California Penal Code 30620 – As used in this chapter, the date a firearm is an assault weapon is …
As used in this chapter, the date a firearm is an assault weapon is the earliest of the following:
(a) The effective date of an amendment to Section 30510 or to former Section 12276 that adds the designation of the specified firearm.
Terms Used In California Penal Code 30620
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- assault weapon: means the following designated semiautomatic firearms:
California Penal Code 30510
- firearm: includes the frame or receiver of the weapon, including both a completed frame or receiver, or a firearm precursor part:
California Penal Code 16520
(b) The effective date of the list promulgated pursuant to former Section 12276.5, as that section read in Section 3 of Chapter 954 of the Statutes of 1991, which adds or changes the designation of the specified firearm.
(c) January 1, 2000, which was the operative date of former Section 12276.1, as enacted by Section 7 of Chapter 129 of the Statutes of 1999.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. (SB 1080) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 10 of Ch. 711.)