Bill Text: NY A05703 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Waives the fee for a license to carry a firearm for a retired agent or representative of a law enforcement agency or bureau of the United States government.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to codes [A05703 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05703-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5703
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN, CROUCH, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
          of  A.  HAWLEY,  WALSH  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
          Codes
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  waiving  the  fee  for  a
          license  to carry a firearm for a retired agent or representative of a
          law enforcement agency or bureau of the United States government
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  14  of  section  400.00 of the penal law, as
     2  amended by chapter 195 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    14. Fees. In the city of New York and the county of Nassau, the annual
     5  license fee shall be twenty-five dollars for gunsmiths and fifty dollars
     6  for dealers in firearms. In such city, the city council and in the coun-
     7  ty  of  Nassau  the Board of Supervisors shall fix the fee to be charged
     8  for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and  provide  for
     9  the  disposition  of  such  fees.  Elsewhere in the state, the licensing
    10  officer shall collect and pay into the  county  treasury  the  following
    11  fees:  for  each  license  to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, not
    12  less than three dollars nor more than ten dollars as may  be  determined
    13  by the legislative body of the county; for each amendment thereto, three
    14  dollars, and five dollars in the county of Suffolk; and for each license
    15  issued  to  a gunsmith or dealer in firearms, ten dollars. The fee for a
    16  duplicate license shall be  five  dollars.  The  fee  for  processing  a
    17  license  transfer  between  counties  shall be five dollars. The fee for
    18  processing a license or renewal thereof for a qualified  retired  police
    19  officer  as defined under subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the
    20  criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired sheriff, undersheriff, or
    21  deputy sheriff of the city of New York as defined under subdivision  two
    22  of  section  2.10  of the criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired
    23  bridge and tunnel officer, sergeant  or  lieutenant  of  the  triborough
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08535-01-7
        A. 5703                             2
     1  bridge  and  tunnel  authority  as  defined  under subdivision twenty of
     2  section 2.10 of the criminal  procedure  law,  or  a  qualified  retired
     3  uniformed  court  officer  in  the  unified court system, or a qualified
     4  retired  court clerk in the unified court system in the first and second
     5  judicial departments, as defined in paragraphs a and  b  of  subdivision
     6  twenty-one  of  section  2.10 of the criminal procedure law or a retired
     7  correction officer as defined in subdivision twenty-five of section 2.10
     8  of the criminal procedure law, or a retired agent or representative of a
     9  law enforcement agency or bureau of the United States  government  shall
    10  be waived in all counties throughout the state.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.