BILL NUMBER: AB 180	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta

                        JANUARY 24, 2013

   An act relating to ammunition.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 180, as introduced, Bonta. Ammunition.
   Existing law prohibits a handgun ammunition vendor, as defined,
from selling, offering for sale, or displaying for sale, any handgun
ammunition in a manner that allows that ammunition to be accessible
to a purchaser without the assistance of the vendor or employee
thereof. Existing law requires, subject to exceptions, that handgun
ammunition vendors obtain a thumbprint and other information from
ammunition purchasers, as specified.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish a tax on all ammunition sold in
retail stores and gun shows in the state and direct tax revenue to a
fund to prevent crime in high-crime areas of the state.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish a tax on all ammunition sold in
retail stores and gun shows in the state and direct the revenue from
the tax to a high-crime prevention fund for crime prevention efforts
in high-crime areas of the state.