AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 22, 2016

AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 17, 2016

AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 4, 2016

AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 25, 2016

AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 13, 2016

SENATE BILL No. 1235

Introduced by Senator De León(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member McCarty)

February 18, 2016

An act to amend Sections 16150, 17315, 30000, and 30306 30306,and 30352 of, to add Sections 11106.5 and 16151 to, to add Article 4(commencing with Section 30355) and Article 5 (commencing withSection 30360) to Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6 of, torepeal Sections 16650, 16662, and 30312 of, to repeal and add Section30370 of, and to repeal and add Article 3 (commencing with Section30345) of Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6 of, the PenalCode, relating to ammunition. ammunition, and making an appropriationtherefor.

legislative counsel’s digest

SB 1235, as amended, De León. Ammunition.(1)  The proposed Safety for All Act of 2016, to be submitted to the

voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, if enactedwould, commencing January 1, 2019, allow any person who is 18 yearsof age or older to apply to the Department of Justice for an ammunitionpurchase authorization. The act would allow the sale of ammunitiononly to persons holding an ammunition purchase authorization or to

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persons who were approved by the department to receive a firearmfrom the ammunition vendor if the ammunition is delivered to the personin the same transaction as the firearm. The act would allow thedepartment to charge a fee not to exceed $50 per person for the issuanceof an ammunition purchase authorization or the issuance of a renewalauthorization. The act would create the Ammunition Safety andEnforcement Special Fund to receive these fees and would continuouslyappropriate the funds for the purposes of implementing, operating, andenforcing the ammunition authorization program. The act wouldauthorize its provisions to be amended by a statute that is passed by avote of 55 percent of the Members of each house of the Legislature andsigned by the Governor so long as the amendments are consistent withand further the intent of the act.

This bill would, if the Safety for All Act of 2016 is enacted by thevoters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, amend theact to instead allow ammunition to be sold only to a person whoseinformation matches an entry in the Automated Firearms System andwho is eligible to possess ammunition, to a person who has a currentcertificate of eligibility issued by the department, or to a person whopurchases or transfers the ammunition in a single ammunitiontransaction, as specified. If the act is enacted by the voters, the billwould amend the act to charge ammunition purchasers and transfereesa per transaction fee not to exceed $1, as provided, and would depositthe funds into the Ammunition Safety and Enforcement Special Fundcreated by the act, which fund would be continuously appropriated bythe act, thereby making an appropriation. If the act is enacted by thevoters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, the otherprovisions of this bill would not become operative. Because this billwould amend the act, it would require a vote of 55 percent of theMembers of each house of the Legislature.

The bill would make Legislative findings and declarations that theseamendments further the intent of the act.

(1)(2)  Existing law requires the Attorney General to maintain records,

including, among other things, fingerprints, licenses to carry concealedfirearms, and information from firearms dealers pertaining to firearms,for purposes of assisting in the investigation of crimes and specifiedcivil actions. In regard to certain of those records, existing law authorizesspecified peace officers to disseminate the name of the subject of therecord, the number of firearms listed in the record, the description of

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any firearm, and other information reported to the Department of Justice,as specified, if the subject of the record has been arraigned, is beingprosecuted, or is serving a sentence for domestic violence or is thesubject of specified protective orders. Existing law requires the lawenforcement officer to provide a victim of domestic violence to whominformation is disseminated with a “Victims of Domestic Violence”card, and authorizes the victim or other person to whom the informationis disseminated to disclose that information as he or she deems necessaryto protect himself, herself, or another person from bodily harm by theperson who is the subject of the record.

This bill would, if the proposed Safety for All Act of 2016 is notenacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide generalelection, require the Attorney General to also maintain informationabout ammunition transactions and ammunition vendor licenses forthose purposes. The bill would similarly authorize specified agencies,officials, and officers to disseminate the name of a person and the factof any ammunition purchases by that person, as specified, if the subjectof the record has been arraigned, is being prosecuted, or is serving asentence for domestic violence or is the subject of specified protectiveorders. The bill would require the law enforcement officer to providea victim of domestic violence to whom information regarding anammunition purchase is disseminated with a “Victims of DomesticViolence” card.

By imposing new duties on local law enforcement officers, this billwould impose a state-mandated local program.

(2)(3)  Existing law, subject to exceptions, requires that the delivery or

transfer of ownership of handgun ammunition occur only in aface-to-face transaction and makes a violation of this requirement acrime.

This bill would, if the proposed Safety for All Act of 2016 is notenacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide generalelection, extend those provisions, subject to exceptions, to anyammunition and would reorganize those provisions.

(3)(4)  Existing law provides that the term “vendor” for purposes of

ammunition sales is a “handgun ammunition vendor” as defined forthose and other purposes.

This bill would, if the proposed Safety for All Act of 2016 is notenacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general

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election, provide that the term “vendor” for purposes of ammunitionsales means “ammunition vendor” and, commencing January 1, 2018,means a licensed ammunition vendor. The bill would provide thatcommencing on January 1, 2018, only a licensed ammunition vendormay sell ammunition. The bill would revise the definition of“ammunition” for those purposes.

(4)(5)  Existing law establishes the Prohibited Armed Persons File, the

purpose of which is to cross-reference persons prohibited frompossessing firearms with records of firearm transactions to determineif these persons have acquired or attempted to acquire firearms. Underexisting law, a person who is prohibited from owning or possessing afirearm is prohibited from owning, possessing, or having under his orher custody or control any ammunition or reloaded ammunition.

This bill would, commencing July 1, 2019, if the proposed Safety forAll Act of 2016 is not enacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016,statewide general election, use the Prohibited Armed Persons File tocross-reference persons who attempt to acquire ammunition, as specified,to determine if those persons are prohibited from possessingammunition.

(5)(6)  Existing law makes it a crime for a person, corporation, or firm

to provide ammunition, as specified, to an individual that the person,corporation, or firm knows or should know is prohibited from possessingor owning ammunition.

This bill would, if the proposed Safety for All Act of 2016 is notenacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide generalelection, apply that prohibition to other business enterprises. The billwould make it a crime for a person, corporation, firm, or other businessenterprise to provide, as specified, ammunition to an individual that theperson, corporation, firm, or other business entity knows or has causeto believe is not the actual purchaser or transferee of the ammunitionor knows or has cause to believe that the ammunition is to be sold ortransferred to a person prohibited from possessing or owningammunition.

(6)(7)  Existing law prohibits an ammunition vendor from allowing a

person the vendor knows or should know is a person who is prohibitedfrom possessing firearms, for specified reasons, from handling, selling,or delivering handgun ammunition in the course and scope of his or her

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employment. Existing law prohibits an ammunition vendor from sellingor otherwise transferring ownership of, offering for sale or otherwiseoffering to transfer ownership of, or displaying for sale or displayingfor transfer of ownership of, any handgun ammunition in a manner thatallows that ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser or transfereewithout the assistance of the vendor or an employee of the vendor.

This bill would, if the proposed Safety for All Act of 2016 is notenacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide generalelection, extend those prohibitions to any ammunition. The bill wouldrequire that when neither party to the ammunition transaction is anammunition dealer, the transaction be conducted by an ammunitiondealer. The bill would, subject to exceptions, require a resident bringingammunition into the state to have the ammunition delivered to anammunition dealer for delivery to the person, as specified. The billwould provide that a violation of these provisions is a crime.

