BILL NUMBER: AB 2948	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Leno
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Ma)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act to add Section 1095.5 to the Government Code, relating to
firearms sales at the Cow Palace.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2948, as introduced, Leno. Firearms: sales at the Cow Palace.
   Existing law generally regulates the transfer of firearms.
   This bill would prohibit the sale of firearms and ammunition at
the Cow Palace, 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.  Section 1095.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   1095.5.  (a) No officer, employee, operator, or any lessee of
District 1-A as defined in Section 3853 of the Food and Agricultural
Code may contract for, authorize, or allow, the sale of any firearm
or ammunition on the property or in the buildings that comprise the
Cow Palace property in San Mateo County and the City and County of
San Francisco or any successor or additional property owned, leased,
or otherwise occupied or operated by the district.
   (b) For purposes of this section:
   (1) The definition of "firearm" means the term as included in
subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 12001 of the Penal Code.
   (2) The term "ammunition" includes assembled ammunition for use in
a firearm and components of ammunition including smokeless and black
powder, and any projectile capable of being fired from a firearm
with deadly consequence.