California § 18170
Full text of California Public Contract Code - PCC § 18170, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 18170.
(a) (1) Any of the following individuals may request that a court, after notice and a hearing, issue a gun violence restraining order enjoining the subject of the petition from having in their custody or control, owning, purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm or ammunition for a period of time between one to five years: (A) An immediate family member of the subject of the petition. (B) An employer of the subject of the petition. (C) A coworker of the subject of the petition, if they have had substantial and regular interactions with the subject for at least one year and have obtained the approval of the employer. (D) An employee or teacher of a secondary or postsecondary school that the subject has attended in the last six months, if the employee or teacher has obtained the approval of a school administrator or a school administration staff member with a supervisorial role. (E) A law enforcement officer. (F) A roommate of the subject of the petition. (G) An individual who has a dating relationship with the subject of the petition. (H) An individual who has a child in common with the subject of the petition, if they have had substantial and regular interactions with the subject for at least one year. (2) This chapter does not require a person described in paragraph (1) to seek a gun violence restraining order. (b) For purposes of this subdivision, âdating relationshipâ has the same meaning as in paragraph (10) of subdivision (f) of Section 243. (c) For purposes of this section, âimmediate family memberâ means any spouse, whether by marriage or not, domestic partner, parent, child, any person related by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree, or any person related by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth degree who has had substantial and regular interactions with the subject for at least one year. (d) For purposes of this subdivision, âroommateâ means a person who regularly resides in the household, or who, within the prior six months, regularly resided in the household, and who has had substantial and regular interactions with the subject for at least one year. (e) This section shall become operative on September 1, 2020.
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What does Public Contract Code - PCC § 18170 cover?
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