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                                  1106

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. CUSICK, PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to waiving license  fees  for
  possessing of firearms for retired federal law enforcement officers

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section  400.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  195  of  the  laws  of 2005, is amended to read as
follows:
  14. Fees. In the city of New York and the county of Nassau, the annual
license fee shall be twenty-five dollars for gunsmiths and fifty dollars
for dealers in firearms. In such city, the city council and in the coun-
ty of Nassau the Board of Supervisors shall fix the fee  to  be  charged
for  a  license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and provide for
the disposition of such fees. Elsewhere  in  the  state,  the  licensing
officer  shall  collect  and  pay into the county treasury the following
fees: for each license to carry or possess a  pistol  or  revolver,  not
less  than  three dollars nor more than ten dollars as may be determined
by the legislative body of the county; for each amendment thereto, three
dollars, and five dollars in the county of Suffolk; and for each license
issued to a gunsmith or dealer in firearms, ten dollars. The fee  for  a
duplicate  license  shall  be  five  dollars.  The  fee for processing a
license transfer between counties shall be five  dollars.  The  fee  for
processing  a  license or renewal thereof for a qualified retired police
officer as defined under subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of  the
criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired sheriff, undersheriff, or
deputy  sheriff of the city of New York as defined under subdivision two
of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, or  a  qualified  retired
bridge  and  tunnel  officer,  sergeant  or lieutenant of the triborough
bridge and tunnel authority  as  defined  under  subdivision  twenty  of

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

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section  2.10  of  the  criminal  procedure  law, or a qualified retired
uniformed court officer in the unified  court  system,  or  a  qualified
retired  court clerk in the unified court system in the first and second
judicial  departments,  as  defined in paragraphs a and b of subdivision
twenty-one of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law [or], a retired
correction officer as defined in subdivision twenty-five of section 2.10
of the criminal procedure law, OR  A  RETIRED  FEDERAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER  AS  DEFINED IN SECTION 2.15 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW shall
be waived in all counties throughout the state.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.