(7)(8)  Existing law, subject to exceptions, requires a handgun

ammunition vendor to record specified information at the time ofdelivery of handgun ammunition to a purchaser, as specified.

This bill would, if the proposed Safety for All Act of 2016 is notenacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide generalelection, extend those provisions to transactions of any ammunition andwould, commencing on July 1, 2019, require the ammunition vendorto submit that information to the Department of Justice, as specified.The bill would require the department to retain the information for 2years in a database to be known as the Ammunition Purchase RecordsFile and would prescribe the authority of the department and otherentities to use the file, as specified. The bill would, commencing onJuly 1, 2019, and subject to exceptions, require the purchaser ofammunition to be authorized to purchase ammunition by the department,as specified. The bill would require the department to cross-referencethe Prohibited Armed Persons File and the Automated Firearms Systemfor those transaction purposes. The bill would require, commencing onJuly 1, 2019, and subject to exceptions, that only persons listed in theAutomated Firearms System, or who purchase a one-time ammunitiontransaction license from the department, would be able to purchaseammunition. A violation of these provisions would be a crime.

The bill would, if the proposed Safety for All Act of 2016 is notenacted by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide generalelection, authorize the department to accept applications for ammunition

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vendor licenses, commencing on July 1, 2017. The bill would requirean ammunition vendor to be licensed, commencing on January 1, 2018,in order to sell ammunition. The bill would create an application processfor ammunition vendors, as specified. The bill would establish theAmmunition Special Account, into which vendor license fees andammunition transaction fees would be deposited and made available,upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for purposesof enforcing the ammunition vendor licensing and ammunitionpurchasing provisions. The bill would require the ammunition vendorto conduct business at the location specified in the license, except inthe case of gun shows or events, as specified. The bill would requireammunition sales at a gun show or event to comply with certainrequirements pertaining to ammunition transfers and recordkeeping,the violation of which is a crime.

(8)(9)  By expanding existing crimes and creating new crimes, this bill

would impose a state-mandated local program.(9)(10)  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local

agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state.Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates noreimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if theCommission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costsso mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be madepursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no yes. Fiscal committee: yes.

State-mandated local program: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

line 1 SECTION 1. Section 11106.5 is added to the Penal Code, to line 2 read: line 3 11106.5. (a)  In addition to the requirements of Section 11106, line 4 the Attorney General shall keep and properly file a complete record line 5 of both of the following: line 6 (1)  Ammunition vendor license information pursuant to Article line 7 3 (commencing with Section 30345) of Chapter 1 of Division 10 line 8 of Title 4 of Part 6.

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line 1 (2)  Information required by Section 30369. line 2 (b)  If the conditions of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of line 3 Section 11106 are met, an officer referred to in paragraphs (1) to line 4 (6), inclusive, of subdivision (b) of Section 11105 may disseminate line 5 the fact of any ammunition purchases by the subject of a state line 6 summary criminal history record based on information supplied line 7 by the department pursuant to Section 30352. line 8 SEC. 2. Section 16150 of the Penal Code is amended to read: line 9 16150. (a)  As used in this part, except as specified in

line 10 subdivision (b), “ammunition” means one or more loaded cartridges line 11 consisting of a primer case, propellant, and with one or more line 12 projectiles. “Ammunition” does not include blanks. line 13 (b)  As used in subdivision (a) of Section 30305 and in Section line 14 30306, “ammunition” includes, but is not limited to, any bullet, line 15 cartridge, magazine, clip, speed loader, autoloader, or projectile line 16 capable of being fired from a firearm with a deadly consequence. line 17 “Ammunition” does not include blanks. line 18 SEC. 3. Section 16151 is added to the Penal Code, to read: line 19 16151. Commencing January 1, 2018, as used in this part, line 20 “ammunition vendor” means any person, firm, corporation, dealer, line 21 or any other business who that has a current ammunition vendor line 22 license issued pursuant to Section 30345. line 23 SEC. 4. Section 16650 of the Penal Code is repealed. line 24 SEC. 5. Section 16662 of the Penal Code is repealed. line 25 SEC. 6. Section 17315 of the Penal Code is amended to read: line 26 17315. As used in Article 2 (commencing with Section 30300), line 27 Article 3 (commencing with Section 30345), Article 4 line 28 (commencing with Section 30355), and Article 5 (commencing line 29 with Section 30360) of Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title 4, line 30 “vendor” means an ammunition vendor. line 31 SEC. 7. Section 30000 of the Penal Code is amended to read: line 32 30000. (a)  The Attorney General shall establish and maintain line 33 an online database to be known as the Prohibited Armed Persons line 34 File. The purpose of the file is to cross-reference persons who have line 35 ownership or possession of a firearm on or after January 1, 1996, line 36 as indicated by a record in the Consolidated Firearms Information line 37 System, and who, subsequent to the date of that ownership or line 38 possession of a firearm, fall within a class of persons who are line 39 prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.

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line 1 (b)  Commencing July 1, 2019, the file shall also be used to line 2 cross-reference persons who attempt to acquire ammunition to line 3 determine if those persons fall within a class of persons who are line 4 prohibited from owning or possessing ammunition. line 5 (c)  The information contained in the Prohibited Armed Persons line 6 File shall only be available to those entities specified in, and line 7 pursuant to, subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 11105, through the line 8 California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, for the line 9 purpose of determining if persons are armed and prohibited from

line 10 possessing firearms. line 11 SEC. 8. Section 30306 of the Penal Code is amended to read: line 12 30306. (a)  Any person, corporation, firm, or other business line 13 enterprise who supplies, delivers, sells, or gives possession or line 14 control of, any ammunition to any person who he or she knows or line 15 using reasonable care should know is prohibited from owning, line 16 possessing, or having under custody or control, any ammunition line 17 or reloaded ammunition pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of line 18 Section 30305, is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by line 19 imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or a fine not line 20 exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and line 21 imprisonment. line 22 (b)  Any person, corporation, firm, or other business enterprise line 23 who supplies, delivers, sells, or gives possession or control of line 24 ammunition to a person who the person, corporation, firm, or other line 25 business enterprise knows or has cause to believe is not the actual line 26 purchaser or transferee of the ammunition, with knowledge or line 27 cause to believe that the ammunition is to be subsequently sold or line 28 transferred to a person who is prohibited from owning, possessing, line 29 or having under custody or control any ammunition or reloaded line 30 ammunition pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 30305, line 31 is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county line 32 jail not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding one thousand line 33 dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment. line 34 (c)  The provisions of this section are cumulative and shall not line 35 be construed as restricting the application of any other law. line 36 However, an act or omission punishable in different ways by this line 37 section and another provision of law shall not be punished under line 38 more than one provision. line 39 SEC. 9. Section 30312 of the Penal Code is repealed.

