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          Date of Hearing:   April 28, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                AB 2358 (De Leon) - As Introduced:  February 19, 2010 

          Policy Committee:                              Public  
          SafetyVote:  5-2

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes clarifying changes to AB 962 (De Leon), Statutes  
          of 2010, regarding handgun ammunition vendors. Specifically,  
          this bill:

          1)Specifies that, effective February 1, 2011, an ammunition  
            vendor shall not provide purchaser information to a third  
            party without written consent of the purchaser.

          2)Requires records no longer required to be maintained be  
            destroyed in a manner that protects the purchaser who is the  
            subject of the record. 

          3)Requires, effective February 1, 2011, an ammunition vendor to  
            provide written notice to local law enforcement regarding  
            intent to do business, and obtain necessary business  
            licensing.  
           
           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor annual nonreimbursable local law enforcement and  
          incarceration costs to the extent a handgun ammunition vendor  
          provides purchaser information to a third party, which is a  
          misdemeanor. 

           COMMENTS  


           1)Rationale  . The author's intent is to clarify the intent of AB  
            962 by specifying handgun ammunition sales records cannot be  
            provided to a third party without consent of the purchaser.  








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            These records are to be used only for law enforcement  
            investigative purposes. The bill also specifies that  
            ammunition records no longer required to be maintained shall  
            be destroyed in a way that protects a purchaser's privacy.  
            These provisions address the concerns about identity theft and  
            privacy that were referenced by AB 962 opponents.   


           2)Current law  specifies, effective February 1, 2011, a vendor of  
            handgun ammunition shall not sell or transfer without  
            ammunition recording specified information at the time of  
            purchase on a form prescribed by the Department of Justice,  
            and requires this information be stored on site, subject to  
            inspection by peace officers, for five years.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Geoff Long / APPR. / (916) 319-2081