BILL NUMBER: AB 174	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta

                        JANUARY 24, 2013

   An act relating to weapons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 174, as introduced, Bonta. Weapons: grandfather clauses.
   Existing law prohibits the possession of various weapons. Under
existing law, certain of these bans exempted from their scope weapons
that were possessed prior to the ban, if prescribed conditions met,
are authorized.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to
subsequently amend this bill to include provisions that would end all
of those exemptions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Under current law, certain banned weapons are permitted
under various "grandfathering in" clauses. It is the intent of the
Legislature to subsequently amend this measure to include provisions
that would end all of those exemptions.