BILL NUMBER: AB 144	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mathis

                        JANUARY 13, 2015

   An act to amend Section 832.16 of the Penal Code, relating to
peace officers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 144, as introduced, Mathis. Peace officers.
   Existing law requires the Department of Justice to notify a state
or local agency employing a peace officer authorized to carry a
firearm if a peace officer is prohibited from possessing, receiving,
owning, or purchasing a firearm pursuant to state or federal law.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   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 832.16 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   832.16.  (a) On and after October 1, 1993, the Department of
Justice shall notify a state or local agency employing a peace
officer, as defined by this chapter, who is authorized by the
employing agency to carry a firearm, as to  whether 
 if  a peace officer is prohibited from possessing,
receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm pursuant to state or
federal law. If the prohibition is temporary, the notice shall
indicate the date that the prohibition expires. However, the notice
shall not provide any other information with respect to the basis for
the prohibition.
   (b) Before providing the information specified in subdivision (a),
the agency employing the peace officer shall provide the Department
of Justice with the officer's fingerprints and other identifying
information deemed necessary by the department.
   (c) The information specified in this section shall only be
provided by the Department of Justice subject to the availability of
funding.
   (d) The notice required by this section shall not apply to persons
receiving treatment under subdivision (a) of Section 8100 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code.