NY State Assembly Bill 2013-A3322A

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May 21, 2014	print number 3322a
May 21, 2014	amend (t) and recommit to codes
Jan 08, 2014	referred to codes
Jan 24, 2013	referred to codes

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2013-A3322 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7609
Current Committee:: Assembly Codes
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§265.00, 400.00, 265.02, 265.10 & 265.20, Pen L; add §231, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A9904
2011-2012: A5926
2015-2016: A5843, S2050
2017-2018: S3659, S7067
2019-2020: S2437
2021-2022: S2892
2023-2024: S2978

2013-A3322 - Summary

Relates to prohibiting the possession of certain 50 caliber firearms; directs the division of state police to embark on a program whereby persons currently in lawful possession of such weapons may be reimbursed for the fair market value thereof upon turning such weapons in to a designated officer.

2013-A3322 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3322

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. KAVANAGH, COOK, JAFFEE, LAVINE, LIFTON, RAMOS,
  ROBINSON -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ,  ENGLEBRIGHT,
  GLICK, GOTTFRIED, JOHNS, MARKEY, ORTIZ, PAULIN, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY,
  SCARBOROUGH,  WEINSTEIN,  WEISENBERG  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law and the  executive  law,  in  relation  to
  banning the sale, possession or use of 50-caliber weapons

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature here-
by finds and declares that  50-caliber  or  larger  weapons  having  the
capacity  for rapidly discharging ammunition have no acceptable purpose.
The legislature additionally finds and declares that such  weapons  pose
such  an  imminent  threat  and danger to the safety and security of the
people of this state that it is necessary to ban the possession and  use
of such weapons.
  S  2.  Subdivisions  8  and  9  of section 265.00 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 189 of the laws of  2000,  are  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  8.  "Gunsmith"  means  any  person,  firm, partnership, corporation or
company who engages in the business of repairing, altering,  assembling,
manufacturing,   cleaning,  polishing,  engraving  or  trueing,  or  who
performs any mechanical operation on, any firearm, large capacity  ammu-
nition feeding device, 50-CALIBER WEAPON or machine-gun.
  9.  "Dealer  in  firearms" means any person, firm, partnership, corpo-
ration or company who engages in the business  of  purchasing,  selling,
keeping  for  sale, loaning, leasing, or in any manner disposing of, any
assault weapon, large capacity  ammunition  feeding  device,  50-CALIBER
WEAPON, pistol or revolver.
  S 3. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 24 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03114-01-3

