Firearms: reports to the Department of Justice.

Existing law generally requires firearms transactions to be processed through a licensed firearms dealer. Existing law generally requires firearms transactions that are exempt from the dealer requirement to be reported to the Department of Justice, either by mail or in person, or in a format prescribed by the department. This bill would, for various firearm transactions, as specified, instead allow the report to be made only by mail or via the California Firearms Application Reporting System (CFARS) , and would, for reports submitted by mail, allow the Department of Justice to charge the person making the report a surcharge, not to exceed $20, for the reasonable cost of receiving and processing the report. Existing law allows the Department of Justice to charge a specific fee sufficient to reimburse it for the actual processing costs associated with the submission of a Dealers' Record of Sale to the department. This bill would delete that authority. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 27920 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 1292 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1292 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 27966 of the Penal Code proposed by SB 376 to be operative only if this bill and SB 376 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 28230 of the Penal Code proposed by SB 376 to be operative only if this bill and SB 376 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.