Amended in Senate April 13, 2016

Senate BillNo. 1235


Introduced by Senator De León

February 18, 2016


begin deleteAn act to amend Section 20001 of the Government Code, relating to public employees’ retirement. end deletebegin insertAn act to amend Section 16150 of the Penal Code, relating to ammunition.end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1235, as amended, De León. begin deletePublic employees’ retirement. end deletebegin insertAmmunition.end insert

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Existing law defines the term “ammunition” for certain prohibited ammunition transactions to mean ammunition principally for use in handguns, as specified. Existing law makes the violation of those prohibited transactions a crime.

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This bill would instead define the term “ammunition” for those and other purposes to mean one or more loaded cartridges consisting of a primer case, propellant, and with one or more projectiles.

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By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

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This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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The Public Employees’ Retirement Law specifies that its purpose is to provide a means for public employees who become superannuated or otherwise incapacitated to be replaced by more capable employees and, to that end, provide a retirement system consisting of retirement compensation and death benefits.

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This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to those provisions.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. State-mandated local program: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insertSECTION 1.end insert  

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begin insertSection 16150 of the end insertbegin insertPenal Codeend insertbegin insert is amended to
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16150.  

(a) As used inbegin delete Section 30300,end deletebegin insert this part, except as
4specified in subdivision (b),end insert
“ammunition” meansbegin delete handgun
5ammunition as defined in Section 16650.end delete
begin insert one or more loaded
6cartridges consisting of a primer case, propellant, and with one
7or more projectiles. “Ammunition” does not include blanks.end insert

8(b) As used in subdivision (a) of Section 30305 and in Section
930306, “ammunition” includes, but is not limited to, any bullet,
10cartridge, magazine, clip, speed loader, autoloader, or projectile
11capable of being fired from a firearm with a deadly consequence.
12“Ammunition” does not include blanks.

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No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
14Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
15the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
16district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
17infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
18for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of
19the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within
20the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
21Constitution.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 20001 of the Government Code is
23amended to read:

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20001.  

The purpose of this part is to effect economy and
25efficiency in the public service by providing a means by which
26employees who become superannuated or otherwise incapacitated
27may, without hardship or prejudice, be replaced by more capable
28employees, and to that end provide a retirement system consisting
29of retirement compensation and death benefits.

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