California Senate Bill SB606 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 606INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator De Len FEBRUARY 22, 2013 An act to amend Section 16220 of the Penal Code, relating to deadly weapons. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 606, as introduced, De Len. Deadly weapons: ballistic knives. Existing law generally makes it a crime to manufacture, import, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, give, lend, or possess any ballistic knife. Under existing law a ballistic knife is a nuisance. Existing law defines a ballistic knife as a device that propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil spring, elastic material, or compressed gas. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. 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 16220 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 16220. As used in this part, "ballistic knife" means a device  that   which  propels a knifelike blade as a projectile by means of a coil spring, elastic material, or compressed gas. Ballistic knife does not include any device that propels an arrow or a bolt by means of any common bow, compound bow, crossbow, or underwater speargun.