Section 31115 Of Article 8. Miscellaneous Provisions From California Penal Code >> Division 10. >> Title 4. >> Part 6. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 8.
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. (a) The Department of Justice shall conduct a public
education and notification program regarding the registration of
assault weapons and the definition of the weapons set forth in
Section 30515 and former Section 12276.1, as it read at any time from
when it was added by Section 7 of Chapter 129 of the Statutes of
1999 to when it was repealed by the Deadly Weapons Recodification Act
of 2010.
(b) The public education and notification program shall include
outreach to local law enforcement agencies and utilization of public
service announcements in a variety of media approaches, to ensure
maximum publicity of the limited forgiveness period of the
registration requirement specified in subdivision (f) of former
Section 12285, as that subdivision read in Section 5 of Chapter 954
of the Statutes of 1991, and the consequences of nonregistration. The
department shall develop posters describing gunowners'
responsibilities under former Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section
12275) of Title 2 of Part 4, as that chapter read when the
forgiveness period commenced on January 1, 1992, which shall be
posted in a conspicuous place in every licensed gun store in the
state during the forgiveness period.
(c) For .50 BMG rifles, the department's education campaign shall
provide materials to dealers of .50 BMG rifles, and to recognized
national associations that specialize in .50 BMG rifles.
(d) Any costs incurred by the Department of Justice to implement
this section, which cannot be absorbed by the department, shall be
funded from the Dealers' Record of Sale Special Account, as set forth
in Section 28235, or former Section 12076 as it read at any time
from when it was amended by Section 1.7 of Chapter 954 of the
Statutes of 1991 to when it was repealed by Section 12 of Chapter 606
of the Statutes of 1993, or former Section 12076 as it read at any
time from when it was enacted by Section 13 of Chapter 606 of the
Statutes of 1993 to when it was repealed by the Deadly Weapons
Recodification Act of 2010, upon appropriation by the Legislature.