SB 1105

Present law requires that a ny weapon declared contraband, secured by a law enforcement officer or agency after being abandoned, voluntarily surrendere d to a law enforcement officer or agency, or obtained by a law enforcement agency, including through a buyback program, is , pursuant to a written order of the court: (1) Sold in a public sale; (2) Used for legitimate law enforcement purposes, at the d iscretion of the court; or (3) If certified as inoperable or unsafe, destroyed or transferred to a museum or historical society. A violation of (1) – (3) is a Class B misdemeanor. This bill authorizes the destruction of weapons that are contraband, a bandoned, surrendered, or obtained by a law enforcement agency, pursuant to a court order, without necessity of a certification that the weapon is inoperable or unsafe.