BILL NUMBER: SB 269	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 24, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator La Malfa

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2011

    An act relating to firearms.   An act to add
Section 28237 to the Penal Code, relating to firearms. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 269, as amended, La Malfa.  Firearms.  
Firearms:   Dealers' Record of Sale Special Account of the
General Fund  . 
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to require
firearm dealers to charge firearm purchasers a fee to fund, among
other specified costs, the processing of firearm purchaser
information. Existing law also authorizes the department to charge a
fee to reimburse it for, among other things, the actual costs
associated with the preparation, sale, processing, and filing of
specified forms or reports and the actual processing costs associated
with the submission of a dealer's record of sale. Existing law
requires all moneys received by the department pursuant to these
provisions to be deposited in the Dealers' Record of Sale Special
Account of the General Fund, to be available, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, for expenditure by the department to offset
specified costs.  
   This bill would require the Department of Justice, on or before
July 1 to annually issue a report to the Legislature regarding the
status of the revenues generated by the Dealers' Record of Sale fees
pursuant to this article. The bill would require the report to
contain information regarding the balance of the account and
expenditures and loans from the account, as specified.  

   Existing law regulates the carrying of firearms and authorizes the
issuance of a license, as specified, to persons enabling them to
carry firearms that are concealed, or loaded, as specified. 

   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to make changes to current firearm laws. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 28237 is added to the 
 Penal Code   , to read:  
   28237.  (a) The Department of Justice, on or before July 1 shall
annually issue a report to the Legislature regarding the status of
the revenues generated by the Dealers' Record of Sale fees pursuant
to this article. The report shall contain all of the following:
   (1) The balance of the Dealers' Record of Sale Special Account of
the General Fund as of July 1 of the year previous to the issuance of
the report.
   (2) The balance of the Dealers' Record of Sale Special Account of
the General Fund as of June 30 of the same year as the year the
report is issued.
   (3) Itemized expenditures of funds in the Dealers' Record of Sale
Special Account of the General Fund. Each itemized expenditure in the
report shall include a reference to the statutory authority
authorizing that expenditure.
   (4) Information regarding every loan made from funds in the
Dealers' Record of Sale Special Account of the General Fund including
the date, amount, recipient, and reimbursement status of every loan.

   (b) The report shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795
of the Government Code.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to make changes to current firearm laws.