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line 1 SEC. 10. Article 3 (commencing with Section 30345) of line 2 Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code is line 3 repealed. line 4 SEC. 11. Article 3 (commencing with Section 30345) is added line 5 to Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code, line 6 to read: line 7 line 8 Article 3. Ammunition Vendor License line 9

line 10 30345. (a)  Commencing January 1, 2018, only an ammunition line 11 vendor who is licensed by the Department of Justice shall be line 12 authorized to sell ammunition in this state, except as provided by line 13 Article 5 (commencing with Section 30360). line 14 (b)  Subdivision (a) does not apply to the sale of ammunition by line 15 any of the following: line 16 (1)  A commercial hunting club, as defined in Section 3240.5 of line 17 the Fish and Game Code, provided the ammunition is used and line 18 consumed on the licensed premises while engaged in lawful line 19 hunting activity. line 20 (2)  A domesticated game bird hunting club, pursuant to Section line 21 3270 of the Fish and Game Code, provided the ammunition is used line 22 and consumed on the licensed premises while engaged in lawful line 23 hunting activity. line 24 (3)  A domesticated migratory game bird shooting club, pursuant line 25 to Article 4 (commencing with Section 3300) of Chapter 2 of Part line 26 1 of Division 4 of the Fish and Game Code, provided the line 27 ammunition is used and consumed on the licensed premises while line 28 engaged in lawful hunting activity. line 29 (4)  A nonprofit mutual or public benefit corporation organized line 30 pursuant to the Corporations Code that engages in recreational line 31 shooting and lawful hunting activity provided that the ammunition line 32 is used and consumed during the shooting or hunting event line 33 conducted by that nonprofit or public benefit corporation. line 34 (5)  A target facility that holds a business or regulatory license line 35 provided that the ammunition is at all times kept within the line 36 facility’s premises and used on the premises. line 37 (6)  A person who sells no more than 100 rounds of ammunition line 38 to one vendor in one month or cumulatively sells no more than line 39 250 rounds per year to vendors in this state.

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line 1 (c)  The Department of Justice is authorized to issue ammunition line 2 vendor licenses pursuant to this article. The department shall, line 3 commencing July 1, 2017, accept applications for ammunition line 4 vendor licenses. The department shall issue a license or deny the line 5 application for a license within 60 days of receipt of the application line 6 in the first two years of implementation, and within 30 days line 7 thereafter. If the application is denied, the department shall inform line 8 the applicant of the reason for denial in writing. line 9 (d)  The ammunition vendor license shall be issued in a form

line 10 prescribed by the Attorney General and shall be valid for a period line 11 of one year. The license shall allow the licensee to sell ammunition line 12 from a fixed location and at any place set forth in subdivision (b) line 13 of Section 30365. line 14 30346. (a)  The department may charge ammunition vendor line 15 license applicants a fee sufficient to cover the reasonable costs of line 16 issuing a certificate of eligibility, as described, except for those line 17 persons or entities described in subdivision (d) of Section 30347. line 18 (b)  The fees received by the department pursuant to this article line 19 shall be deposited in the Ammunition Special Account, which is line 20 hereby created. The revenue in the fund shall be available, upon line 21 appropriation by the Legislature, for use by the Department of line 22 Justice for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the line 23 provisions of this article, Article 4 (commencing with Section line 24 30355) and Article 5 (commencing with Section 30360). line 25 30347. (a)  The department is authorized to issue ammunition line 26 vendor licenses to ammunition vendors who the department has line 27 determined are not prohibited by state or federal law from line 28 possessing, receiving, owning, or purchasing a firearm and who line 29 have a certificate of eligibility issued by the department. line 30 (b)  The department shall require any agent or employee of a line 31 vendor who handles, sells, or delivers ammunition to obtain and line 32 provide to the ammunition vendor a certificate of eligibility from line 33 the Department of Justice pursuant to Section 26710. On the line 34 application for the certificate, the agent or employee shall provide line 35 the name and California ammunition vendor number of the vendor line 36 with whom the person is employed. line 37 (c)  In the case of an entity other than a natural person, the line 38 department shall issue the license to the business entity, pursuant line 39 to the requirements in subdivisions (a) and (b).

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line 1 (d)  The department shall, upon request and in a manner line 2 prescribed by the department, issue ammunition vendor licenses line 3 to the following: line 4 (1)  A firearms dealer licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to line 5 26915, inclusive. line 6 (2)  A person who is on the centralized list of federal firearms line 7 licensees maintained by the department pursuant to Article 6 line 8 (commencing with Section 28450) of Chapter 6 of Division 6. line 9 (3)  A gunsmith as defined in Section 16630.

line 10 (4)  A wholesaler as defined in Section 17340. line 11 (5)  A manufacturer or importer of firearms or ammunition line 12 licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) line 13 of Title 18 of the United States Code and the regulations issued line 14 pursuant thereto. line 15 (e)  The department shall keep a registry of all licensed line 16 ammunition vendors. line 17 (f)  The department shall revoke the license of any ammunition line 18 vendor who violates this article, Article 4 (commencing with line 19 Section 30355), or Article 5 (commencing with Section 30360) in line 20 any combination three times. The ammunition vendor shall line 21 thereafter be permanently ineligible for an ammunition vendor line 22 license. line 23 SEC. 12. Section 30352 of the Penal Code, as proposed to be line 24 amended by the Safety for All Act of 2016 at the November 8, 2016, line 25 statewide general election, is amended to read: line 26 30352. (a)  Commencing July 1, 2019, an ammunition vendor line 27 shall not sell or otherwise transfer ownership of any ammunition line 28 without, at the time of delivery, legibly recording the following line 29 information on a form to be prescribed by the Department of line 30 Justice: line 31 (1)  The date of the sale or other transfer. line 32 (2)  The purchaser's or transferee's driver's license or other line 33 identification number and the state in which it was issued. line 34 (3)  The brand, type, and amount of ammunition sold or line 35 otherwise transferred. line 36 (4)  The purchaser's or transferee's full name and signature. line 37 (5)  The name of the salesperson who processed the sale or other line 38 transaction. line 39 (6)  The purchaser's or transferee's full residential address and line 40 telephone number.

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line 1 (7)  The purchaser's or transferee's date of birth. line 2 (b)  Commencing July 1, 2019, an ammunition vendor shall line 3 electronically submit to the Department department the information line 4 required by subdivision (a) for all sales and transfers of ownership line 5 of ammunition. The Department department shall retain this line 6 information in a database to be known as the Ammunition Purchase line 7 Records File. This information shall remain confidential and may line 8 be used by the Department department and those entities specified line 9 in, and pursuant to, subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 11105, through

line 10 the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, line 11 only for law enforcement purposes. The ammunition vendor shall line 12 not use, sell, disclose, or share such the information for any other line 13 purpose other than the submission required by this subdivision line 14 without the express written consent of the purchaser or transferee. line 15 (c)  Commencing on July 1, 2019, only those persons listed in line 16 this subdivision, or those persons or entities listed in subdivision line 17 (e), shall be authorized to purchase ammunition. Prior to delivering line 18 any ammunition, an ammunition vendor shall require bona fide line 19 evidence of identity to verify that the person who is receiving line 20 delivery of the ammunition is a person or entity listed in line 21 subdivision (e) or one of the following: line 22 (1)  A person authorized to purchase ammunition pursuant to line 23 Section 30370. line 24 (2)  A person who was approved by the Department department line 25 to receive a firearm from the ammunition vendor, pursuant to line 26 Section 28220, if that vendor is a licensed firearms dealer, and the line 27 ammunition is delivered to the person in the same transaction as line 28 the firearm. line 29 (d)  Commencing July 1, 2019, the ammunition vendor shall line 30 verify with the Department, department, in a manner prescribed line 31 by the Department, department, that the person is authorized to line 32 purchase ammunition by comparing the person's ammunition line 33 purchase authorization number to the centralized list of authorized line 34 ammunition purchasers. ammunition. If the person is not listed as line 35 an authorized ammunition purchaser, the vendor shall deny the line 36 sale or transfer. line 37 (e)  Subdivisions (a) and (d) shall not apply to sales or other line 38 transfers of ownership of ammunition by ammunition vendors to line 39 any of the following, if properly identified: line 40 (1)  An ammunition vendor.

