HomeMy WebLinkAbout2925Ordinance No. 2825
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 12-24
TO THE CODE OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of
California, DO ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1: Section 12-24 is hereby added to Chapter
12, Article II, of the Code of Butte County, California, to read as
follows:
Section 12-24 RETAIL FIREARM DEALER'S LICENSE.
In accordance with Section 12070 of
the California Penal Code, "No person shall engage in the business of
selling,. leasing, transferring, advertising, offering, or exposing for
sale, lease, or transfer of firearms unless he or she has been
issued a license pursuant to Section 12071 of the California Penal
Code".
Engaging in the business of
selling, leasing, or transferring of firearms does not include any
of the following:
{~.} The sale, lease, or transfer of any firearm by a person acting
pursuant to a court order or pursuant to the Enforcement of Judgments
Law (Title 9 (commencing with Section 680.010) of Part 2 of the Code
of Civil Procedure), or by a person who liquidates a. personal firearm
collection to satisfy a court judgment.
(2) The sale, lease, or transfer of firearms by a person acting
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 12028 of the California Penal
Code.
{3) The sale, lease, ar transfer of a firearm by a person who obtains
title to the firearm by interstate succession or by bequest, provided
the person disposes of the firearm within 50 days of receipt of the
firearm.
(4) The infrequent sale, lease, or transfer, offering, exposing far
sale, lease, or transfer, or advertising far sale, lease, or transfer
of firearms.
(a) Infrequent means:
1. For pistols, revolvers, and other firearms capable of
being concealed upon the person, less than six trans-
actions per calendar year. For this purpose, transact-
ions means a single sale, lease, or transfer of any
number of pistols, revolvers or other firearms capable
of being concealed upon the person.
2. For firearms other than pistols, revolvers, or other
firearms capable of being concealed upon the person,
occasional and without regularity.
In accordance with Section 12071.
of the California Penal Code, the Sheriff shall accept applications
for, and may grant, licenses permitting the licensee to sell at
retail within the county, any firearms.
Each application for a Retail
Firearm Dealer's License shall be accompanied by a fee to cover casts
for processing fingerprints. Said fee to be established by the
Department of Justice with an additional twenty dollars ($20.00) to
be charged for local processing fees. The fee shall not be returned
in the event the license is subsequently revoked.
The Sheriff may revoke the license
in the event the licensee violated the provisions of Section 12071 of
the California Penal Code.
Section 2: This ordinance was introduced and read at the
regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors onApri 1 23, 1991 _ ~_
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force on and after thirty (30) days from the date of its passage
hereof, and before the expiration of fifteen {15y days from the date
of its passage it shall be published once with the names of the
members of the Board of Supervisors voting for and against the same,
said publication to be made in a newspaper of general circulation in
the County of Butte,
On a motion by Supervisor NEr_[_ai,gh7 i 11 r
seconded by Supervisor Fulton , this ordinance was passed
and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State
of California, at a regular meeting hereof, this 7th day of
May , 1991, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Supervisors Mcinturf, Campbell, McLaughlin, Fulton and Chair Dolan
NOES : [one
ABSENT : none
NOT VOTING: [one ,~ n
airp~rson of the
B and of Supervisors
o Butte County,
Ca ifornia
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Clerk of the Board of Supervisors