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                                                                  SB 175
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          Date of Hearing:   August 19, 2009

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

                   SB 175 (Aanestad) - As Amended:  July 23, 2009 

          Policy Committee:                              Public  
          SafetyVote:  7-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill makes a series of changes to gun transfer and delivery  
          laws. Specifically, this bill:

          1)Specifies that delivery of a gun to a gunsmith for service is  
            exempt from Federal Firearms (FFL) licensing verification  
            requirements, as specified. 

          2)Exempts gun transfers, where the transferor and the transferee  
            are the same person or corporation, from the FFL licensing  
            verification requirements, as specified. 

          3)Exempts gun transfers to or from a person who has a valid  
            entertainment gun permit and the transfer involves the loan or  
            return of guns used solely as props in TV, film, or theatrical  
            productions from the FFL licensing verification requirements,  
            as specified. 

          4)Makes technical, non-substantive changes and corrections. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor absorbable administrative costs to the Department of  
          Justice (DOJ).

           COMMENTS  

           Rationale  . According to the author, "SB 175 will clarify there  
          is no transfer of ownership between a federally licensed dealer  
          and a federally licensed gunsmith when a firearm is serviced or  
          repaired by the gunsmith. This will remove the regulatory burden  








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          of both licensed parties having to comply with the state's  
          license check verification process. Gunsmiths will continue to  
          comply with the DOJ's existing centralized firearms list  
          requirement as established by AB 2521 (Jones, 2006). The bill  
          also incorporates clean-up language to AB 2521 as suggested by  
          DOJ." 

            

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