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  24.  "50-CALIBER WEAPON" MEANS A RIFLE CAPABLE OF FIRING A CENTER-FIRE
CARTRIDGE IN 50-CALIBER OR LARGER, .50 BMG CALIBER OR LARGER, ANY  OTHER
VARIANT  OF 50-CALIBER OR LARGER, OR ANY OTHER METRIC EQUIVALENT OF SUCH
CALIBER, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE
CONSTRUED  TO  INCLUDE ANY MUZZLE LOADING RIFLE OR SHOTGUN WITH A RIFLED
BORE.
  S 4. Subdivision 3 of section 265.02 of the penal law, as  amended  by
chapter 764 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  (3)  Such person knowingly possesses a machine-gun, A 50-CALIBER WEAP-
ON, firearm, rifle or shotgun which has been defaced for the purpose  of
concealment or prevention of the detection of a crime or misrepresenting
the  identity  of such machine-gun, 50-CALIBER WEAPON, firearm, rifle or
shotgun; or
  S 5. Section 265.02 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 4 to read as follows:
  (4) SUCH PERSON POSSESSES ANY 50-CALIBER WEAPON; OR
  S 6. Section 265.03 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 742 of the
laws of 2006 and subdivisions 1 and 3 as amended by chapter 745  of  the
laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
S 265.03 Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.
  A  person  is  guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the second
degree when SUCH PERSON:
  (1) [with intent to use the  same  unlawfully  against  another,  such
person:
  (a)] possesses a machine-gun; or
  [(b)]  (2)  possesses  a  50-CALIBER  WEAPON  OR A loaded firearm WITH
INTENT TO USE THE SAME UNLAWFULLY AGAINST ANOTHER; or
  [(c)] (3) possesses a disguised gun WITH INTENT TO USE THE SAME UNLAW-
FULLY AGAINST ANOTHER; or
  [(2) such person] (4) possesses five or more firearms; or
  [(3)] (5) such person possesses any loaded  firearm.  Such  possession
shall  not,  except  as  provided in subdivision one or seven of section
265.02 of this article, constitute a violation of  this  subdivision  if
such possession takes place in such person's home or place of business.
  Criminal  possession  of  a  weapon  in the second degree is a class C
felony.
  S 7. The penal law is amended by adding two new  sections  265.45  and
265.46 to read as follows:
S 265.45 CRIMINAL USE OF A 50-CALIBER WEAPON IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
  1.  A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL USE OF A 50-CALIBER WEAPON IN THE
SECOND DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS ANY CLASS C VIOLENT FELONY  OFFENSE
AS  DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 70.02 OF THIS
CHAPTER AND HE OR SHE USES A 50-CALIBER WEAPON, AS DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVI-
SION  TWENTY-FOUR  OF  SECTION 265.00 OF THIS ARTICLE, IF THE 50-CALIBER
WEAPON IS A LOADED 50-CALIBER WEAPON FROM WHICH A SHOT, READILY  CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DEATH OR OTHER SERIOUS INJURY MAY BE DISCHARGED.
  2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHEN A
PERSON IS CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL USE OF A 50-CALIBER WEAPON IN THE SECOND
DEGREE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION  THE  COURT  SHALL
IMPOSE  AN ADDITIONAL CONSECUTIVE TERM OF FIVE YEARS TO THE MINIMUM TERM
OF THE INDETERMINATE  SENTENCE  OR  TERM  OF  THE  DETERMINATE  SENTENCE
IMPOSED  ON  THE UNDERLYING CLASS C VIOLENT FELONY CONVICTION.  NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  THE  AGGREGATE  OF
THE  FIVE YEAR CONSECUTIVE TERM IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION AND
THE MINIMUM TERM OF AN INDETERMINATE SENTENCE IMPOSED ON THE  UNDERLYING
CLASS  C  VIOLENT  FELONY  CONVICTION SHALL CONSTITUTE THE NEW AGGREGATE

