NY State Senate Bill 2009-S627

Senate Bill S627

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for the submission of expended projectiles and shell casings and guns to the state police pistol and revolver ballistic identification electronic databank

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Archive: Last Bill Status - Stricken

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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 03, 2009	recommit, enacting clause stricken
Jan 09, 2009	referred to finance

2009-S627 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Executive Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §230, Exec L

2009-S627 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the submission by state and local law enforcement authorities of expended projectiles and shell casings and guns, found or otherwise coming into their possession, to the state police pistol and revolver ballistic identification electronic databank; requires the law enforcement agencies to make a record thereof and submit within 30 days.

2009-S627 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S627 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   627

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation  to  the  compilation  of
  firearm and ballistic data

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 230 of the executive law, as added
by chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  4. (A) The superintendent of the division of state police shall estab-
lish and maintain within the division a criminal gun clearinghouse as  a
central  repository of information regarding all guns seized, forfeited,
found or otherwise coming into the possession of any state or local  law
enforcement  agency  which are believed to have been used in the commis-
sion of a crime. The superintendent of  the  division  of  state  police
shall  adopt and promulgate regulations prescribing reporting procedures
for such state or local law enforcement agencies, including the form for
reporting such information. In addition to any other  information  which
the superintendent of the division of state police may require, the form
shall  require [(a)] (I) the serial number or other identifying informa-
tion on the gun, if available and [(b)] (II) a brief description of  the
circumstances  under  which  the gun came into the possession of the law
enforcement agency, including the crime  which  was  or  may  have  been
committed with the gun.
  (B)  ANY  EXPENDED  PROJECTILE,  EXPENDED SHELL CASING, OR GUN SEIZED,
FOUND, OR OTHERWISE COMING INTO POSSESSION OF ANY  STATE  OR  LOCAL  LAW
ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE,
WHICH SHALL CAUSE TO BE ENTERED IN  THE  AUTOMATED  ELECTRONIC  DATABANK
(ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINE-
TY-SIX-FF OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW) PERTINENT DATA AND OTHER  BALLIS-
TIC  INFORMATION  RELEVANT TO IDENTIFICATION OF THE EXPENDED PROJECTILE,
EXPENDED SHELL CASING, OR GUN.  THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL  RECORD

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02284-01-9

S. 627                              2

A  BRIEF  DESCRIPTION  OF  THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE PROJECTILE,
SHELL CASING, OR GUN CAME INTO ITS POSSESSION, INCLUDING ANY CRIME WHICH
WAS OR MAY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED WITH THE  PROJECTILE,  SHELL  CASING,  OR
GUN.
  (C)  MATERIALS  REQUIRED  TO BE SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION
SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF COMING INTO THE POSSESSION OF A
STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. SUCH MATERIALS SHALL BE TESTED OR
EXAMINED AS REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF  THEIR
RECEIPT BY THE LABORATORY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it  shall  have  become a law; provided that the superintendent of state
police is authorized and directed to immediately promulgate any and  all
rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement
this act on its effective date.

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