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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 703 (Hall)
          As Amended  June 25, 2013
          Majority vote
           
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           Original Committee Reference:   PUB. S.  

           SUMMARY  :  Specifies that a retired level I reserve peace officer  
          is entitled to an endorsement for a concealed weapons (CCW)  
          permit if he or she carried a firearm during the course and  
          scope of his or her employment and he or she served in the  
          aggregate the minimum amount of time specified by the retiree's  
          agency's policy.  This policy may not set an aggregate term  
          requirement that is less than 10 years or more than 20 years.  

           The Senate amendments  clarify that service as a reserve officer,  
          other than a level I reserve officer shall not count toward the  
          accrual of the minimum years of service required.

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)States that any peace officer employed by an agency listed in  
            Penal Code Section 830.1 or 830.2, or in Penal Code Section  
            830.5, who retired after January 1, 1981, shall have an  
            endorsement on the officer's identification certificate  
            stating that the issuing agency approves the officer's  
            carrying of a concealed weapon.  

          2)Provides that any peace officer who was authorized to, and did  
            carry a firearm during the course and scope of employment as a  
            peace officer, shall have an endorsement on the officer's  
            identification certificate stating that the issuing agency  
            approves the officer's carrying of a concealed weapon.  

          3)Defines "honorably retired" to include any peace officer, who  
            has qualified for, and has accepted, a service or disability  
            retirement.  As used in these provisions, "honorably retired"  
            does not include a peace officer who has agreed to a service  
            retirement in lieu of termination.  









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          4)Provides that any peace officer, as specified, who has been  
            honorably retired shall be issued an identification  
            certificate by the law enforcement agency from which the  
            officer retired.  The issuing agency may charge a fee  
            necessary to cover any reasonable expenses incurred in issuing  
            the certificate.  

          5)Provides a county sheriff or municipal police chief may issue  
            a license to carry a handgun capable of being concealed upon  
            the person upon proof of all of the following:

             a)   The person applying is of good moral character;

             b)   Good cause exists for the issuance;

             c)   The person applying meets the appropriate residency  
               requirements; and,

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

          6)States that a county sheriff or a chief of a municipal police  
            department may issue a license to carry a concealed handgun in  
            either of the following formats:

             a)   A license to carry a concealed handgun upon his or her  
               person; or,

             b)   A license to carry a loaded and exposed handgun if the  
               population of the county, or the county in which the city  
               is located, is less than 200,000 persons according to the  
               most recent federal decennial census.  

          7)Provides that a chief of a municipal police department shall  
            not be precluded from entering into an agreement with the  
            sheriff of the county in which the city is located for the  
            sheriff to process all applications for licenses, or renewal  
            of licenses, to carry a concealed handgun upon the person.  

          8)Provides that a license to carry a concealed handgun is valid  
            for up to two years, three years for judicial officers, or  
            four years in the case of a reserve or auxiliary peace  
            officer.  

          9)Defines a "level I reserve peace officer" as a reserve officer  








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            deputized or appointed pursuant to specified sections and  
            assigned to the prevention and detection of crime and the  
            general enforcement of the laws of California, whether or not  
            working alone, and the person has completed the basic training  
            course for deputy sheriffs and police officers prescribed by  
            the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.  

          10)States that the authority of a reserve peace officer extends  
            only for the duration of the person's specific assignment.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Senate Appropriations  
          Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible states  
          costs.

           COMMENTS  :  According to the author, "Whether off duty or in  
          retirement, peace officers may come into contact with former  
          arrestees, placing themselves and their loved ones in potential  
          harm.  As a result, most peace officers receive a Concealed  
          Carry Weapons (CCW) Endorsement which allows them to carry a  
          concealed weapon for their protection.  

          "Even though they face many of the same dangers associated with  
          a career in law enforcement, Level I retired reserve peace  
          officers are not afforded the same post employment protections  
          necessary to ensure their personal safety."

          Please see the policy committee analysis for a full discussion  
          of this bill.
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :    Gregory Pagan / PUB. S. / (916)  
          319-3744 


          FN:  
          0001596