California Boating Law

PENAL CODE

(e) This compact shall become operative when ratified by law by the party states and shall remain in full force and effect so long as the provisions of this compact, as ratified by the State of Nevada, remain substantively the same as the provisions of this compact, as ratified by this section. This compact may be amended in the same manner as is required for it to become operative.

TITLE 8. OF JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION

CHAPTER 1. THE JUDGMENT 1202.51. Littering; deposit of hazardous waste—fines. In any case in which a defendant is convicted of any of the offenses enumerated in Section 372, 373a, 374.3, 374.4, 374.7, or 374.8, the court shall order the defendant to pay a fine of one hundred dollars ($100) if the conviction is for an infraction or two hundred dollars ($200) if the conviction is for a misdemeanor, in addition to any other penalty or fine imposed. If the court determines that the defendant has the ability to pay all or part of the fine, the court shall set the amount to be paid and order the defendant to pay that sum to the city or, if not within a city, the county, where the violation occurred, to be used for the city’s or county’s illegal dumping enforcement program. Notwithstanding any other provi- sion of law, no state or county penalty, assessment, fee, or surcharge shall be imposed on the fine ordered under this section. CHAPTER 1. FIREARMS 12001. Firearms, definitions. (a) (1) As used in this title, the terms ‘‘pistol,’’ ‘‘revolver,’’ and ‘‘firearm capable of being concealed upon the person’’ shall apply to and include any device designed to be used as a weapon, from which is expelled a projectile by the force of any explosion, or other form of combustion, and that has a barrel less than 16 inches in length. These terms also include any device that has a barrel 16 inches or more in length which is designed to be interchanged with a barrel less than 16 inches in length. (2) As used in this title, the term ‘‘handgun’’ means any ‘‘pistol,’’ ‘‘revolver,’’ or ‘‘firearm capable of being concealed upon the person.’’ (b) As used in this title, ‘‘firearm’’ means any device, designed to be used as a weapon, from which is expelled through a barrel, a projectile by the force of any explosion or other form of combustion. (c) As used in Sections 12021, 12021.1, 12070, 12071, 12072, 12073, 12078, 12101, and 12801 of this code, and Sections 8100, 8101, and 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the term ‘‘firearm’’ includes the frame or receiver of the weapon. (d) For the purposes of Sections 12025 and 12031, the term ‘‘firearm’’ also shall include any rocket, rocket propelled projectile launcher, or similar device containing any explosive or incendiary material whether or not the device is designed for emergency or distress signaling purposes. (e) For purposes of Sections 12070, 12071, and paragraph (8) of subdivision (a), and subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (f) of Section 12072, the term ‘‘firearm’’ does not include an unloaded firearm that is defined as an ‘‘antique firearm’’ in Section 921(a)(16) of Title 18 of the United States Code. (f) Nothing shall prevent a device defined as a ‘‘handgun,’’ ‘‘pistol,’’ ‘‘revolver,’’ or ‘‘firearm capable of being concealed upon the person’’ from also being found to be a short-barreled shotgun or a short-barreled rifle, as defined in Section 12020. PART 4. PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS TITLE 2. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS

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