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Information Bulletin 2024-DLE-13 Guidance re:AB 481 Page 2 • Government Code Sections 7070 through 7073 have specific requirements related to the content that must be included in "military equipment" use policies and annual reports, and processes that must be followed when preparing such policies and annual reports. • Government Code Section 7070 (definitions) applies to both LEAS and state agencies; sections 7071 (LEA use policy) and 7072 (LEA annual report) apply only to LEAS; and section 7073 (state agency use policy) applies only to state agencies. • LEAs and state agencies shall make their "military equipment" use policies (and in the case of LEAS, annual reports) publicly available on their websites consistent with the timelines set forth in sections 7071(b), 7071(d)(2), 7072(a), and 7073(c)(1). • "Military equipment" is a specially defined term in the statute. It is not limited to equipment that is acquired from the military or that is similar to equipment that the military uses or possesses. Rather, section 7070(c) defines "military equipment" to include equipment that falls under any of the fifteen categories listed in that subsection, as described in more detail below. • Some agencies refer to "military equipment" as "AB 481 equipment" or"Government Code section 7070(c) equipment." • Agencies that use, possess, plan to acquire, receive, or collaborate with another agency in the deployment or use of"military equipment" as defined under section 7070(c) shall report that equipment in their "military equipment" use policies. (See Gov. Code, §§ 7071, subd. (a)(1); 7073, subd. (a).) II. AB 481's Definitions Law Enforcement Agency "Law enforcement agency" means any of the following: • A police department, including the police department of a transit agency, school district, or any campus of the University of California, the California State University, or California Community Colleges. • A sheriff's department. • A district attorney's office. • A county probation department. (Gov. Code, § 7070, subd. (b)(1)-(4).) State Agency "State agency" means the law enforcement division of every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission or other state body or agency, except those agencies provided for in Article IV (except Section 20 thereof) or Article VI of the California Constitution. (Gov. Code, § 7070, subd. (e).) Specifically, the following agencies are excluded from this definition: the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the Board of Equalization, the California Lottery, the State Bar of