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line 1 (2)  A person who is on the centralized list of exempted federal line 2 firearms licensees maintained by the department pursuant to Article line 3 6 (commencing with Section 28450) of Chapter 6 of Division 6 line 4 of this title. 6. line 5 (3)  A person who purchases or receives ammunition at a target line 6 facility holding a business or other regulatory license, provided line 7 that the ammunition is at all times kept within the facility’s line 8 premises. line 9 (4)  A gunsmith.

line 10 (5)  A wholesaler. line 11 (6)  A manufacturer or importer of firearms or ammunition line 12 licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) line 13 of Title 18 of the United States Code, and the regulations issued line 14 pursuant thereto. line 15 (7)  An authorized law enforcement representative of a city, line 16 county, city and county, or state or federal government, if the sale line 17 or other transfer of ownership is for exclusive use by that line 18 government agency, and, prior to the sale, delivery, or transfer of line 19 the handgun ammunition, written authorization from the head of line 20 the agency authorizing the transaction is presented to the person line 21 from whom the purchase, delivery, or transfer is being made. line 22 Proper written authorization is defined as verifiable written line 23 certification from the head of the agency by which the purchaser, line 24 transferee, or person otherwise acquiring ownership is employed, line 25 identifying the employee as an individual authorized to conduct line 26 the transaction, and authorizing the transaction for the exclusive line 27 use of the agency by which that individual is employed. line 28 (8)  (a)  (A)   A properly identified sworn peace officer, as line 29 defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 line 30 of Part 2, or properly identified sworn federal law enforcement line 31 officer, who is authorized to carry a firearm in the course and scope line 32 of the officer's duties. line 33 (b)  (1)   line 34 (B)  (i)  Proper identification is defined as verifiable written line 35 certification from the head of the agency by which the purchaser line 36 or transferee is employed, identifying the purchaser or transferee line 37 as a full-time paid peace officer who is authorized to carry a firearm line 38 in the course and scope of the officer's duties. line 39 (2)

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line 1 (ii)  The certification shall be delivered to the vendor at the time line 2 of purchase or transfer and the purchaser or transferee shall provide line 3 bona fide evidence of identity to verify that he or she is the person line 4 authorized in the certification. line 5 (3) line 6 (iii)  The vendor shall keep the certification with the record of line 7 sale and submit the certification to the Department department. line 8 (f)  The Department of Justice department is authorized to adopt line 9 regulations to implement the provisions of this section.

line 10 SEC. 12. line 11 SEC. 13. Article 4 (commencing with Section 30355) is added line 12 to Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code, line 13 to read: line 14 line 15 Article 4. Ammunition Purchase Authorization line 16 line 17 30355. (a)  Any person who violates any provision of this line 18 article is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in line 19 a county jail not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding one line 20 thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment. line 21 (b)  The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not line 22 be construed as restricting the application of any other law. line 23 However, an act or omission punishable in different ways by line 24 different provisions of law shall not be punished under more than line 25 one provision. line 26 30356. (a)  Commencing July 1, 2019, the department shall line 27 electronically approve the purchase or transfer of ammunition line 28 through a vendor, as defined in Section 16151, except as otherwise line 29 specified. This approval shall occur at the time of purchase or line 30 transfer, prior to the purchaser or transferee taking possession of line 31 the ammunition. line 32 (b)  To determine if the purchaser or transferee is eligible to line 33 purchase or possess ammunition, the department shall line 34 cross-reference the ammunition purchaser’s or transferee’s name, line 35 date of birth, current address, and driver’s license or other line 36 government identification number, as described in Section 28180, line 37 with the information maintained in the Automated Firearms System line 38 (AFS). If the purchaser’s or transferee’s information does not line 39 match an AFS entry, the transaction shall be denied. If the line 40 purchaser’s or transferee’s information matches an AFS entry, the

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line 1 department shall determine if the purchaser or transferee falls line 2 within a class of persons who are prohibited from owning or line 3 possessing ammunition by cross-referencing the Prohibited Armed line 4 Persons File. If the purchaser or transferee is prohibited from line 5 owning or possessing a firearm, the transaction shall be denied. line 6 (c)  A vendor is prohibited from providing a purchaser or line 7 transferee ammunition without department approval. If a vendor line 8 cannot electronically verify a person’s eligibility to purchase or line 9 possess ammunition via an Internet connection, the department

line 10 shall provide a phone telephone line to verify eligibility. This line 11 option is available to ammunition vendors who can demonstrate line 12 legitimate geographical and telecommunications limitations in line 13 submitting the information electronically and who are approved line 14 by the department to use the phone telephone line verification. line 15 (d)  The department shall recover the reasonable cost of line 16 regulatory and enforcement activities related to this article by line 17 charging ammunition purchasers and transferees a per-transaction line 18 per transaction fee not to exceed one dollar ($1), provided, line 19 however, that the fee may be increased at a rate not to exceed any line 20 increases in the California Consumer Price Index as compiled and line 21 reported by the Department of Industrial Relations, not to exceed line 22 the reasonable regulatory and enforcement costs. The fees shall line 23 be deposited in the Ammunition Special Account, to be available line 24 upon appropriation by the Legislature, for use by the Department line 25 of Justice for the purpose of implementing and enforcing this line 26 article, Article 3 (commencing with Section 30345), and Article line 27 5 (commencing with Section 30360). line 28 (e)  This section shall not apply to the sale, delivery, or transfer line 29 of ammunition to any of the following, if properly identified prior line 30 to the delivery of the ammunition by the vendor: line 31 (1)  A firearms dealer licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to line 32 26915, inclusive. line 33 (2)  A person who is on the centralized list of federal firearms line 34 licensees maintained by the department pursuant to Article 6 line 35 (commencing with Section 28450) of Chapter 6 of Division 6. line 36 (3)  A gunsmith as defined in Section 16630. line 37 (4)  A wholesaler as defined in Section 17340. line 38 (5)  A manufacturer or importer of firearms or ammunition line 39 licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921)

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line 1 of Title 18 of the United States Code and the regulations issued line 2 pursuant thereto. line 3 (6)  An ammunition vendor. line 4 (7)  A person whose licensed premises are outside of this state line 5 and who is licensed as a dealer or collector of firearms pursuant line 6 to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the line 7 United States Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto. line 8 (8)  A person who is licensed as a collector of firearms pursuant line 9 to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the

line 10 United States Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, line 11 whose licensed premises are within this state, and who has a current line 12 certificate of eligibility issued by the department pursuant to line 13 Section 26710. line 14 (9)  An authorized law enforcement representative of a city, line 15 county, city and county, or state or federal government, if the sale line 16 or other transfer is for exclusive use by that government agency, line 17 and, prior to the sale, delivery, or transfer of the ammunition, line 18 written authorization from the head of the agency authorizing the line 19 transaction is presented to the person from whom the purchase, line 20 delivery, or transfer is being made. Proper written authorization line 21 is defined as verifiable written certification from the head of the line 22 agency, or designee, by which the purchaser, transferee, or person line 23 otherwise acquiring ownership is employed, identifying the line 24 employee as an individual authorized to conduct the transaction, line 25 and authorizing the transaction for the exclusive use of the agency line 26 by which that individual is employed. line 27 (10)  A properly identified sworn peace officer, as defined in line 28 Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 line 29 or properly identified sworn member of a federal law enforcement line 30 agency who is authorized to carry a firearm in the course and scope line 31 of the officer’s duties. line 32 (11)  A target facility that holds a business or regulatory license. line 33 (12)  A person who purchases or receives ammunition at a target line 34 facility holding a business or other regulatory license, provided line 35 that the ammunition is at all times kept within the facility’s line 36 premises and used on the premises. line 37 (13)  A commercial hunting club, as defined in Section 3240.5 line 38 of the Fish and Game Code. line 39 (14)  A domesticated game bird hunting club, pursuant to Section line 40 3270 of the Fish and Game Code.

