§ 10.54.1 — Definitions

Sec. 10.54.1. Definitions.

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following definitions, as indicated. (a) “Awarding Authority” means any Department or Bureau of the City of Los Angeles, or any authorized employee or officer of the City of Los Angeles, including the City’s Purchasing Agent and Chief Procurement Officer, who makes or enters into any contract or agreement for the procurement of firearms and/or firearm ammunition for, or on behalf of, the City of Los Angeles. (b) “Contractor” means any person, firm, corporation, partnership or any combination thereof, who enters into a contract with any Awarding Authority of the City of Los Angeles. (c) “Designated Administrative Agency (DAA)” means the Department of Public Works, Office of Contract Compliance created by Article 10 of Chapter 13 of Division 22 of the Los Angeles Administrative Code. That office is also known as the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Contract Administration. (d) “Firearm” means any pistol, rifle, shotgun or other device designed to be used as a weapon, from which a projectile is expelled through a barrel by the force of an explosion or any form of combustion, or any device that is capable of being altered so as to expel a projectile in that manner. The term firearm includes the frame of such weapon. (e) “Firearm ammunition” has the same meaning as in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 55.11. (f) “Firearm trafficker” is any person who violates, or is convicted of violating, any state or federal law making it unlawful for a person to commit, attempt, or conspire to commit the following conduct: (i) ship, transport, transfer, cause to be transported, or otherwise dispose of any firearm to another person, if such person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the use, carrying, or possession of a firearm by the recipient would constitute a felony; or (ii) receive from another person any firearm, if the recipient knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such receipt would constitute a felony. (g) “Non-Serialized Firearm” has the same meaning as in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 55.22(a). (h) “Unfinished Frame” has the same meaning as in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 55.22(a). (i) “Unfinished Receiver” has the same meaning as in Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 55.22(a). (j) “Straw purchaser” is any person who knowingly purchases or conspires to purchase firearms for, on behalf of, or at the request or demand of any other person, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such other person: (i) is prohibited by state or federal law from possessing or purchasing a firearm; (ii) intends to use, carry, possess, or sell or otherwise dispose of the firearm in furtherance of a felony, a Federal crime of terrorism, or a drug trafficking crime; or (iii) intends to sell or otherwise dispose of the firearm to a person described in clause (i) or (ii) hereto. SECTION HISTORY Added by Ord. No. 188,446, Eff. 1-29-25.