BILL NUMBER: AB 981	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Feuer

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 466.1 of the Penal Code, relating to
burglary tools.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 981, as introduced, Feuer. Burglary tools.
   Existing law provides that any person who knowingly and willfully
sells or provides a lock pick, a tension bar, a lock pick gun, a
tubular lock pick, or a floor-safe door puller, to another, whether
or not for compensation, shall obtain the name, address, telephone
number, if any, date of birth, and driver's license number or
identification number, if any, of the person to whom the device is
sold or provided.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   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 466.1 of the Penal Code is amended to read:
   466.1.   Any   Every  person who
knowingly and willfully sells or provides a lock pick, a tension bar,
a lock pick gun, a tubular lock pick, or a floor-safe door puller,
to another, whether or not for compensation, shall obtain the name,
address, telephone number, if any, date of birth, and driver's
license number or identification number, if any, of the person to
whom the device is sold or provided. This information, together with
the date the device was sold or provided and the signature of the
person to whom the device was sold or provided, shall be set forth on
a bill of sale or receipt. A copy of each bill of sale or receipt
shall be retained for one year and shall be open to inspection by any
peace officer during business hours.
   Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of
a misdemeanor.