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line 1 (15)  A domesticated migratory game bird shooting club, line 2 pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 3300) of Chapter line 3 2 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Fish and Game Code. line 4 (16)  A participant at a shooting or hunting event conducted by line 5 any of the following: line 6 (A)  A commercial hunting club, as defined in Section 3240.5 line 7 of the Fish and Game Code, provided the ammunition is used and line 8 consumed on the licensed premises while engaged in lawful line 9 hunting activity.

line 10 (B)  A domesticated game bird hunting club, pursuant to Section line 11 3270 of the Fish and Game Code, provided the ammunition is used line 12 and consumed on the licensed premises while engaged in lawful line 13 hunting activity. line 14 (C)  A domesticated migratory game bird shooting club, pursuant line 15 to Article 4 (commencing with Section 3300) of Chapter 2 of Part line 16 1 of Division 4 of the Fish and Game Code, provided the line 17 ammunition is used and consumed on the licensed premises while line 18 engaged in lawful hunting activity. line 19 (17)  A nonprofit mutual or public benefit corporation organized line 20 pursuant to the Corporations Code that engages in recreational line 21 shooting and lawful hunting activity. line 22 (18)  A participant at a shooting or hunting event conducted by line 23 a nonprofit mutual or public benefit corporation organized pursuant line 24 to the Corporations Code that engages in recreational shooting or line 25 lawful hunting activity provided that the ammunition is used and line 26 consumed during the event. line 27 (19)  A person who is authorized to carry loaded firearms line 28 pursuant to Section 25900, 25905, 25910, 25925, 26010, 26015, line 29 26025, or 26030. line 30 (20)  A holder of a special weapons permit issued by the line 31 department pursuant to Section 32650 or 33300, pursuant to Article line 32 3 (commencing with Section 18900) of Chapter 1 of Division 5 line 33 of Title 2, or pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section line 34 32700) of Chapter 6. line 35 (21)  A holder of a valid entertainment firearms permit issued line 36 pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 29500) of line 37 Division 8. line 38 (22)  A person authorized by the department pursuant to Section line 39 30357.

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line 1 (23)  A person who has a current certificate of eligibility issued line 2 by the department pursuant to Section 26710. line 3 30357. The department shall develop a procedure in which a line 4 person who is not prohibited from purchasing or possessing line 5 ammunition may be approved for a single ammunition transaction line 6 or purchase. The department shall recover the cost of processing, line 7 regulatory, and enforcement activities related to this section by line 8 charging the ammunition transaction or purchase applicant a fee line 9 not to exceed the fee charged for the department’s Dealer Dealers’

line 10 Record of Sale (DROS) process, as described in Section 28225, line 11 and not to exceed the department’s reasonable costs. line 12 SEC. 13. line 13 SEC. 14. Article 5 (commencing with Section 30360) is added line 14 to Chapter 1 of Division 10 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code, line 15 to read: line 16 line 17 Article 5. Ammunition Sales line 18 line 19 30360. (a)  Any person who violates any provision of this line 20 article is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in line 21 a county jail not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding one line 22 thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment. line 23 (b)  The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not line 24 be construed as restricting the application of any other law. line 25 However, an act or omission punishable in different ways by line 26 different provisions of law shall not be punished under more than line 27 one provision. line 28 30362. A vendor shall not permit any employee who the vendor line 29 knows or reasonably should know is a person described in Chapter line 30 2 (commencing with Section 29800) or Chapter 3 (commencing line 31 with Section 29900) of Division 9 of this title, or Section 8100 or line 32 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to handle, sell, or deliver line 33 ammunition or to deliver or have under his or her custody or control line 34 ammunition in the course and scope of employment. line 35 30363. A vendor shall not sell or otherwise transfer ownership line 36 of, offer for sale, or otherwise offer to transfer ownership of, line 37 display for sale, or display for transfer any ammunition in a manner line 38 that allows that ammunition to be accessible to a purchaser or line 39 transferee without the assistance of the vendor or an employee of line 40 the vendor.

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line 1 30364. (a)  The sale, delivery, or transfer of ammunition may line 2 only occur in a face-to-face transaction with the seller, deliverer, line 3 or transferor being provided bona fide evidence of identity from line 4 the purchaser or other transferee, provided, however, that line 5 ammunition may be purchased over the Internet or through other line 6 means of remote ordering if an ammunition vendor in this state line 7 initially receives the ammunition and processes the transfer in line 8 compliance with this article, Article 3 (commencing with Section line 9 30345), and Article 4 (commencing with Section 30355). An

line 10 ammunition vendor is required to promptly and properly process line 11 those transactions. An ammunition vendor may charge a fee to line 12 process the transfer not to exceed ten dollars ($10) per transaction. line 13 An ammunition vendor is not required to house ammunition orders line 14 longer than 30 days. line 15 (b)  Subdivision (a) shall not apply to or affect the sale, delivery, line 16 or transfer of ammunition to any of the following: line 17 (1)  A firearms dealer licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to line 18 26915, inclusive. line 19 (2)  A person who is on the centralized list of federal firearms line 20 licensees maintained by the Department of Justice pursuant to line 21 Article 6 (commencing with Section 28450) of Chapter 6 of line 22 Division 6. line 23 (3)  A gunsmith as defined in Section 16630. line 24 (4)  A wholesaler as defined in Section 17340. line 25 (5)  A manufacturer or importer of firearms or ammunition line 26 licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) line 27 of Title 18 of the United States Code and the regulations issued line 28 pursuant thereto. line 29 (6)  An ammunition vendor. line 30 (7)  A person whose licensed premises are outside this state and line 31 who is licensed as a dealer or collector of firearms pursuant to line 32 Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the line 33 United States Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto. line 34 (8)  A person who is licensed as a collector of firearms pursuant line 35 to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the line 36 United States Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, line 37 whose licensed premises are within this state, and who has a current line 38 certificate of eligibility issued by the Department of Justice line 39 pursuant to Section 26710.

