AB 174

Under current law generally, no person may use or possess with intent to use

a light to shine wild animals while armed or hunting or between the hours of 10 p.m.

and 7 a.m. from September 15 to December 31.

Under current law generally, a person is prohibited from placing, possessing,

or transporting a firearm, bow, or crossbow in or on a motorboat with the motor

running or a motor vehicle unless the firearm is unloaded or is a handgun, the bow

does not have an arrow nocked, or the crossbow is not cocked or is unloaded. A person

is also prohibited from loading a firearm, other than a handgun, in a vehicle and from

discharging a firearm or shooting a bolt or an arrow from a bow or crossbow in or from

a vehicle. A person is also prohibited from discharging a firearm or shooting a bolt

or an arrow from a bow or crossbow from or across a highway or within 50 feet of the

center of a roadway.

Under current law generally, it is a felony to discharge a firearm at or toward

another person, vehicle, or building from a vehicle while on a highway or on a vehicle

parking lot that is open to the public.

This bill creates an exception to each of these provisions applicable to

designated personnel at a public-use airport or an airport under the exclusive

control of the national guard or U.S. Department of Defense for the purposes of

nuisance wildlife management and control that is conducted in accordance with

applicable state or federal permits. For the purpose of these provisions, the bill

provides that “designated personnel” includes any person who is acting within the

scope of his or her employment or employer and who is an employee or contractor of

the airport or the local government that operates the airport or a federal employee

or agent.