(

a) The Department of Justice shall conduct a public education and notification program regarding the registration of assault weapons and the definition of the weapons set forth in

Section and former

Section 12276.1, as it read at any time from when it was added by

Section of

Chapter of the Statutes of to when it was repealed by the Deadly Weapons Recodification Act of 2010. (

b) The public education and notification program shall include outreach to local law enforcement agencies and utilization of public service announcements in a variety of media approaches, to ensure maximum publicity of the limited forgiveness period of the registration requirement specified in subdivision (

f) of former

Section 12285, as that subdivision read in

Section of

Chapter of the Statutes of 1991, and the consequences of nonregistration. The department shall develop posters describing gunowners’ responsibilities under former

Chapter 2.3 (commencing with

Section 12275) of Title of

Part 4, as that

chapter read when the forgiveness period commenced on January 1, 1992, which shall be posted in a conspicuous place in every licensed gun store in the state during the forgiveness period. (

c) For .50 BMG rifles, the department’s education campaign shall provide materials to dealers of .50 BMG rifles, and to recognized national associations that specialize in .50 BMG rifles. (

d) Any costs incurred by the Department of Justice to implement this section, which cannot be absorbed by the department, shall be funded from the Dealers’ Record of Sale Special Account, as set forth in

Section 28235, or former

Section as it read at any time from when it was amended by

Section 1.7 of

Chapter of the Statutes of to when it was repealed by

Section of

Chapter of the Statutes of 1993, or former

Section as it read at any time from when it was enacted by

Section of

Chapter of the Statutes of to when it was repealed by the Deadly Weapons Recodification Act of 2010, upon appropriation by the Legislature.