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line 1 (9)  An authorized law enforcement representative of a city, line 2 county, city and county, or state or federal government, if the sale, line 3 delivery, or other transfer is for exclusive use by that government line 4 agency and, prior to the sale, delivery, or transfer of the line 5 ammunition, written authorization is received from the head of the line 6 agency, or designee, by which the purchaser, transferee, or person line 7 otherwise acquiring ownership is employed, identifying the line 8 employee as an individual authorized to conduct the transaction, line 9 and authorizing the transaction for the exclusive use of the agency

line 10 employing the individual. line 11 (10)  A properly identified sworn peace officer, as defined in line 12 Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, line 13 or properly identified sworn member of a federal law enforcement line 14 agency who is authorized to carry a firearm in the course and scope line 15 of the officer’s duties. line 16 (11)  A target facility holding a business or other regulatory line 17 license. line 18 (12)  A commercial hunting club, as defined in Section 3240.5 line 19 of the Fish and Game Code. line 20 (13)  A domesticated game bird hunting club, pursuant to Section line 21 3270 of the Fish and Game Code. line 22 (14)  A domesticated migratory game bird shooting club, line 23 pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 3300) of Chapter line 24 2 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Fish and Game Code. line 25 (15)  A nonprofit mutual or public benefit corporation organized line 26 pursuant to the Corporations Code that engages in recreational line 27 shooting and lawful hunting activity. line 28 (16)  A consultant-evaluator. line 29 (17)  A contract or common carrier or an authorized agent or line 30 employee thereof, when acting in conformance with applicable line 31 federal law. line 32 30365. (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (b), the sale of line 33 ammunition shall be conducted at the location specified in the line 34 license. line 35 (b)  A vendor may sell ammunition at a gun show or event, as line 36 described in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 27200) of line 37 Division 6, if the gun show or event is not conducted from any line 38 motorized or towed vehicle. line 39 (c)  Sales of ammunition at a gun show or event shall comply line 40 with Sections 30345, 30356, 30369, and 30370.

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line 1 30366. (a)  When neither party in an ammunition sale is a line 2 vendor, the following shall apply: line 3 (1)  The seller shall deliver the ammunition to a vendor to process line 4 the transaction. line 5 (2)  The vendor shall then promptly and properly deliver the line 6 ammunition to the purchaser, if the sale is not prohibited, as if the line 7 ammunition were the vendor’s own merchandise. line 8 (3)  If the vendor cannot legally deliver the ammunition to the line 9 purchaser, the vendor shall forthwith return the ammunition to the

line 10 seller. This return is not subject to Section 30356. line 11 (b)  The vendor may charge the purchaser an administrative fee line 12 to process the transaction, not to exceed ten dollars ($10) per line 13 transaction processed. line 14 (c)  A person selling ammunition pursuant to this section is line 15 exempt from the requirement to be licensed pursuant to Section line 16 30345. line 17 (d)  This section does not apply to a person whose premises are line 18 outside of this state when directly selling and shipping ammunition line 19 to a law enforcement agency within this state. line 20 30367. (a)  Notwithstanding Sections 30345 and 30366, the line 21 sale of ammunition between the following is authorized so long line 22 as it does not exceed 50 rounds per month: line 23 (1)  The sale of ammunition between licensed hunters while line 24 engaged in lawful hunting activity. line 25 (2)  The sale of ammunition between immediate family members, line 26 spouses, or registered domestic partners. line 27 (b)  Notwithstanding Sections 30345 and 30366, the sale of line 28 ammunition by a private individual to an authorized representative line 29 of a city, city and county, county, state, or the federal government, line 30 as part of a voluntary program is authorized. line 31 (c)  Ammunition acquired pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be line 32 disposed of in the same manner as set forth for firearms in Section line 33 18000, 18005, or 34000. line 34 30368. (a)  Commencing July 1, 2019, a resident of this state line 35 shall not bring or transport into this state any ammunition that he line 36 or she purchased from outside of this state unless he or she first line 37 has that ammunition delivered to an ammunition vendor in this line 38 state for delivery to that resident pursuant to the procedures set line 39 forth in Section 30366.

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line 1 (b)  Subdivision (a) does not apply to any of the following line 2 bringing or transporting into this state any ammunition: line 3 (1)  A firearms dealer licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to line 4 26915, inclusive. line 5 (2)  A person who is on the centralized list of federal firearms line 6 licensees maintained by the department pursuant to Article 6 line 7 (commencing with Section 28450) of Chapter 6 of Division 6. line 8 (3)  A gunsmith as defined in Section 16630. line 9 (4)  A wholesaler as defined in Section 17340.

line 10 (5)  A manufacturer or importer of firearms or ammunition line 11 licensed pursuant to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) line 12 of Title 18 of the United States Code, and the regulations issued line 13 pursuant thereto. line 14 (6)  An ammunition vendor. line 15 (7)  A person who is licensed as a collector of firearms pursuant line 16 to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the line 17 United States Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto, line 18 whose licensed premises are within this state, and who has a current line 19 certificate of eligibility issued by the Department of Justice line 20 pursuant to Section 26710. line 21 (8)  Authorized law enforcement representatives of cities, line 22 counties, cities and counties, or state or federal governments for line 23 exclusive use by those government agencies if, prior to the line 24 importation, the person has written authorization from the head of line 25 the agency authorizing the acquisition of that ammunition. Proper line 26 written authorization is defined as verifiable written certification line 27 from the head of the agency, or designee, by which the person is line 28 employed, identifying the employee as an individual authorized line 29 to acquire and import ammunition, and authorizing the transaction line 30 for the exclusive use of the agency by which he or she is employed. line 31 (9)  A properly identified sworn peace officer, as defined in line 32 Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, line 33 or properly identified sworn member of a federal law enforcement line 34 agency who is authorized to carry a firearm in the course and scope line 35 of the officer’s duties. line 36 (10)  A contract or common carrier or an authorized agent or line 37 employee thereof, when acting in conformity with applicable line 38 federal law.

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line 1 (11)  A person who purchases the ammunition from an immediate line 2 family member, spouse, or registered domestic partner if the person line 3 brings or transports into this state no more than 50 rounds. line 4 (12)  The executor or administrator of an estate that includes line 5 ammunition. line 6 (13)  A person that at the time he or she acquired the ammunition line 7 was not a resident of this state. line 8 (14)  Ammunition that is imported into this country pursuant to line 9 provisions of Section 925(a)(4) of Title 18 of the United States

line 10 Code. line 11 (15)  A licensed hunter who purchased the ammunition outside line 12 of this state for use in a lawful hunting activity that occurred line 13 outside of this state if the person brings or imports no more than line 14 50 rounds into this state and the ammunition is designed and line 15 intended for use in the firearm the hunter used in that hunting line 16 activity. line 17 (16)  A person who attended and participated in an organized line 18 competitive match or league competition that involves the use of line 19 firearms in a match or competition sponsored by, conducted under line 20 the auspices of, or approved by, a law enforcement agency or a line 21 nationally or state recognized entity that fosters proficiency in, or line 22 promotes education about, firearms, and the person brings or line 23 imports into this state no more than 50 rounds of ammunition line 24 designed and intended to be used in the firearm the person used line 25 in the match or competition. line 26 30369. (a)  Commencing July 1, 2019, a vendor shall not sell line 27 or otherwise transfer ownership of any ammunition without, at the line 28 time of delivery, legibly recording the following information: line 29 (1)  The purchaser’s full name. line 30 (2)  The purchaser’s or transferee’s driver’s license or other line 31 identification number and the state in which it was issued line 32 (3)  The date of the sale or other transaction. line 33 (4)  The brand, type, and amount of ammunition sold or line 34 otherwise transferred. line 35 (5)  The name of the salesperson who processed the sale or other line 36 transaction. line 37 (6)  The purchaser’s or transferee’s full residential address and line 38 telephone number. line 39 (7)  The purchaser’s or transferee’s date of birth.

