BILL NUMBER: AB 685	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Achadjian

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 10334 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to state goods.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 685, as introduced, Achadjian. State goods: peace officer's is
state-issued handgun: spouse.
   Existing law authorizes a peace officer who has been duly retired
through a service retirement or a peace officer retiring from a
job-incurred disability to be authorized by the person's department
head to purchase his or her state-issued handgun, as specified.
   This bill would provide that the spouse of a peace officer who has
died in the line of duty may be authorized by his or her spouse's
department head to purchase his or her state-issued handgun, as
specified.
   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.  Section 10334 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   10334.  (a) No state employee shall acquire any goods from the
state, unless the goods are offered to the general public in the
regular course of the state's business on the same terms and
conditions as those applicable to the employee. "State employee," as
used in this section, means any employee of the state included within
Section 82009 of the Government Code, and all officers and employees
included within Section 4 of Article VII of the California
Constitution, except those persons excluded from the definition of
"designated employee" under the last paragraph of Section 82019 of
the Government Code.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any peace officer as defined
in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of
the Penal Code, employed by the State of California for a period of
more than 120 months who has been duly retired through a service
retirement or a peace officer retiring from a job-incurred disability
not related to a mental or emotional disorder and who has been
granted the legal right to carry a concealed firearm pursuant to
Article 2 (commencing with Section 25450) of Chapter 2 of Division 5
of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code may be authorized by the
person's department head to purchase his or her state-issued handgun.
Disability retired peace officers need not meet the 120-month
employment requirement. The cost of the handgun shall be the fair
market value as listed in the annual Blue Book of Gun Values or
replacement cost, whichever is less, of the handgun issued as
determined by the appointing power, plus a charge for the cost of
handling. The retiring officer shall request to purchase his or her
handgun in writing to the department within 30 calendar days of his
or her retirement date.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any peace officer described
in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of
the Penal Code employed by the State of California who is authorized
to carry firearms may purchase his or her state-issued service
firearm if the person's department head directs the department to
change its state-issued service weapon system. The cost of the
service firearm shall be the fair market value as listed in the
annual Blue Book of Gun Values or replacement cost, whichever is
less, of the firearm issued as determined by the department head,
plus a charge for the cost of handling. The requesting officer shall
request to purchase his or her firearm in writing to the department
within 10 calendar days of receiving the new state-issued weapon.

   (d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the spouse of a peace officer
as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3
of Part 2 of the Penal Code who was employed by the State of
California and who died in the line of duty, may be authorized by his
or her spouse's department head to purchase his or her state-issued
handgun. The cost of the handgun shall be the fair market value of
the handgun as listed in the annual Blue Book of Gun Values or
replacement cost, whichever is less, as determined by the appointing
power, plus a charge for the cost of handling. The spouse shall
request to purchase the handgun in writing to the department within
30 calendar days of his or her spouse's death.