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11 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 985Introduced by Senator PortantinoFebruary 12, 2020An act to add and repeal Section 12022.6 of the Penal Code, relating to sentencing.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 985, as introduced, Portantino. Sentencing enhancements: property loss.State law, repealed as of January 1, 2018, required a court to impose an additional term of imprisonment, as specified, on any person who takes, damages, or destroys any property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as specified.This bill would, until January 1, 2031, authorize the court, if a person takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, to impose an additional term of imprisonment of up to 2 years if the property loss exceeds $235,000, an additional term of imprisonment of up to 3 years if the property loss exceeds $1,500,000, or an additional term of imprisonment of up to 4 years if the property loss exceeds $3,700,000.Because this bill would increase the penalty for existing felonies, it would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 12022.6 is added to the Penal Code, to read:12022.6. (a) If a person takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, the court may impose an additional term as follows:(1) If the property loss exceeds two hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($235,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to two years.(2) If the property loss exceeds one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to three years.(3) If the property loss exceeds three million seven hundred thousand dollars ($3,700,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to four years.(b) In any accusatory pleading involving multiple charges of taking, damage, or destruction, the additional terms provided in this section may be imposed if the aggregate losses to the victims from all felonies exceed the amounts specified in this section and arise from a common scheme or plan. All pleadings under this section shall remain subject to the rules of joinder and severance specified in Section 954.(c) The additional terms provided in this section shall not be imposed unless the facts of the taking, damage, or destruction in excess of the amounts provided in this section are charged in the accusatory pleading and admitted or found to be true by the trier of fact.(d) This section applies to, but is not limited to, property taken, damaged, or destroyed in violation of Section 502 or subdivision (b) of Section 502.7. This section shall also apply to applicable prosecutions for a violation of Section 350, 653h, 653s, or 653w.(e) For the purposes of this section, the term loss has the following meanings:(1) When counterfeit items of computer software are manufactured or possessed for sale, the loss from the counterfeiting of those items shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the true items that are counterfeited.(2) When counterfeited but unassembled components of computer software packages are recovered, including, but not limited to, counterfeited computer diskettes, instruction manuals, or licensing envelopes, the loss from the counterfeiting of those components of computer software packages shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the number of completed computer software packages that could have been made from those components.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this section be reviewed within 10 years to consider the effects of inflation on the additional terms imposed. For this reason, this section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2031, deletes or extends that date.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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33 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 985Introduced by Senator PortantinoFebruary 12, 2020An act to add and repeal Section 12022.6 of the Penal Code, relating to sentencing.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 985, as introduced, Portantino. Sentencing enhancements: property loss.State law, repealed as of January 1, 2018, required a court to impose an additional term of imprisonment, as specified, on any person who takes, damages, or destroys any property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as specified.This bill would, until January 1, 2031, authorize the court, if a person takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, to impose an additional term of imprisonment of up to 2 years if the property loss exceeds $235,000, an additional term of imprisonment of up to 3 years if the property loss exceeds $1,500,000, or an additional term of imprisonment of up to 4 years if the property loss exceeds $3,700,000.Because this bill would increase the penalty for existing felonies, it would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
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2020 An act to add and repeal Section 12022.6 of the Penal Code, relating to sentencing.
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2626 SB 985, as introduced, Portantino. Sentencing enhancements: property loss.
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2828 State law, repealed as of January 1, 2018, required a court to impose an additional term of imprisonment, as specified, on any person who takes, damages, or destroys any property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as specified.This bill would, until January 1, 2031, authorize the court, if a person takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, to impose an additional term of imprisonment of up to 2 years if the property loss exceeds $235,000, an additional term of imprisonment of up to 3 years if the property loss exceeds $1,500,000, or an additional term of imprisonment of up to 4 years if the property loss exceeds $3,700,000.Because this bill would increase the penalty for existing felonies, it would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.
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3030 State law, repealed as of January 1, 2018, required a court to impose an additional term of imprisonment, as specified, on any person who takes, damages, or destroys any property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, as specified.
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3232 This bill would, until January 1, 2031, authorize the court, if a person takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, to impose an additional term of imprisonment of up to 2 years if the property loss exceeds $235,000, an additional term of imprisonment of up to 3 years if the property loss exceeds $1,500,000, or an additional term of imprisonment of up to 4 years if the property loss exceeds $3,700,000.
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3434 Because this bill would increase the penalty for existing felonies, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
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3636 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.
