Senate Bill S51001

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S51001 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A41001
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pen L, generally; add §§235 & 228, amd §§837 & 144-a, Exec L; amd §§396-eee, 898 & 896, Gen Bus L; add §99-pp, St Fin L

2021-S51001 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms.

2021-S51001 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S51001 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                     1
 
                           Extraordinary Session
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 1, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. STEWART-COUSINS, MYRIE, KAVANAGH -- (at request of
   the Governor) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when  printed  to
   be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, the general business law, the executive
   law, the civil practice law and rules and the state  finance  law,  in
   relation to licensing and other provisions relating to firearms
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading and subdivisions 1,  1-a,  2,  4,  4-a,
 4-b, 10 and 11 of section 400.00 of the penal law, subdivisions 1 and 10
 as  amended  by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, paragraph (c) of subdivi-
 sion 1 as amended by chapter 60 of the laws of 2018,  paragraph  (j)  of
 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 208 of the laws of 2022, subdivision
 1-a  as  added by section 2 of part N of chapter 55 of the laws of 2020,
 subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 212 of the laws of 2022, subdivision
 4 as amended by chapter 242 of the laws  of  2019,  subdivision  4-a  as
 added  by  chapter  233 of the laws of 1980, subdivision 4-b as added by
 chapter 446 of the laws of 1997, paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision  10  as
 added  by  chapter 212 of the laws of 2022, subdivision 11 as amended by
 chapter 207 of the laws of 2022, are amended and a new  subdivision  4-c
 is added to read as follows:
 [Licenses  to carry, possess, repair and dispose of] LICENSING AND OTHER
 PROVISIONS RELATING TO firearms.
   1. Eligibility. No license shall be issued or renewed pursuant to this
 section except by the licensing officer, and then  only  after  investi-
 gation  and  finding  that  all statements in a proper application for a
 license are true. No license shall be issued or renewed  except  for  an
 applicant  (a) twenty-one years of age or older, provided, however, that
 where such applicant has  been  honorably  discharged  from  the  United
 States  army,  navy,  marine  corps,  air  force  or coast guard, or the
 national guard of the state of New York, no such age  restriction  shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD12053-04-2
              

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