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line 1 (b)  Commencing July 1, 2019, the vendor shall electronically line 2 submit to the department the information required by subdivision line 3 (a) in a format and a manner prescribed by the department for all line 4 sales or other transfers of ammunition. The department shall retain line 5 this information for two years in a database to be known as the line 6 Ammunition Purchase Records File for the sole purpose of aiding line 7 and assisting local and state law enforcement agencies in an active line 8 investigation. The vendor shall not share any of the information line 9 required by subdivision (a) for any reason other than for authorized

line 10 law enforcement purposes. The information in the Ammunition line 11 Purchase Records File may be accessed by a state or local law line 12 enforcement agency only if the department is provided a case line 13 number or other sufficient information as determined by the line 14 department that indicates an active investigation and the line 15 information sought is for the investigation or prosecution of that line 16 case. line 17 (c)  In the case that a vendor cannot submit the information line 18 required by subdivision (a) electronically via an Internet line 19 connection, the department shall provide a telephone line to submit line 20 the information if the vendor can demonstrate legitimate geographic line 21 and telecommunications limitations to submitting the information line 22 electronically, and the department approves the vendor’s use of line 23 the telephone line. line 24 (d)  This section shall not apply to or affect sales or other line 25 transfers of ammunition by ammunition vendors to any of the line 26 following, if properly identified: line 27 (1)  A firearms dealer licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to line 28 26915, inclusive. line 29 (2)  A person who is on the centralized list of federal firearms line 30 licensees maintained by the department pursuant to Article 6 line 31 (commencing with Section 28450) of Chapter 6 of Division 6. line 32 (3)  A gunsmith as defined in Section 16630. line 33 (4)  A wholesaler as defined in Section 17340. line 34 (5)  A manufacturer or importer of firearms licensed pursuant line 35 to Chapter 44 (commencing with Section 921) of Title 18 of the line 36 United States Code and the regulations issued pursuant thereto. line 37 (6)  An ammunition vendor. line 38 (7)  An authorized law enforcement representative of a city, line 39 county, city and county, or state or federal government, if the sale line 40 or other transfer is for exclusive use by that government agency,

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line 1 and, prior to the sale, delivery, or transfer of the ammunition, line 2 written authorization from the head of the agency, or designee, line 3 authorizing the transaction is presented to the person from whom line 4 the purchase, delivery, or transfer is being made. Proper written line 5 authorization is defined as verifiable written certification from the line 6 head of the agency, or designee, by which the purchaser, transferee, line 7 or person otherwise acquiring ownership is employed, identifying line 8 the employee as an individual authorized to conduct the transaction, line 9 and authorizing the transaction for the exclusive use of the agency

line 10 by which that individual is employed. line 11 (8)  A properly identified sworn peace officer, as defined in line 12 Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2, line 13 or properly identified sworn member of a federal law enforcement line 14 agency who is authorized to carry a firearm in the course and scope line 15 of the officer’s duties. line 16 (9)  A target facility that holds a business or regulatory license. line 17 (10)  A person who purchases or receives ammunition at a target line 18 facility holding a business or other regulatory license, provided line 19 that the ammunition is at all times kept within the facility’s line 20 premises and used on the premises. line 21 (11)  A commercial hunting club, as defined in Section 3240.5 line 22 of the Fish and Game Code. line 23 (12)  A domesticated game bird hunting club, pursuant to Section line 24 3270 of the Fish and Game Code. line 25 (13)  A domesticated migratory game bird shooting club, line 26 pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 3300) of Chapter line 27 2 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Fish and Game Code. line 28 (14)  A participant at a shooting or hunting event conducted by line 29 any of the following: line 30 (A)  A commercial hunting club, as defined in Section 3240.5 line 31 of the Fish and Game Code, provided the ammunition is used and line 32 consumed on the licensed premises while engaged in lawful line 33 hunting activity. line 34 (B)  A domesticated game bird hunting club, pursuant to Section line 35 3270 of the Fish and Game Code, provided the ammunition is used line 36 and consumed on the licensed premises while engaged in lawful line 37 hunting activity. line 38 (C)  A domesticated migratory game bird shooting club, pursuant line 39 to Article 4 (commencing with Section 3300) of Chapter 2 of Part line 40 1 of Division 4 of the Fish and Game Code, provided the

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line 1 ammunition is used and consumed on the licensed premises while line 2 engaged in lawful hunting activity. line 3 (15)  A nonprofit mutual or public benefit corporation organized line 4 pursuant to the Corporations Code that engages in recreational line 5 shooting and lawful hunting activity. line 6 (16)  A participant at a shooting or hunting event conducted by line 7 a nonprofit mutual or public benefit corporation organized pursuant line 8 to the Corporations Code that engages in recreational shooting or line 9 lawful hunting activity provided that the ammunition is used and

line 10 consumed during the event. line 11 30370. A vendor shall not knowingly make a false entry or fail line 12 to make a required entry of information in accordance with Section line 13 30369. line 14 SEC. 15. Section 30370 is added to the Penal Code, to read: line 15 30370. (a)  Commencing July 1, 2019, the department shall line 16 electronically approve the purchase or transfer of ammunition line 17 through a vendor, as defined in Section 16151, except as otherwise line 18 specified. This approval shall occur at the time of purchase or line 19 transfer, prior to the purchaser or transferee taking possession of line 20 the ammunition. Pursuant to the authorization specified in line 21 paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 30352, the following line 22 persons are authorized to purchase ammunition: line 23 (1)  A purchaser or transferee whose information matches an line 24 entry in the Automated Firearms System (AFS) and who is eligible line 25 to possess ammunition as specified in subdivision (b). line 26 (2)  A purchaser or transferee who has a current certificate of line 27 eligibility issued by the department pursuant to Section 26710. line 28 (3)  A purchaser or transferee who is not prohibited from line 29 purchasing or possessing ammunition in a single ammunition line 30 transaction or purchase made pursuant to the procedure developed line 31 pursuant to subdivision (c). line 32 (b)  To determine if the purchaser or transferee is eligible to line 33 purchase or possess ammunition pursuant to paragraph (1) of line 34 subdivision (a), the department shall cross-reference the line 35 ammunition purchaser’s or transferee’s name, date of birth, current line 36 address, and driver’s license or other government identification line 37 number, as described in Section 28180, with the information line 38 maintained in the AFS. If the purchaser’s or transferee’s line 39 information does not match an AFS entry, the transaction shall line 40 be denied. If the purchaser’s or transferee’s information matches

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line 1 an AFS entry, the department shall determine if the purchaser or line 2 transferee falls within a class of persons who are prohibited from line 3 owning or possessing ammunition by cross-referencing with the line 4 Prohibited Armed Persons File. If the purchaser or transferee is line 5 prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm, the transaction line 6 shall be denied. line 7 (c)  The department shall develop a procedure in which a person line 8 who is not prohibited from purchasing or possessing ammunition line 9 may be approved for a single ammunition transaction or purchase.

