LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1363, as amended, Davis. Firearms.
Existing law establishes the offense of carrying a loaded firearm,
as specified, and provides exceptions to those provisions, including
an exception permitting the carrying of handguns by persons who are
authorized to carry those weapons pursuant to provisions relating to
licenses to carry concealed firearms.
This bill would revise the exception to permit the carrying of
handguns by persons as authorized pursuant to provisions relating to
licenses to carry concealed firearms.
By narrowing the exception to an offense, this bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
The bill would also delete obsolete language pertaining to reports
to be filed by the Attorney General. The bill would make other
technical, nonsubstantive changes.
Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county, or the chief or
other head of a municipal police department, subject to certain
criteria being met, and where the population of the county is less
than 200,000 persons according to the most recent federal decennial
census, to issue a license to carry a handgun "loaded and exposed in
that county."
This bill would authorize the sheriff of a county, or the chief or
other head of a municipal police department, subject to certain
criteria being met, and where the population of the county is less
than 200,000 persons according to the most recent federal decennial
census, to issue a license to carry a handgun "loaded and exposed in
only that county."
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 no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.

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