BILL NUMBER: AB 1392	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY  Assembly Member Perata

                        FEBRUARY 28, 1997

   An act to amend Section 12320 of the Penal Code, relating to
deadly weapons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1392, as introduced, Perata.  Handgun ammunition.
   Existing law prohibits any person, firm, or corporation from
knowingly possessing any handgun ammunition designed primarily to
penetrate metal or armor.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
prohibition.
   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 12320 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   12320.  Any person, firm, or corporation who, within this state
 ,  knowingly possesses any handgun ammunition designed
primarily to penetrate metal or armor is guilty of a public offense
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the
state prison, or in  the   a  county jail
for a term not to exceed one year, or by a fine not to exceed five
thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both  such  
that  fine and imprisonment.