BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
1134 (Mark Stone)
As Introduced February 27, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
|----------------+------+-----------------------+--------------------|
|Public Safety |5-2 |Quirk, Gonzalez, |Melendez, Lackey |
| | |Jones-Sawyer, Low, | |
| | |Santiago | |
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SUMMARY: Authorizes the sheriff of a county in which a city is
located to enter into an agreement with the chief or other head of
the municipal police agency in that city for the chief or head of
that municipal police agency to process all applications for
licenses to carry a concealed handgun upon the person, renewal of
those licenses, and amendments to those licenses.
EXISTING LAW:
1)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;
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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.
2)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.
3)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.
4)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.
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5)Provides that a license may include any reasonable restrictions
or conditions that the issuing authority deems warranted, which
shall be listed on the license.
6)Provides that the fingerprints of each applicant are taken and
submitted to the Department of Justice. Provides criminal
penalties for knowingly filing a false application for a
concealed weapon license.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown. This bill is keyed non-fiscal by the
Legislative Counsel.
COMMENTS: According to the author, "I agree with the California
State Sheriffs' Association in that the police chief, whose
department may be more familiar with city residents than a county
sheriff, can be better positioned to make a determination that a
person should be granted a concealed carry weapons (CCW) permit.
In these cases, I believe the sheriff and the police chief should
be allowed to enter to enter into an agreement just as a police
chief currently can enter into an agreement with the sheriff so
that the sheriff can handle and process all CCW permits from a
city.
Analysis Prepared by:
Gregory Pagan / PUB. S. / (916) 319-3744 FN:
0000098
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