Section 30520 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Penal Code >> Division 10. >> Title 4. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
30520
. (a) The Attorney General shall prepare a description for
identification purposes, including a picture or diagram, of each
assault weapon listed in Section 30510, and any firearm declared to
be an assault weapon pursuant to former Section 12276.5, as it read
in Section 3 of Chapter 19 of the Statutes of 1989, Section 1 of
Chapter 874 of the Statutes of 1990, or Section 3 of Chapter 954 of
the Statutes of 1991, and shall distribute the description to all law
enforcement agencies responsible for enforcement of this chapter.
Those law enforcement agencies shall make the description available
to all agency personnel.
(b) (1) Until January 1, 2007, the Attorney General shall
promulgate a list that specifies all firearms designated as assault
weapons in former Section 12276, as it read in Section 2 of Chapter
954 of the Statutes of 1991, Section 134 of Chapter 427 of the
Statutes of 1992, or Section 19 of Chapter 606 of the Statutes of
1993, or declared to be assault weapons pursuant to former Section
12276.5, as it read in Section 3 of Chapter 19 of the Statutes of
1989, Section 1 of Chapter 874 of the Statutes of 1990, or Section 3
of Chapter 954 of the Statutes of 1991. The Attorney General shall
file that list with the Secretary of State for publication in the
California Code of Regulations. Any declaration that a specified
firearm is an assault weapon shall be implemented by the Attorney
General who, within 90 days, shall promulgate an amended list which
shall include the specified firearm declared to be an assault weapon.
The Attorney General shall file the amended list with the Secretary
of State for publication in the California Code of Regulations. Any
firearm declared to be an assault weapon prior to January 1, 2007,
shall remain on the list filed with the Secretary of State.
(2) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, pertaining to the
adoption of rules and regulations, shall not apply to any list of
assault weapons promulgated pursuant to this section.
(c) The Attorney General shall adopt those rules and regulations
that may be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes and intent
of this chapter.