BILL NUMBER: AB 2376INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Halderman FEBRUARY 24, 2012 An act to amend Sections 26150 and 26155 of the Penal Code, relating to concealed weapons. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2376, as introduced, Halderman. Concealed weapons: good cause: hate crime victim. Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county or the chief or other head of a municipal police department of any city or city and county to issue a license to carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person to an applicant upon proof that the applicant is of good moral character, that good cause exists for issuance of the license, that the applicant is a resident of the respective jurisdiction, and the applicant has completed a specified course of training, including firearm safety. This bill would provide, for purposes of those provisions, that good cause shall be conclusively established if the applicant has a report on file with a law enforcement agency evidencing that he or she is a victim of a hate crime. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 26150 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 26150. (a) When a person applies for a license to carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, the sheriff of a county may issue a license to that person upon proof of all of the following: (1) The applicant is of good moral character. (2) (A) Good cause exists for issuance of the license. (B) For purposes of this paragraph, "good cause" shall be conclusively established if the applicant has a report on file with a law enforcement agency evidencing that he or she is a victim of a hate crime. (3) The applicant is a resident of the county or a city within the county, or the applicant's principal place of employment or business is in the county or a city within the county and the applicant spends a substantial period of time in that place of employment or business. (4) The applicant has completed a course of training as described in Section 26165. (b) The sheriff may issue a license under subdivision (a) in either of the following formats: (1) A license to carry concealed a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person. (2)WhereIf the population of the county is less than 200,000 persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, a license to carry loaded and exposed in only that county a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person. SEC. 2. Section 26155 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 26155. (a) When a person applies for a license to carry a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, the chief or other head of a municipal police department of any city or city and county may issue a license to that person upon proof of all of the following: (1) The applicant is of good moral character. (2) (A) Good cause exists for issuance of the license. (B) For purposes of this paragraph, "good cause" shall be conclusively established if the applicant has a report on file with a law enforcement agency evidencing that he or she is a victim of a hate crime. (3) The applicant is a resident of that city. (4) The applicant has completed a course of training as described in Section 26165. (b) The chief or other head of a municipal police department may issue a license under subdivision (a) in either of the following formats: (1) A license to carry concealed a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person. (2)WhereIf the population of the county in which the city is located is less than 200,000 persons according to the most recent federal decennial census, a license to carry loaded and exposed in only that county a pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person. (c) Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the chief or other head of a municipal police department of any city from entering an agreement with the sheriff of the county in which the city is located for the sheriff to process all applications for licenses, renewals of licenses, and amendments to licenses, pursuant to this chapter.