Bill Text: NY S02360 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to confidentiality of information contained in pistol license; applications for pistol licenses and any information within the application, provided to law enforcement, to licensing officer or obtained for investigation of the applicant, shall be confidential.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CODES [S02360 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02360-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2360
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 19, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD,  DeFRANCISCO,  JOHNSON,  LARKIN,  O'MARA,
         RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be
         committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to confidentiality of infor-
         mation contained in an application for a pistol license
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  400.00  of the penal law, as
    2  amended by chapter 332 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    5.  Filing  of approved applications. The application for any license,
    5  if granted, shall be filed by the licensing officer with  the  clerk  of
    6  the  county of issuance, except that in the city of New York and, in the
    7  counties of Nassau and Suffolk, the licensing  officer  shall  designate
    8  the  place  of filing in the appropriate division, bureau or unit of the
    9  police department thereof, and in the county of Suffolk the county clerk
   10  is hereby authorized to transfer all records or applications relating to
   11  firearms to the licensing  authority  of  that  county.  [The  name  and
   12  address  of  any  person to whom an application for any license has been
   13  granted shall be a public record.] AN APPLICATION FOR A PISTOL  LICENSE,
   14  AND  ALL  INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN SUCH APPLICATION, ALL INFORMATION
   15  PROVIDED TO A LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICER  OR  THE  LICENSING  OFFICER  OR
   16  OBTAINED  BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE COURSE OF AN INVESTIGATION
   17  OF AN APPLICANT, ARE CONFIDENTIAL. ANY RECORD REGARDING AN APPLICANT  OR
   18  LICENSEE  MAY  ONLY  BE  RELEASED  TO  A  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR THE
   19  PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION. Upon  application
   20  by  a  licensee  who  has changed his place of residence such records or
   21  applications shall be transferred to  the  appropriate  officer  at  the
   22  licensee's  new place of residence. A duplicate copy of such application
   23  shall be filed by the licensing officer  in  the  executive  department,
   24  division  of state police, Albany, within ten days after issuance of the
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02237-01-1
       S. 2360                             2
    1  license. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed  to  change  the
    2  expiration  date  or  term of such licenses if otherwise provided for in
    3  law.
    4    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.