Amended  IN  Senate  August 30, 2019
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 340

Introduced by Assembly Members Irwin and Ting
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Bauer-Kahan, Berman, Gabriel, Petrie-Norris, Smith, and Wicks)
(Coauthor: Senator Stern)

January 31, 2019

An act to add Section 30025 to the Penal Code, relating to firearms.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 340, as amended, Irwin. Firearms: armed prohibited persons.
Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish and maintain an online database known as the Prohibited Armed Persons File, sometimes referred to as the Armed Prohibited Persons System, to cross-reference persons who have ownership or possession of a firearm on or after January 1, 1996, and who, subsequent to the date of that ownership or possession of a firearm, fall within a class of persons who are prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm. The Budget Act of 2019 appropriated $3,000,000 to the Counties of Alameda, San Diego, Santa Cruz, and Ventura to support local law enforcement activities related to seizing weapons and ammunition from persons who are prohibited from possessing them through a Gun Violence Reduction Pilot Program.
This bill would authorize require the Counties of Alameda, San Diego, Santa Cruz, and Ventura to establish and implement a Disarming Prohibited Persons Taskforce (DPPT) team program, consisting of officers and agents from specified law enforcement agencies, for the purpose of, among other things, identifying, monitoring, arresting, and assisting in the prosecution of individuals who are armed and prohibited from possessing a firearm. The bill would require a team established pursuant to these sections to, on or before 15 months after establishing the team, receiving these funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 2019, to submit a report to the department Department of Justice and to the Legislature containing specified information. information relating to the efficacy of their programs.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 30025 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
30025.

(a)The Counties of Alameda, San Diego, Santa Cruz, and Ventura may establish and implement a Disarming Prohibited Persons Taskforce (DPPT) team program pursuant to this section.

(b)A DPPT team may consist of officers and agents from any of the following law enforcement agencies:

(1)Police departments.

(2)Sheriff’s departments.

(3)The Bureau of Investigations of the Office of the District Attorney.

(4)County probation departments.

(5)To the extent that any of these agencies have available resources and choose to participate:

(A)The Department of Justice.

(B)The Department of the California Highway Patrol.

(C)The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

(D)The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

(c)A DPPT team established pursuant to this section shall follow all federal and state laws, including Section 12525.5 of the Government Code.

(d)A DPPT team program established pursuant to this section shall have the following objectives:

(1)To identify, monitor, arrest, and assist in the prosecution of individuals who are armed and prohibited from possessing a firearm.

(2)To collect data to determine if the proactive law enforcement procedures adopted by the program are effective in reducing violent firearm-related crimes.

(3)To develop procedures for operating a multijurisdictional regional task force.

(e)If a county establishes a DPPT team program, on or before 15 months after receiving money appropriated for the team in the 2019 Budget Act, a DPPT team program

30025.
 (a) The Budget Act of 2019 appropriated three million dollars ($3,000,000) to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to support gun violence reduction pilot programs in the Counties of Alameda, San Diego, Santa Cruz, and Ventura.
(b) Within 15 months of receiving a grant as provided by Item 5227-110-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2019, each county shall submit a report to the Department of Justice and to the Legislature containing information relating to the team’s county’s activities, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) The number of individuals in the Armed Prohibited Persons System (APPS) in the team’s jurisdiction county before and after receiving a grant pursuant to this section.
(2) The number of individuals in the team’s jurisdiction county cleared from the APPS.
(3) The number of individuals in the team’s jurisdiction county added to the APPS.
(4) The degree to which the backlog in the APPS in the team’s jurisdiction county has been reduced or eliminated.
(5) The number of firearms recovered due to the enforcement activities of the team. county.
(6) The number of contacts and attempted contacts with individuals in the APPS during the team’s county’s enforcement efforts.
(7) Information regarding collaboration with the Department of Justice.
(8) Improvements that could be made to the APPS to expedite investigations and promote collaboration across jurisdictions.

(f)

(c) A report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (e) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.