line 10 The department shall recover the cost of processing and regulatory line 11 and enforcement activities related to this section by charging the line 12 ammunition transaction or purchase applicant a fee not to exceed line 13 the fee charged for the department’s Dealers’ Record of Sale line 14 (DROS) process, as described in Section 28225 and not to exceed line 15 the department’s reasonable costs. line 16 (d)  A vendor is prohibited from providing a purchaser or line 17 transferee ammunition without department approval. If a vendor line 18 cannot electronically verify a person’s eligibility to purchase or line 19 possess ammunition via an Internet connection, the department line 20 shall provide a telephone line to verify eligibility. This option is line 21 available to ammunition vendors who can demonstrate legitimate line 22 geographical and telecommunications limitations in submitting line 23 the information electronically and who are approved by the line 24 department to use the telephone line verification. line 25 (e)  The department shall recover the reasonable cost of line 26 regulatory and enforcement activities related to this article by line 27 charging ammunition purchasers and transferees a per transaction line 28 fee not to exceed one dollar ($1), provided, however, that the fee line 29 may be increased at a rate not to exceed any increases in the line 30 California Consumer Price Index as compiled and reported by the line 31 Department of Industrial Relations, not to exceed the reasonable line 32 regulatory and enforcement costs. line 33 (f)  A fund to be known as the “Ammunition Safety and line 34 Enforcement Special Fund” is hereby created within the State line 35 Treasury. All fees received pursuant to this section shall be line 36 deposited into the Ammunition Safety and Enforcement Special line 37 Fund and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, line 38 are continuously appropriated for purposes of implementing, line 39 operating, and enforcing the ammunition authorization program

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line 1 provided for in this section and Section 30352 and for repaying line 2 the start-up loan provided for in Section 30371. line 3 (g)  The Department of Justice is authorized to adopt regulations line 4 to implement this section. line 5 SEC. 16. Section 30370 of the Penal Code, as proposed to be line 6 added by the Safety for All Act of 2016 at the November 8, 2016, line 7 statewide general election, is repealed. line 8 30370. (a)(l) Commencing on January 1, 2019, any person who line 9 is 18 years of age or older may apply to the Department for an

line 10 ammunition purchase authorization. line 11 (2)  The ammunition purchase authorization may be used by the line 12 authorized person to purchase or otherwise seek the transfer of line 13 ownership of ammunition from an ammunition vendor, as that line 14 term is defined in Section 16151, and shall have no other force or line 15 effect. line 16 (3)  The ammunition purchase authorization shall be valid for line 17 four years from July 1, 2019 or the date of issuance, whichever is line 18 later, unless it is revoked by the Department pursuant to subdivision line 19 (b). line 20 (b)  The ammunition purchase authorization shall be promptly line 21 revoked by the Department upon the occurrence of any event which line 22 would have disqualified the holder from being issued the line 23 ammunition purchase authorization pursuant to this section. If an line 24 authorization is revoked, the Department shall upon the written line 25 request of the holder state the reasons for doing so and provide the line 26 holder an appeal process to challenge that revocation. line 27 (c)  The Department shall create and maintain an internal line 28 centralized list of all persons who are authorized to purchase line 29 ammunition and shall promptly remove from the list any persons line 30 whose authorization was revoked by the Department pursuant to line 31 this section. The Department shall provide access to the list by line 32 ammunition vendors for purposes of conducting ammunition sales line 33 or other transfers, and shall provide access to the list by law line 34 enforcement agencies for law enforcement purposes. line 35 (d)  The Department shall issue an ammunition purchase line 36 authorization to the applicant if all of the following conditions are line 37 met: line 38 (1)  The applicant is 18 years of age or older. line 39 (2)  The applicant is not prohibited from acquiring or possessing line 40 ammunition under Section 30305(a) or federal law.

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line 1 (3)  The applicant pays the fees set forth in subdivision (g). line 2 (e)  (1)  Upon receipt of an initial or renewal application, the line 3 Department shall examine its records, and the records it is line 4 authorized to request from the State Department of State Hospitals, line 5 pursuant to Section 8104 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, line 6 and if authorized, the National Instant Criminal Background Check line 7 System, as described in Section 922(t) of Title 18 of the United line 8 States Code, in order to determine if the applicant is prohibited line 9 from possessing or acquiring ammunition under Section 30305(a)

line 10 or federal law. line 11 (2)  The applicant shall be approved or denied within 30 days line 12 of the date of the submission of the application to the Department. line 13 If the application is denied, the Department shall state the reasons line 14 for doing so and provide the applicant an appeal process to line 15 challenge that denial. line 16 (3)  If the Department is unable to ascertain the final disposition line 17 of the application within 30 days of the applicant's submission, line 18 the Department shall grant authorization to the applicant. line 19 (4)  The ammunition purchase authorization number shall be the line 20 same as the number on the document presented by the person as line 21 bona fide evidence of identity. line 22 (f)  The Department shall renew a person's ammunition purchase line 23 authorization before its expiration, provided that the Department line 24 determines that the person is not prohibited from acquiring or line 25 possessing ammunition under Section 30305(a) or federal law, line 26 and provided the applicant timely pays the renewal fee set forth line 27 in subdivision (g). line 28 (g)  The Department may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed line 29 $50 per person for the issuance of an ammunition purchase line 30 authorization or the issuance of a renewal authorization, however, line 31 the Department shall not set these fees any higher than necessary line 32 to recover the reasonable, estimated costs to fund the ammunition line 33 authorization program provided for in this section and Section line 34 30352, including the enforcement of this program and maintenance line 35 of any data systems associated with this program. line 36 (h)  A fund to be known as the "Ammunition Safety and line 37 Enforcement Special Fund" is hereby created within the State line 38 Treasury. All fees received pursuant to this section shall be line 39 deposited into the Ammunition Safety and Enforcement Special line 40 Fund of the General Fund, and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of

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line 1 the Government Code, are continuously appropriated for purposes line 2 of implementing, operating and enforcing the ammunition line 3 authorization program provided for in this section and Section line 4 30352, and for repaying the start-up loan provided for in Section line 5 30371. line 6 (i)  The Department shall annually review and may adjust all line 7 fees specified in subdivision (g) for inflation. line 8 (j)  The Department of Justice is authorized to adopt regulations line 9 to implement the provisions of this section.

line 10 SEC. 14. line 11 SEC. 17. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to line 12 Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution for certain line 13 costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district line 14 because, in that regard, this act creates a new crime or infraction, line 15 eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime line 16 or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the line 17 Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the line 18 meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California line 19 Constitution. line 20 However, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that line 21 this act contains other costs mandated by the state, reimbursement line 22 to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made line 23 pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division line 24 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. line 25 SEC. 15. line 26 SEC. 18. The Legislature finds and declares that Section 13 of line 27 this act, which adds Section 30369 to the Penal Code, imposes a line 28 limitation on the public’s right of access to the meetings of public line 29 bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the line 30 meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. line 31 Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes line 32 the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this line 33 limitation and the need for protecting that interest: line 34 In order to protect the personal information of ammunition line 35 purchasers, it is necessary that this act limit the public’s right of line 36 access to that information. line 37 SEC. 19. (a)  Sections 12, 15, and 16 of this act shall only line 38 become operative if the Safety for All Act of 2016 is enacted by line 39 the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election

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line 1 and becomes effective, in which case Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, line 2 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14 shall not become operative. line 3 (b)  The Legislature finds and declares that the intent expressed line 4 in the Safety for All Act of 2016 is to safeguard the ability of line 5 law-abiding, responsible Californians to own and use firearms line 6 for lawful means while requiring background checks for line 7 ammunition purchases in the manner required for firearm line 8 purchases so that neither firearms nor ammunition are getting line 9 into the hands of dangerous individuals. The Legislature finds and

line 10 declares that the amendments to the Safety for All Act of 2016 line 11 made by Sections 12, 15, and 16 are consistent with and further line 12 that intent. The amendments ensure that only law-abiding, line 13 responsible Californians who appear in the Automated Firearms line 14 System are able to purchase ammunition for their legally owned line 15 firearms while violent felons and the dangerously mentally ill who line 16 appear in the Armed Prohibited Persons System are not. line 17 line 18

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