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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS


          AB  
          1134 (Mark Stone)


          As Amended  August 18, 2015


          Majority vote


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          Original Committee Reference:  PUB. S.


          SUMMARY:  Authorizes the sheriff of the county to enter into an  
          agreement with the chief or other head of a municipal police  
          department of a city to process all applications for licenses to  
          carry a concealed handgun upon the person, renewal of those  
          licenses, and amendments to those licenses for applicants who  
          reside within the city.


          The Senate amendments add legislative findings and declarations.




          EXISTING LAW:  


          1)Provides a county sheriff or municipal police chief may issue  
            a license to carry a handgun capable of being concealed upon  








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            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.  


          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  








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            officer.  


          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.  


          AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY, this bill authorized 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.
          FISCAL EFFECT:  Unknown.  This bill has been 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:  
          0001418










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