AB 1134, as introduced, Mark Stone. Firearms: concealed firearm licenses.
Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police department, upon proof that the person applying is of good moral character, that good cause exists, and that the person applying satisfies certain conditions, to issue a license for the person to carry a concealed handgun, as specified. Existing law provides that the chief or other head of a municipal police department is not precluded from entering an agreement with the sheriff of the county in which the city is located for the sheriff to process all applications for licenses for a person to carry a concealed handgun, renewals of those licenses, and amendments to those licenses.
This bill would provide that the sheriff of the county in which the city is located is not precluded from entering an agreement with the chief or other head of a municipal police department of a city for the chief or other head of a municipal police department to process all applications for licenses for a person to carry a concealed handgun, renewals of those licenses, and amendments to those licenses.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 26150 of the Penal Code is amended to
2read:
(a) When a person applies for a license to carry a pistol,
4revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the
5person, the sheriff of a county may issue a license to that person
6upon proof of all of the following:
7(1) The applicant is of good moral character.
8(2) Good cause exists for issuance of the license.
9(3) The applicant is a resident of the county or a city within the
10county, or the applicant’s principal place of employment or
11business is in the county or a city within the county and the
12applicant spends a substantial period of time in that place of
13employment or business.
14(4) The applicant has completed a course of training as described
15in Section 26165.
16(b) The sheriff may issue a license under subdivision (a) in
17either of the following formats:
18(1) A license to carry concealed a pistol, revolver, or other
19firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.
20(2) Where the population of the county is less than 200,000
21persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, a
22license to carry loaded and exposed in only that county a pistol,
23revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the
24person.
25(c) Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the sheriff of the
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county in which the city is located from entering an agreement
27with the chief or other head of a municipal police department of
28a city for the chief or other head of a municipal police department
29to process all applications for licenses, renewals of licenses, and
30amendments to licenses pursuant to this chapter.
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