Firearms: transaction reports.

Existing law requires every secondhand dealer or coin dealer, as described, to report daily, or on the first working day after receipt or purchase of the property, on forms either approved or provided at actual cost by the Department of Justice, all tangible personal property that he or she has purchased, taken in trade, taken in pawn, accepted for sale on consignment, or accepted for auctioning, to the chief of police or to the sheriff, as specified. Other existing provisions of law make a violation of these provisions a criminal offense. This bill would, on and after July 1, 2010, establish separate reporting procedures for secondhand dealers in connection with firearms. The bill would make other conforming changes. By establishing new reporting requirements, the violation of which would be an offense under other provisions of existing law, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law generally regulates firearms dealers and firearms transactions. Existing law requires that, on the date of receipt, a dealer report to the Department of Justice in a format prescribed by the department the acquisition by the dealer of the ownership of a handgun. Existing law exempts from those provisions a firearms dealer who is also licensed as a secondhand dealer. This bill would provide that the exemption applies to a firearms dealer who is also licensed as a secondhand dealer when acquiring a handgun and when complying with other applicable reporting requirements, as specified. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 21628 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 99, to become operative if this bill is enacted after AB 99. 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.