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MINIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT, AND A DEFENDANT SUBJECT TO SUCH TERM SHALL
BE REQUIRED TO SERVE THE ENTIRE AGGREGATE MINIMUM TERM AND SHALL NOT  BE
ELIGIBLE  FOR  RELEASE  ON  PAROLE OR OTHER DISCRETIONARY RELEASE DURING
SUCH TERM.
S 265.46 CRIMINAL USE OF A 50-CALIBER WEAPON IN THE FIRST DEGREE.
  1.  A  PERSON  IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL USE OF A 50-CALIBER WEAPON IN THE
FIRST DEGREE WHEN HE OR SHE COMMITS ANY CLASS A FELONY  OFFENSE  CONSTI-
TUTING  MURDER,  KIDNAPPING,  ARSON,  CONSPIRACY OR SALE OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE OR ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT ANY  SUCH  CLASS  A  FELONY  WHERE  SUCH
ATTEMPT ALSO CONSTITUTES A CLASS A FELONY, OR ANY CLASS B VIOLENT FELONY
OFFENSE  AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 70.02
OF THIS CHAPTER AND HE OR SHE USES A 50-CALIBER WEAPON,  AS  DEFINED  IN
SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-FOUR  OF  SECTION  265.00  OF  THIS  ARTICLE, IF THE
50-CALIBER WEAPON IS A LOADED 50-CALIBER WEAPON FROM WHICH A SHOT, READ-
ILY  CAPABLE  OF  PRODUCING  DEATH  OR  OTHER  SERIOUS  INJURY  MAY   BE
DISCHARGED.
  2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHEN A
PERSON IS CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL USE OF A 50-CALIBER WEAPON IN THE  FIRST
DEGREE  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION THE COURT SHALL
IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL CONSECUTIVE TERM OF TEN YEARS TO THE  MINIMUM  TERM
OF  THE  INDETERMINATE  SENTENCE  OR  TERM  OF  THE DETERMINATE SENTENCE
IMPOSED ON THE UNDERLYING CLASS A OR CLASS B VIOLENT FELONY  CONVICTION.
NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE AGGRE-
GATE OF THE TEN YEAR CONSECUTIVE TERM IMPOSED PURSUANT TO THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION  AND  THE  MINIMUM TERM OF AN INDETERMINATE SENTENCE IMPOSED ON THE
UNDERLYING CLASS A OR CLASS B VIOLENT FELONY CONVICTION SHALL CONSTITUTE
THE NEW AGGREGATE MINIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT, AND A DEFENDANT  SUBJECT
TO  SUCH  TERM  SHALL  BE REQUIRED TO SERVE THE ENTIRE AGGREGATE MINIMUM
TERM AND SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR RELEASE ON PAROLE  OR  OTHER  DISCRE-
TIONARY RELEASE DURING SUCH TERM.
  S  8.  Subdivision  2  of section 265.08 of the penal law, as added by
chapter 233 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
  (2) displays what appears to be a pistol,  revolver,  rifle,  shotgun,
50-CALIBER WEAPON, machine gun or other firearm.
  S  9.  Paragraph  (b)  of subdivision 1 of section 265.09 of the penal
law, as amended by chapter 650 of the laws of 1996, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  (b)  displays  what  appears to be a pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun,
50-CALIBER WEAPON, machine gun or other firearm.
  S 10. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 6 of section  265.10  of  the  penal  law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 257 of the laws of 2008 and subdivi-
sions 3 and 6 as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, are amended
to read as follows:
  2.  Any  person  who  transports  or ships any machine-gun, 50-CALIBER
WEAPON, firearm silencer, assault weapon or  large  capacity  ammunition
feeding  device or disguised gun, or who transports or ships as merchan-
dise five or more firearms, is guilty of a class D  felony.  Any  person
who  transports  or  ships  as  merchandise  any  firearm, other than an
assault weapon, switchblade knife, gravity knife, pilum ballistic knife,
billy, blackjack, bludgeon, plastic knuckles, metal  knuckles,  Kung  Fu
star, chuka stick, sandbag or slungshot is guilty of a class A misdemea-
nor.
  3.  Any  person who disposes of any machine-gun, assault weapon, large
capacity ammunition feeding device, 50-CALIBER WEAPON or firearm silenc-
er is guilty of a  class  D  felony.  Any  person  who  knowingly  buys,
receives,  disposes  of,  or  conceals a machine-gun, 50-CALIBER WEAPON,