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3838 This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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4444 The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 12022.6 is added to the Penal Code, to read:12022.6. (a) If a person takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, the court may impose an additional term as follows:(1) If the property loss exceeds two hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($235,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to two years.(2) If the property loss exceeds one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to three years.(3) If the property loss exceeds three million seven hundred thousand dollars ($3,700,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to four years.(b) In any accusatory pleading involving multiple charges of taking, damage, or destruction, the additional terms provided in this section may be imposed if the aggregate losses to the victims from all felonies exceed the amounts specified in this section and arise from a common scheme or plan. All pleadings under this section shall remain subject to the rules of joinder and severance specified in Section 954.(c) The additional terms provided in this section shall not be imposed unless the facts of the taking, damage, or destruction in excess of the amounts provided in this section are charged in the accusatory pleading and admitted or found to be true by the trier of fact.(d) This section applies to, but is not limited to, property taken, damaged, or destroyed in violation of Section 502 or subdivision (b) of Section 502.7. This section shall also apply to applicable prosecutions for a violation of Section 350, 653h, 653s, or 653w.(e) For the purposes of this section, the term loss has the following meanings:(1) When counterfeit items of computer software are manufactured or possessed for sale, the loss from the counterfeiting of those items shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the true items that are counterfeited.(2) When counterfeited but unassembled components of computer software packages are recovered, including, but not limited to, counterfeited computer diskettes, instruction manuals, or licensing envelopes, the loss from the counterfeiting of those components of computer software packages shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the number of completed computer software packages that could have been made from those components.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this section be reviewed within 10 years to consider the effects of inflation on the additional terms imposed. For this reason, this section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2031, deletes or extends that date.SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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4646 The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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5050 SECTION 1. Section 12022.6 is added to the Penal Code, to read:12022.6. (a) If a person takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, the court may impose an additional term as follows:(1) If the property loss exceeds two hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($235,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to two years.(2) If the property loss exceeds one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to three years.(3) If the property loss exceeds three million seven hundred thousand dollars ($3,700,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to four years.(b) In any accusatory pleading involving multiple charges of taking, damage, or destruction, the additional terms provided in this section may be imposed if the aggregate losses to the victims from all felonies exceed the amounts specified in this section and arise from a common scheme or plan. All pleadings under this section shall remain subject to the rules of joinder and severance specified in Section 954.(c) The additional terms provided in this section shall not be imposed unless the facts of the taking, damage, or destruction in excess of the amounts provided in this section are charged in the accusatory pleading and admitted or found to be true by the trier of fact.(d) This section applies to, but is not limited to, property taken, damaged, or destroyed in violation of Section 502 or subdivision (b) of Section 502.7. This section shall also apply to applicable prosecutions for a violation of Section 350, 653h, 653s, or 653w.(e) For the purposes of this section, the term loss has the following meanings:(1) When counterfeit items of computer software are manufactured or possessed for sale, the loss from the counterfeiting of those items shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the true items that are counterfeited.(2) When counterfeited but unassembled components of computer software packages are recovered, including, but not limited to, counterfeited computer diskettes, instruction manuals, or licensing envelopes, the loss from the counterfeiting of those components of computer software packages shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the number of completed computer software packages that could have been made from those components.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this section be reviewed within 10 years to consider the effects of inflation on the additional terms imposed. For this reason, this section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2031, deletes or extends that date.
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5252 SECTION 1. Section 12022.6 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
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5656 12022.6. (a) If a person takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, the court may impose an additional term as follows:(1) If the property loss exceeds two hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($235,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to two years.(2) If the property loss exceeds one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to three years.(3) If the property loss exceeds three million seven hundred thousand dollars ($3,700,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to four years.(b) In any accusatory pleading involving multiple charges of taking, damage, or destruction, the additional terms provided in this section may be imposed if the aggregate losses to the victims from all felonies exceed the amounts specified in this section and arise from a common scheme or plan. All pleadings under this section shall remain subject to the rules of joinder and severance specified in Section 954.(c) The additional terms provided in this section shall not be imposed unless the facts of the taking, damage, or destruction in excess of the amounts provided in this section are charged in the accusatory pleading and admitted or found to be true by the trier of fact.(d) This section applies to, but is not limited to, property taken, damaged, or destroyed in violation of Section 502 or subdivision (b) of Section 502.7. This section shall also apply to applicable prosecutions for a violation of Section 350, 653h, 653s, or 653w.(e) For the purposes of this section, the term loss has the following meanings:(1) When counterfeit items of computer software are manufactured or possessed for sale, the loss from the counterfeiting of those items shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the true items that are counterfeited.(2) When counterfeited but unassembled components of computer software packages are recovered, including, but not limited to, counterfeited computer diskettes, instruction manuals, or licensing envelopes, the loss from the counterfeiting of those components of computer software packages shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the number of completed computer software packages that could have been made from those components.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this section be reviewed within 10 years to consider the effects of inflation on the additional terms imposed. For this reason, this section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2031, deletes or extends that date.
