Bill Text: NY A03179 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3179 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires all motor vehicles transporting five or more weapons or ammunition for five or more weapons to have a separate storage area secured by padlock or combination lock and all such weapons and ammunition to be so secured when being transported and imposes a fine of at least $1,000 and not more than $5,000 for violation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to transportation [A03179 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03179-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3179
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. PRETLOW, HOOPER, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A. AUBRY, CLARK, DINOWITZ, GLICK, JACOBS, MAYERSOHN,  WEINSTEIN,
         WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
       AN  ACT  to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the trans-
         portation of weapons and ammunition
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
    2  section 379 to read as follows:
    3    S 379. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR  VEHICLE  TRANSPORTING  WEAPONS  AND/OR
    4  AMMUNITION. 1. ALL MOTOR VEHICLES USED TO TRANSPORT FIVE OR MORE WEAPONS
    5  OF  ANY  TYPE,  AND AMMUNITION SUFFICIENT FOR FIVE OR MORE WEAPONS SHALL
    6  HAVE A SEPARATE STORAGE AREA SECURED BY A PADLOCK  OR  COMBINATION  LOCK
    7  AND  ACCESSIBLE  ONLY  BY  REMOVING  SUCH  LOCK,  WHICH SHALL BE OF SUCH
    8  STRENGTH TO RESIST BEING CUT BY ANY READILY AVAILABLE TOOL. AT  NO  TIME
    9  SHALL AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS BE SECURED IN THE SAME STORAGE AREA.
   10    2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU-
   11  LATIONS  RELATING  TO  THE  TRANSPORTATION  OF WEAPONS AND/OR AMMUNITION
   12  CONSISTENT WITH THIS SECTION.
   13    3. THE TRANSPORTATION OF WEAPONS AND/OR AMMUNITION NOT  IN  COMPLIANCE
   14  WITH  THIS  SECTION OR THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO
   15  THIS SECTION SHALL BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE  OF  AT  LEAST  ONE  THOUSAND
   16  DOLLARS AND NOT MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   18  ing  the  date  on  which it shall have become a law, provided, however,
   19  that any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of  this
   20  act shall be promulgated on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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