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firearm, large capacity ammunition  feeding  device,  rifle  or  shotgun
which  has  been defaced for the purpose of concealment or prevention of
the detection of  a  crime  or  misrepresenting  the  identity  of  such
machine-gun, 50-CALIBER WEAPON, firearm, large capacity ammunition feed-
ing device, rifle or shotgun is guilty of a class D felony.
  6.  Any  person  who  wilfully defaces any machine-gun, large capacity
ammunition feeding device, 50-CALIBER WEAPON or firearm is guilty  of  a
class D felony.
  S  11. Subdivisions 1 and 5 of section 265.15 of the penal law, subdi-
vision 5 as amended by chapter 695 of the laws of 1987, are  amended  to
read as follows:
  1.  The  presence  in  any room, dwelling, structure or vehicle of any
machine-gun OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON is presumptive evidence of its unlawful
possession by all persons occupying the place where such machine-gun  OR
50-CALIBER WEAPON is found.
  5.  The  possession by any person of a defaced machine-gun, 50-CALIBER
WEAPON, firearm, rifle   or shotgun is presumptive  evidence  that  such
person defaced the same.
  S 12. Paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law,
as  amended  by  chapter  189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. Possession of a  machine-gun,  large  capacity  ammunition  feeding
device,  50-CALIBER  WEAPON,  firearm, switchblade knife, gravity knife,
pilum ballistic knife, billy or blackjack by a  warden,  superintendent,
headkeeper  or deputy of a state prison, penitentiary, workhouse, county
jail or other institution for the  detention  of  persons  convicted  or
accused  of crime or detained as witnesses in criminal cases, in pursuit
of official duty or when duly  authorized  by  regulation  or  order  to
possess the same.
  S 13. Paragraph 8 of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law,
as  amended  by  chapter  61  of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
  8. The manufacturer of machine-guns, firearm silencers, assault  weap-
ons,  large  capacity  ammunition  feeding  devices, 50-CALIBER WEAPONS,
disguised guns, pilum ballistic knives, switchblade or  gravity  knives,
billies  or  blackjacks  as merchandise, or as a transferee recipient of
the same for repair, lawful distribution or  research  and  development,
and  the disposal and shipment thereof direct to a regularly constituted
or appointed state or municipal police department, sheriff, policeman or
other peace officer, or to  a  state  prison,  penitentiary,  workhouse,
county  jail or other institution for the detention of persons convicted
or accused of crime or held as witnesses in criminal cases,  or  to  the
military  service  of  this  state  or  of the United States; or for the
repair and return of the same to the lawful possessor  or  for  research
and development.
  S  14.  Section  265.20  of  the  penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision e to read as follows:
  E. THE TERMS "PISTOL," "REVOLVER," "RIFLE," AND "SHOTGUN" AS  USED  IN
PARAGRAPHS  THREE  THROUGH FIVE, SEVEN THROUGH SEVEN-B, TWELVE, THIRTEEN
AND THIRTEEN-A OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  A
50-CALIBER  WEAPON  AS  DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION  TWENTY-FOUR OF SECTION
265.00 OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 15. Section 265.11 of the penal law, as amended by  chapter  764  of
the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
S 265.11 Criminal  sale  of  a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON in the third
           degree.

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  A person is guilty of criminal sale of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER  WEAPON
in  the  third degree when such person is not authorized pursuant to law
to possess a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON  and  such  person  unlawfully
either:
  (1)  sells,  exchanges,  gives  or  disposes  of a firearm [or], large
capacity ammunition feeding  device  OR  50-CALIBER  WEAPON  to  another
person; or
  (2)  possesses  a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON with the intent to sell
it.
  Criminal sale of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON in the third degree is
a class D felony.
  S 16. Section 265.12 of the penal law, as amended by  chapter  764  of
the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
S  265.12  Criminal sale of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON in the second
           degree.
  A person is guilty of criminal sale of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER  WEAPON
in the second degree when such person:
  (1)  unlawfully sells, exchanges, gives or disposes of to another five
or more firearms OR 50-CALIBER WEAPONS; or
  (2) unlawfully sells, exchanges,  gives  or  disposes  of  to  another
person or persons a total of five or more firearms OR 50-CALIBER WEAPONS
in a period of not more than one year.
  Criminal  sale  of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON in the second degree
is a class C felony.
  S 17. Section 265.14 of the penal law, as added by chapter 175 of  the
laws  of 1991 and the closing paragraph as amended by chapter 654 of the
laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
S 265.14 Criminal sale of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON with the aid of
           a minor.
  A person over the age of eighteen years of age is guilty  of  criminal
sale  of a [weapon] FIREARM OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON with the aid of a minor
when a person under sixteen years of age knowingly and unlawfully sells,
exchanges, gives or disposes  of  a  firearm  OR  50-CALIBER  WEAPON  in
violation  of  this  article,  and  such person over the age of eighteen
years of age, acting  with  the  mental  culpability  required  for  the
commission  thereof,  solicits, requests, commands, importunes or inten-
tionally aids such person under sixteen years of age to engage  in  such
conduct.
  Criminal  sale  of  a  firearm  OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON with the aid of a
minor is a class C felony.
  S 18. Section 265.13 of the penal law, as amended by  chapter  764  of
the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
S  265.13  Criminal  sale of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON in the first
           degree.
  A person is guilty of criminal sale of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER  WEAPON
in the first degree when such person:
  (1)  unlawfully  sells, exchanges, gives or disposes of to another ten
or more firearms OR 50-CALIBER WEAPONS; or
  (2) unlawfully sells, exchanges,  gives  or  disposes  of  to  another
person  or persons a total of ten or more firearms OR 50-CALIBER WEAPONS
in a period of not more than one year.
  Criminal sale of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON in the first degree is
a class B felony.
  S 19. Section 265.16 of the penal law, as added by chapter 600 of  the
laws  of 1992 and the closing paragraph as amended by chapter 654 of the
laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:

