BILL NUMBER: SB 585	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 4132 to the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to Agricultural District 1-A.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 585, as introduced, Leno. Agricultural District 1-A: firearm
sales at the Cow Palace.
   Existing law generally regulates the transfer of firearms and
divides the state into agricultural districts. District 1-A is the
County of San Mateo and the City and County of San Francisco. A
violation of statutes governing agricultural districts is a
misdemeanor.
   This bill would prohibit the sale of firearms and ammunition at
the Cow Palace, as specified, located in District 1-A, and would
thereby make a violation of that prohibition a misdemeanor.
   By creating a new 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.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 4132 is added to the Food and Agricultural
Code, to read:
   4132.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no officer,
employee, operator, or any lessee of District 1-A as defined in
Section 3853 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.
  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.