Bill Text: NY A07769 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a firearms safety course certificate for license applications made outside of the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to codes [A07769 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07769-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7769
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 4, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Codes
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to firearms safety course
         certificate
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4-b  of  section 400.00 of the penal law, as
    2  added by chapter 446 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
    3    4-b. [Westchester county firearms] FIREARMS safety course certificate.
    4  [In the county of Westchester] OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,  at  the
    5  time of application, the licensing officer to which the license applica-
    6  tion  is  made shall provide a copy of the safety course booklet to each
    7  license applicant. Before such license is issued, such licensing officer
    8  shall require that the applicant  submit  a  certificate  of  successful
    9  completion  of  a  firearms  safety course and test issued in his or her
   10  name and endorsed and affirmed under the penalties of perjury by a  duly
   11  authorized instructor.
   12    S  2.  Paragraph  (f)  of subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of the penal
   13  law, as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended  to  read
   14  as follows:
   15    (f)  [in  the  county of Westchester] OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
   16  who has successfully completed a firearms  safety  course  and  test  as
   17  evidenced  by  a certificate of completion issued in his or her name and
   18  endorsed and affirmed under the penalties of perjury by a  duly  author-
   19  ized  instructor,  except that: (i) persons who are honorably discharged
   20  from the United States army, navy, marine corps or coast  guard,  or  of
   21  the  national  guard  of  the state of New York, and produce evidence of
   22  official qualification in firearms during the term of  service  are  not
   23  required  to  have  completed  those  hours  of a firearms safety course
   24  pertaining to the safe use, carrying, possession, maintenance and  stor-
   25  age of a firearm; and (ii) persons who were licensed to possess a pistol
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06722-02-3
       A. 7769                             2
    1  or  revolver  prior  to  the  effective  date  of this paragraph are not
    2  required to have completed a firearms safety course and test; and
    3    S  3.  Paragraph  (l)  of subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of the penal
    4  law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read  as
    5  follows:
    6    (l)  [in  the  county of Westchester] OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
    7  who has successfully completed a firearms  safety  course  and  test  as
    8  evidenced  by  a certificate of completion issued in his or her name and
    9  endorsed and affirmed under the penalties of perjury by a  duly  author-
   10  ized  instructor,  except that: (i) persons who are honorably discharged
   11  from the United States army, navy, marine corps or coast  guard,  or  of
   12  the  national  guard  of  the state of New York, and produce evidence of
   13  official qualification in firearms during the term of  service  are  not
   14  required  to  have  completed  those  hours  of a firearms safety course
   15  pertaining to the safe use, carrying, possession, maintenance and  stor-
   16  age of a firearm; and (ii) persons who were licensed to possess a pistol
   17  or  revolver  prior  to  the  effective  date  of this paragraph are not
   18  required to have completed a firearms safety course and test;
   19    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
   20  ments  made  to  paragraph (l) of subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of the
   21  penal law made by section three of this act shall  take  effect  on  the
   22  same  date and in the same manner as section 48 of chapter 1 of the laws
   23  of 2013 takes effect.