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S 265.16 Criminal sale of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON to a minor.
  A  person is guilty of criminal sale of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON
to a minor when he is not  authorized  pursuant  to  law  to  possess  a
firearm  OR  50-CALIBER WEAPON and he unlawfully sells, exchanges, gives
or disposes of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON to another person  who  is
or  reasonably  appears to be less than nineteen years of age who is not
licensed pursuant to law to possess a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON.
  Criminal sale of a firearm OR 50-CALIBER WEAPON to a minor is a  class
C felony.
  S  20.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 55.05 of the
penal law, as amended by chapter 276 of the laws of 1973, is amended  to
read as follows:
  [Felonies]  EXCEPT  FOR  THE  FELONIES  DEFINED IN SECTIONS 265.45 AND
265.46 OF THIS CHAPTER, FELONIES are  classified,  for  the  purpose  of
sentence, into five categories as follows:
  S  21.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 1 of section 55.10 of the penal
law, as amended by chapter 276 of the laws of 1973, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  (a)  [The]  EXCEPT  FOR  THE  FELONIES  DEFINED IN SECTIONS 265.45 AND
265.46 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE particular classification or  subclassifica-
tion  of  each felony defined in this chapter is expressly designated in
the section or article defining it.
  S 22. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 231 to read
as follows:
  S 231. COMPLIANCE WITH THE BAN ON  THE  SALE,  POSSESSION  OR  USE  OF
50-CALIBER  WEAPONS.  1.  FROM WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED THEREFOR, THE
DIVISION OF STATE POLICE SHALL TAKE  SUCH  ACTION  AS  IS  NECESSARY  TO
IMPLEMENT  A  PROGRAM WHEREBY PERSONS, INCLUDING DEALERS OF FIREARMS, IN
LAWFUL POSSESSION  OF  50-CALIBER  WEAPONS  MAY  BRING  THEMSELVES  INTO
COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THE PENAL LAW WHICH BANS THE SALE,
POSSESSION OR USE OF SUCH WEAPONS.
  2. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  ANY
LICENSED  FIREARM DEALER WHO HAS IN HIS OR HER POSSESSION A NEW 50-CALI-
BER WEAPON SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETURN SUCH WEAPON TO THE DISTRIBUTOR OR
MANUFACTURER, AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A FULL REFUND, OR CREDIT,  IN  AN
AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO THE PURCHASE PRICE OF SUCH WEAPON. IN ANY CASE WHERE A
DISTRIBUTOR OR MANUFACTURER FAILS OR REFUSES TO SO REFUND OR CREDIT SUCH
DEALER, THE DEALER SHALL NOTIFY THE DIVISION OF  STATE  POLICE,  AND  IT
SHALL  IMMEDIATELY  NOTIFY  THE  ATTORNEY  GENERAL SO THAT HE OR SHE MAY
INTERCEDE AND TAKE SUCH ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE DEALER TO  SECURE  SUCH
REFUND OR CREDIT.
  3.  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, ANY
PERSON, INCLUDING A LICENSED FIREARM DEALER, WHO HAS IN HIS OR HER LEGAL
POSSESSION A USED 50-CALIBER WEAPON SHALL PERSONALLY DELIVER SUCH WEAPON
TO THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE, AND  UPON  TRANSFERRING  OWNERSHIP  AND
POSSESSION  TO  A  DULY DESIGNATED OFFICER THEREOF, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
RECEIVE PAYMENT IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE  FAIR  MARKET  VALUE  OF  SUCH
WEAPON, BUT NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
  4.  THE  DIVISION  OF STATE POLICE SHALL TAKE SUCH ACTION, INCLUDING A
PUBLIC CAMPAIGN USING THE PRINT MEDIA, TELEVISION, RADIO OR OTHER  MEANS
TO  NOTIFY  PERSONS  OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED IN THIS
SECTION.
  S 23. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however,  that
sections  one  through  twenty-one  of this act shall take effect on the
thirtieth day after this act shall have become a law.

