a report on
the feasibility of creating a system of licensing or registration of,
or both licensing and registration of, handgun ammunition sales.
 All matter omitted in this version of the bill appears in the
bill as amended in Senate, June 28, 2007 (JR11)