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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SB 303
          Author:   Knight (R)
          Amended:  3/21/13
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE  :  7-0, 4/9/13
          AYES:  Hancock, Anderson, Block, De León, Knight, Liu, Steinberg

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8


            SUBJECT  :    Peace officers:  identification certificates:   
                      concealed weapon enforcement

           SOURCE  :     Peace Officer Research Association of California


           DIGEST  :    This bill provides that if the agency from which an  
          honorably retired peace officer has retired is no longer  
          providing law enforcement services, the agency that subsequently  
          provides law enforcement services for that jurisdiction shall  
          issue the identification (ID) certificate to that retired  
          officer.  This bill makes conforming changes to law regarding  
          issuance of ID cards and concealed weapons endorsements to  
          honorably retired peace officers, as specified.

           ANALYSIS  :    

          Existing law:

          1. Provides that any peace officer, as defined, who has been  
             honorably retired shall be issued an ID certificate by the  
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             law enforcement agency from which the 
             officer has retired:

             A.    The issuing agency may charge a fee necessary to cover  
                any reasonable expenses incurred by the agency in issuing  
                certificates. 

             B.    Any officer, except specified officers who retired  
                prior to January 1, 1981, shall have an endorsement on the  
                ID certificate stating that the issuing agency approves  
                the officer's carrying of a loaded firearm.

             C.    Specified honorably retired peace officers who retired  
                prior to January 1, 1981, shall not be required to obtain  
                an endorsement from the issuing agency to carry a loaded  
                firearm.  

          2. Provides that every five years, a retired peace officer,  
             except specified officers who retired prior to January 1,  
             1981, shall petition the issuing agency for renewal of the  
             privilege to carry a loaded firearm.  

          3. Provides that the agency from which a peace officer is  
             honorably retired may, upon initial retirement of the peace  
             officer, or at any time subsequent thereto, deny or revoke  
             for good cause the retired officer's privilege to carry a  
             loaded firearm.

          This bill:

          1. Provides that, with respect to honorably retired peace  
             officers, if the agency from which the officer has retired is  
             no longer providing law enforcement services or the relevant  
             governmental body is dissolved, the agency that subsequently  
             provides law enforcement services for that jurisdiction shall  
             issue the ID certificate to that peace officer.  This applies  
             only if the following conditions are met:

             A.    The successor agency is in possession of the retired  
                officer's complete personnel records or can otherwise  
                verify the retired officer's honorably retired status.

             B.    The retired officer is in compliance with all the  
                requirements of the successor agency for the issuance of a  







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                retirement ID card and concealed weapon endorsement.

          2. Makes conforming changes in law regarding issuance of ID  
             cards and concealed weapons endorsements to honorably retired  
             peace officers, as specified.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  Yes

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  4/24/13)

          Peace Officer Research Association of California (source)
          Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs
          California Correctional Peace Officers Association
          California Police Chiefs Association
          Los Angeles Police Protective League
          Riverside Sheriffs Association

           ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT :    The Los Angeles Police Protective  
          League states:

             It is a requirement of current law that any peace officer who  
             has been honorably retired be issued an identification  
             certificate by the law enforcement agency from which the  
             officer has retired.

             This measure is based on the real situation in which if the  
             agency from which the officer has retired no longer provides  
             law enforcement services or when the agency is  
             unincorporated, then the agency that subsequently takes over  
             law enforcement services in that jurisdiction inherits the  
             duty to issue with the identification certificate to the  
             retired peace officer.  In view of the recent events in  
             Southern California where all active and retired peace  
             officers became targets, this is much needed and appreciated.


          JG:k  4/24/13   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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