BILL NUMBER: AB 2536	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 13, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MARCH 27, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Scott
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Jackson)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2000

   An act relating to crime prevention,  and  making
an appropriation therefor , and declaring the urgency thereof,
to take effect immediately  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2536, as amended, Scott.  Crime prevention.
   Existing law establishes various crime prevention programs.
   This bill would require the Department of Justice to conduct an
education campaign regarding recent changes in  gun 
 firearm  laws, to conduct an injury prevention campaign
addressing firearm injury prevention, and to conduct a study
assessing new laws affecting  gun   firearm
 commerce and  gun   firearm  crime,
as specified.  This bill would reappropriate funds appropriated for
the SKS Sporter Rifle Buy-Back Program for purposes of the bill.

   This bill would declare that its provisions would become effective
immediately as an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  2/3.  Appropriation:  yes.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The Department of Justice shall do all of the
following:
   (a) Conduct an education campaign addressing changes in the
firearms laws.  The campaign shall target law enforcement, firearms
dealers, and the public.
   (b) The department shall carry out an injury prevention campaign
addressing firearm injury prevention and evaluate the  gun
  firearm  laws passed in 1999.
   (c) The department shall contract with the University of
California, Davis, Violence Prevention Research Program to conduct
interim assessments of California's new gun laws on gun
commerce and gun crime.  The   new firearm laws on
firearm commerce and firearm crime.  The  University of
California, Davis, Violence Prevention Research Program shall
subcontract with researchers in southern California to conduct part
of the research.
   (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the effective
date of this act, the balance of the funds appropriated for the SKS
Sporter Rifle Buy-Back Program in Item 0820-001-0001, Section 2.00 of
the Budget Act of 1999, for the necessary expenditures to implement
Chapter 909 of the Statutes of 1998, is hereby reappropriated to the
Department of Justice for expenditure for state operations for the
purposes and subject to the limitations provided for in this act.

  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to protect the public safety by insuring that unsafe
firearms are not illegally sold, it is necessary that this act take
immediate effect.