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5858 12022.6. (a) If a person takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, the court may impose an additional term as follows:(1) If the property loss exceeds two hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($235,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to two years.(2) If the property loss exceeds one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to three years.(3) If the property loss exceeds three million seven hundred thousand dollars ($3,700,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to four years.(b) In any accusatory pleading involving multiple charges of taking, damage, or destruction, the additional terms provided in this section may be imposed if the aggregate losses to the victims from all felonies exceed the amounts specified in this section and arise from a common scheme or plan. All pleadings under this section shall remain subject to the rules of joinder and severance specified in Section 954.(c) The additional terms provided in this section shall not be imposed unless the facts of the taking, damage, or destruction in excess of the amounts provided in this section are charged in the accusatory pleading and admitted or found to be true by the trier of fact.(d) This section applies to, but is not limited to, property taken, damaged, or destroyed in violation of Section 502 or subdivision (b) of Section 502.7. This section shall also apply to applicable prosecutions for a violation of Section 350, 653h, 653s, or 653w.(e) For the purposes of this section, the term loss has the following meanings:(1) When counterfeit items of computer software are manufactured or possessed for sale, the loss from the counterfeiting of those items shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the true items that are counterfeited.(2) When counterfeited but unassembled components of computer software packages are recovered, including, but not limited to, counterfeited computer diskettes, instruction manuals, or licensing envelopes, the loss from the counterfeiting of those components of computer software packages shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the number of completed computer software packages that could have been made from those components.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this section be reviewed within 10 years to consider the effects of inflation on the additional terms imposed. For this reason, this section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2031, deletes or extends that date.
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6060 12022.6. (a) If a person takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, the court may impose an additional term as follows:(1) If the property loss exceeds two hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($235,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to two years.(2) If the property loss exceeds one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to three years.(3) If the property loss exceeds three million seven hundred thousand dollars ($3,700,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to four years.(b) In any accusatory pleading involving multiple charges of taking, damage, or destruction, the additional terms provided in this section may be imposed if the aggregate losses to the victims from all felonies exceed the amounts specified in this section and arise from a common scheme or plan. All pleadings under this section shall remain subject to the rules of joinder and severance specified in Section 954.(c) The additional terms provided in this section shall not be imposed unless the facts of the taking, damage, or destruction in excess of the amounts provided in this section are charged in the accusatory pleading and admitted or found to be true by the trier of fact.(d) This section applies to, but is not limited to, property taken, damaged, or destroyed in violation of Section 502 or subdivision (b) of Section 502.7. This section shall also apply to applicable prosecutions for a violation of Section 350, 653h, 653s, or 653w.(e) For the purposes of this section, the term loss has the following meanings:(1) When counterfeit items of computer software are manufactured or possessed for sale, the loss from the counterfeiting of those items shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the true items that are counterfeited.(2) When counterfeited but unassembled components of computer software packages are recovered, including, but not limited to, counterfeited computer diskettes, instruction manuals, or licensing envelopes, the loss from the counterfeiting of those components of computer software packages shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the number of completed computer software packages that could have been made from those components.(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this section be reviewed within 10 years to consider the effects of inflation on the additional terms imposed. For this reason, this section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2031, deletes or extends that date.
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6464 12022.6. (a) If a person takes, damages, or destroys property in the commission or attempted commission of a felony, with the intent to cause that taking, damage, or destruction, the court may impose an additional term as follows:
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6666 (1) If the property loss exceeds two hundred thirty-five thousand dollars ($235,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to two years.
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6868 (2) If the property loss exceeds one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to three years.
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7070 (3) If the property loss exceeds three million seven hundred thousand dollars ($3,700,000), the court, in addition and consecutive to the punishment prescribed for the felony or attempted felony of which the defendant has been convicted, may impose an additional term of up to four years.
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7272 (b) In any accusatory pleading involving multiple charges of taking, damage, or destruction, the additional terms provided in this section may be imposed if the aggregate losses to the victims from all felonies exceed the amounts specified in this section and arise from a common scheme or plan. All pleadings under this section shall remain subject to the rules of joinder and severance specified in Section 954.
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7474 (c) The additional terms provided in this section shall not be imposed unless the facts of the taking, damage, or destruction in excess of the amounts provided in this section are charged in the accusatory pleading and admitted or found to be true by the trier of fact.
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7676 (d) This section applies to, but is not limited to, property taken, damaged, or destroyed in violation of Section 502 or subdivision (b) of Section 502.7. This section shall also apply to applicable prosecutions for a violation of Section 350, 653h, 653s, or 653w.
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7878 (e) For the purposes of this section, the term loss has the following meanings:
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8080 (1) When counterfeit items of computer software are manufactured or possessed for sale, the loss from the counterfeiting of those items shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the true items that are counterfeited.
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8282 (2) When counterfeited but unassembled components of computer software packages are recovered, including, but not limited to, counterfeited computer diskettes, instruction manuals, or licensing envelopes, the loss from the counterfeiting of those components of computer software packages shall be equivalent to the retail price or fair market value of the number of completed computer software packages that could have been made from those components.
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8484 (f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this section be reviewed within 10 years to consider the effects of inflation on the additional terms imposed. For this reason, this section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2031, deletes or extends that date.
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8686 SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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8888 SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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9090 SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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