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2013-A3322A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S7609
Current Committee:: Assembly Codes
Law Section:: Penal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§265.00, 400.00, 265.02, 265.10 & 265.20, Pen L; add §231, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A9904
2011-2012: A5926
2015-2016: A5843, S2050
2017-2018: S3659, S7067
2019-2020: S2437
2021-2022: S2892
2023-2024: S2978

2013-A3322A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2013-A3322A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3322--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. KAVANAGH, COOK, JAFFEE, LAVINE, LIFTON, RAMOS,
  ROBINSON, ARROYO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  DINOWITZ,  ENGLE-
  BRIGHT,    GLICK,    GOTTFRIED,    JOHNS,   MARKEY,   ORTIZ,   PAULIN,
  PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, SCARBOROUGH, WEINSTEIN, WEISENBERG -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee
  on Codes in accordance with Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law and the executive law, in relation to
  banning 50 caliber weapons

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

  Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature here-
by  finds  and  declares  that  50  caliber or larger weapons having the
capacity for rapidly discharging ammunition have no acceptable  purpose.
The  legislature  additionally finds and declares that such weapons pose
such an imminent threat and danger to the safety  and  security  of  the
people  of this state that it is necessary to ban the possession and use
of such weapons.
  S 2. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "50
Caliber Threat Reduction Act".
  S 3. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 26 to read as follows:
  26. "50 CALIBER WEAPON" MEANS:
  (A) ANY RIFLE CAPABLE OF FIRING A CENTER-FIRE CARTRIDGE:
  (I)  OF  A  CALIBER  OF  50 OR GREATER, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ANY METRIC
EQUIVALENT OF 50 CALIBER OR GREATER; OR
  (II) THAT IS CAPABLE OF FIRING A  PROJECTILE  THAT  ATTAINS  A  MUZZLE
ENERGY  OF  TWELVE THOUSAND FOOT-POUNDS OR GREATER IN ANY COMBINATION OF
BULLET, PROPELLANT, CASE, OR PRIMER; OR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (III) ANY COPY OR DUPLICATE OF ANY SUCH  WEAPON  THAT  IS  CAPABLE  OF
FIRING  A  PROJECTILE  THAT  ATTAINS  A MUZZLE ENERGY OF TWELVE THOUSAND
FOOT-POUNDS OR GREATER REGARDLESS OF CALIBER;
  (B)  ANY  RIFLE  CAPABLE  OF FIRING A CENTER-FIRE CARTRIDGE DEFINED IN
PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, POSSESSED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
  (C) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE:
  (I) ANY WEAPON CAPABLE OF FIRING A CENTER-FIRE CARTRIDGE THAT HAS BEEN
RENDERED PERMANENTLY INOPERABLE;
  (II) ANY WEAPON CAPABLE OF FIRING A CENTER-FIRE CARTRIDGE THAT  IS  AN
ANTIQUE FIREARM AS DEFINED IN CLAUSE SIXTEEN OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SECTION
NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF TITLE EIGHTEEN OF THE UNITED STATES CODE;
  (III)  ANY  WEAPON VALIDLY REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN
OF SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER. SUCH WEAPONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  THE
PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
  (IV)  ANY  WEAPON  THAT WAS MANUFACTURED AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS PRIOR TO
THE CURRENT DATE, BUT NOT INCLUDING REPLICAS THEREOF,  THAT  IS  VALIDLY
