California SB 140: Budget Act of 2012: Firearms
February 12, 2013 Leave a comment
SENATE BILL | No. 140 |
Introduced by Senator Leno, Steinberg (Principal Coauthor(s): Senator Hancock, Jackson) (Coauthor(s): Senator Beall, Block, Corbett, Correa, De León, DeSaulnier, Hill, Lieu, Liu, Monning, Pavley, Roth, Rubio, Wolk, Wright) (Coauthor(s): Assembly Member Ammiano, Blumenfield) |
January 29, 2013 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST
DIGEST KEY
Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: yes Fiscal Committee: yes Local Program: no
BILL TEXT
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
SEC. 2.
Item 0820-001-0460 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012 is amended to read:
0820-001-0460—For support of Department of Justice, for payment to Item 0820-001-0001, payable from the Dealers’ Record of Sale Special Account ……………………
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18,670,000 ______ |
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Provisions:
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Dealers’ Record of Sale fees collected pursuant to the state law for the registration of assault weapons shall not exceed $20 per registrant.
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The Attorney General may augment the amount appropriated in the Dealers’ Record of Sale Special Account up to an aggregate of 10 percent above the amount approved in this act for the Division of Law Enforcement, Bureau of Firearms for unanticipated workload associated with this fund. The Attorney General shall notify the chairpersons of the budget committees of both houses of the Legislature, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and the Department of Finance within 15 days after the augmentation is made as to the amount and justification of the augmentation.
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3. | Of the amount appropriated in this item, the sum of $______ may be used to address the backlog in the Armed Prohibited Persons System (APPS). No later than _____, the department shall report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee the degree to which the backlog has been reduced or eliminated and the number of weapons confiscated through this effort. |
SEC. 3.
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: