Plain English Breakdown
The bill text uses the phrase 'specified private nonprofit university postsecondary educational institutions' but does not define exactly which schools are included.
Sharing Data on Recovered Firearms
This law clarifies that data about recovered firearms analyzed for patterns and trends is available to specific government agencies and schools in California upon request.
What This Bill Does
- Clarifies that information collected by the Department of Justice and analyzed for patterns and trends regarding recovered firearms can be requested by eligible entities.
- Makes this data available to any town, city, county, or state government agency in California.
- Allows the California State University system and the University of California system to access this information upon request.
- Permits specified private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions in California to receive the data under set rules.
- Requires that all requests follow guidelines, conditions, and format options established by the Attorney General.
Who It Names or Affects
- California town, city, county, or state government agencies
- The California State University system
- The University of California system
- Specified private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions in California
Terms To Know
- Recovered firearms data
- Information collected by the Department of Justice about firearms that are illegally possessed, used in a crime, or suspected to have been used in a crime.
- Department of Justice Automated Firearms System
- The official system where law enforcement agencies enter information on stolen, lost, found, recovered, surrendered, or observed firearms.
Limits and Unknowns
- Access to the data depends on guidelines, conditions, and format options that must be set by the Attorney General.
- The bill only clarifies access for specific types of schools; other educational institutions are not mentioned as eligible recipients.
- The official text does not specify which private nonprofit universities qualify as 'specified'.