Assembly Bill A6666

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Makes it a ministerial process to amend a license to carry or possess a firearm

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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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2013-A6666 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง265.00 & 400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5594
2011-2012: A5119
2015-2016: A7092
2017-2018: A7357
2019-2020: A5599
2021-2022: A4756
2023-2024: A3657

2013-A6666 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes amendments to a license to carry or possess a firearm to be made by the filing officers or county clerk of each county, unless otherwise specified through resolution of the county's legislative body.

2013-A6666 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6666

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 12, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  OAKS,  HAWLEY,  KOLB, PALMESANO, SALADINO --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, CROUCH, FINCH, GIGLIO, JORDAN,
  McDONOUGH, McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO -- read  once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to a license to carry or
  possess a firearm

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

  Section  1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
  10-A. "FILING OFFICER" MEANS THE COUNTY CLERK OF EACH  COUNTY,  UNLESS
OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THROUGH RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE BODY.
  S 2. Subdivisions 9, 10, 13 and 14 of section 400.00 of the penal law,
subdivision 9 as amended by chapter 172 of the laws of 1973, subdivision
10  as  amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 1997 and subdivision 14 as
amended by chapter 195 of the laws of  2005,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  9.  License:  amendment.  Elsewhere  than  in  the city of New York, a
person licensed to carry or possess a pistol or revolver  may  apply  at
any  time  to  [his  licensing]  THE FILING officer for amendment of his
license to include one or more such weapons or to  cancel  weapons  held
under  license. [If granted, a] A record of the amendment describing the
weapons involved shall be filed by the licensing officer in  the  execu-
tive  department,  division of state police, Albany. Notification of any
change of residence shall be made in writing by any licensee within  ten
days  after  such  change  occurs,  and a record of such change shall be
inscribed by such licensee on the reverse side of his  license.    Else-
where  than  in  the city of New York, and in the counties of Nassau and
Suffolk, such notification shall be made to  the  executive  department,
division  of  state  police,  Albany, and in the city of New York to the
police commissioner of that city, and in the county  of  Nassau  to  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04312-01-3
              

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