BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



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          Date of Hearing:   May 15, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                      AB 703 (Hall) - As Amended:  May 8, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                              Public  
          SafetyVote:  6-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill adds a retired Level I reserve peace officer to the  
          list of peace officers entitled to a concealed weapons (CCW)  
          permit if the retired reserve officer carried a gun during the  
          course and scope of employment and served the minimum amount of  
          time specified by the employing agency's policy. This policy may  
          not set an aggregate term requirement that is less than 10 years  
          or more than 20 years.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact.

           COMMENTS  

          1)Rationale  . The author and proponents, peace officer  
            associations, contend retired level I reserve peace officers  
            should be able to carry a concealed gun for protection against  
            persons with whom they may have had encounters with as a peace  
            officer.  

           2)Current law  (a) states that peace officers in specified  
            designations shall have an endorsement on the officer's  
            identification certificate stating the issuing agency approves  
            the officer's carrying of a concealed weapon, (b) authorizes a  
            sheriff or police chief to issue a CCW upon proof of the  
            following:

             a)   The applicant is of good moral character.
             b)   Good cause exists for CCW issuance.   
             c)   The person applying meets appropriate residency  








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               requirements.  
             d)   The person has completed the appropriate training  
               course, as specified.  

          Defines a Level I reserve peace officer as a reserve officer  
          deputized or appointed pursuant to specified sections, who has  
          completed the basic training course for deputy sheriffs and  
          police officers prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer  
          Standards and Training.  


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081