BILL NUMBER: SB 1554	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  119
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 10, 2008
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 10, 2008
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 17, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 26, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Dutton

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

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



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1554, Dutton. Burglary tools: bump keys.
   Existing law provides that every person having upon him or her or
in his or her possession, specified tools or other items, with the
intent to feloniously break or enter any building or other specified
place, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   This bill would add bump keys to the list of tools and other items
the possession of which is an element of the offense.
   By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill 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, bump key, 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.  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.