DROS breakdown of FEE's

[boomer135]

Reading on the DOJ website I found a breakdown of the DROS, IE:

"fee is $19 per DROS document. The $19 DROS fee does not include the existing $1 Firearms Safety fee, the $5 Firearms Training and Enforcement fee applied to each DROS."

What is the $1 Firearm Safety FEE, and the $5 Firearms Training and Enforcement FEE. Can someone explain those in some detail.

[keenkeen]

Well one is a $1 Firearm Safety FEE, and the other is a $5 Firearms Training and Enforcement FEE.




Really what does it matter? They could call it the "Magic Fairy FEE" if they want...it is what it is.

[boomer135]

I'm just wondering. Aren't you curious where your money goes and what it done with it?

[Librarian]

I found the $5 explanation:

ARTICLE 4. Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund [28300. - 28300.]
( Article 4 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. )

Penal Code 28300.
(a) The Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury and shall be administered by the Department of Justice.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Justice, without regard to fiscal years, for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 31610) of Chapter 4 of Division 10, enforcing Section 830.95, Title 2 (commencing with Section 12001) of Part 4, Sections 16000 to 16960, inclusive, Sections 16970 to 17230, inclusive, Sections 17240 to 21390, inclusive, and Sections 21590 to 34370, inclusive, and for the establishment, maintenance, and upgrading of equipment and services necessary for firearms dealers to comply with Article 2 (commencing with Section 28150).

(c) The Department of Justice may require firearms dealers to charge each person who obtains a firearm a fee not to exceed five dollars ($5) for each transaction. Revenues from this fee shall be deposited in the Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund.

ARTICLE 2. Handgun Safety Certificate [31610. - 31670.]
( Article 2 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 711, Sec. 6. )

31650.
(a) The certified instructor may charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), fifteen dollars ($15) of which is to be paid to the department pursuant to subdivision (c).

(b) An applicant to renew a handgun safety certificate shall be required to pass the objective test. The certified instructor may charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25), fifteen dollars ($15) of which is to be forwarded to the department pursuant to subdivision (c).

(c) The department may charge the certified instructor up to fifteen dollars ($15) for each handgun safety certificate issued by that instructor to cover the department’s cost in carrying out and enforcing this article, and enforcing the provisions listed in subdivision (e), as determined annually by the department.

(d) All money received by the department pursuant to this article shall be deposited into the Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund created pursuant to Section 28300.

http://bearingteeth.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html

According to the California State Budget for the Department of Justice, just over three million dollars per year is spent on the “Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund” (FSESF) with a proposed increase for the 2010-11 fiscal year to $3.5 million from the previous fiscal year's $3.2 million (California Department of Finance, 2011). That $3.5 million dollars is only the amount that is allotted specifically to the FSESF and does not include amounts utilized from the general fund or other areas of the budget for the running of background checks and the utilization of government employees to enforce these superfluous strict gun laws. In a time of economic crisis, it would seem logical that programs that have been proven to be ineffective by multiple studies would be able to be cut from the budget, potentially alleviating millions of budget dollars to be utilized in another areas, but instead there has been a proposed increase in the funding for the FSESF of $300,000.

[dieselpower]

I dont think you are going to find any info on the $1. I think they just didnt want to have it $24, so they added another buck. That has just as much justification as the other BS they give.

[boomer135]

thanks that was what I have been looking for.