REGISTERED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION 400.00 OF THIS
CHAPTER;
  (V) ANY MUZZLE-LOADING RIFLE OR SHOTGUN WITH A RIFLED BORE.
  (D) ANY WEAPON DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION  MAY  ONLY
BE  SOLD  TO, EXCHANGED WITH OR DISPOSED OF TO A PURCHASER AUTHORIZED TO
POSSESS SUCH WEAPONS OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY OUTSIDE OF THE  STATE
PROVIDED  THAT  ANY  SUCH TRANSFER TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY OUTSIDE OF
THE STATE MUST BE REPORTED TO THE ENTITY WHEREIN THE  WEAPON  IS  REGIS-
TERED  WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO  HOURS  OF  SUCH  TRANSFER. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
TRANSFERS ANY SUCH WEAPON TO AN INDIVIDUAL  INSIDE  NEW  YORK  STATE  OR
WITHOUT  COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE GUILTY
OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR UNLESS  TRANSFERRED  WITHIN  ONE  YEAR  OF  THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S  4.  Section  400.00  of  the penal law is amended by adding two new
subdivisions 18 and 19 to read as follows:
  18. REGISTRATION OF 50 CALIBER WEAPONS.   (A) AN  OWNER  OF  A  WEAPON
DEFINED  IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION 265.00 OF
THIS CHAPTER, POSSESSED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
MUST MAKE AN APPLICATION TO REGISTER SUCH WEAPON WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF  STATE  POLICE,  IN  THE MANNER PROVIDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, OR BY
AMENDING A LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WITHIN  ONE  YEAR  OF
THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION EXCEPT ANY WEAPON DEFINED UNDER
SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SIX OF  SECTION
265.00  OF  THIS CHAPTER TRANSFERRED INTO THE STATE MAY BE REGISTERED AT
ANY TIME, PROVIDED SUCH WEAPONS ARE REGISTERED  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF
THEIR  TRANSFER  INTO  THE STATE. REGISTRATION INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE
THE REGISTRANT'S NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, GENDER, RACE, RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS,
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION OF EACH WEAPON BEING  REGISTERED.
A  REGISTRATION  OF  ANY WEAPON DEFINED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARA-
GRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION 265.00  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
SHALL  BE  TRANSFERABLE,  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  SELLER NOTIFIES THE STATE
POLICE WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF THE TRANSFER AND THE  BUYER  PROVIDES
THE  STATE  POLICE WITH INFORMATION SUFFICIENT TO CONSTITUTE A REGISTRA-
TION UNDER THIS SECTION. SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL NOT BE  VALID  IF  SUCH
REGISTRANT IS PROHIBITED OR BECOMES PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM
PURSUANT  TO  STATE  OR  FEDERAL LAW. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL DETERMINE
WHETHER SUCH REGISTRANT IS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING  A  FIREARM  UNDER
STATE OR FEDERAL LAW. SUCH CHECK SHALL BE LIMITED TO DETERMINING WHETHER
THE FACTORS IN PARAGRAPH (G) OF SECTION NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF TITLE

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EIGHTEEN  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES CODE APPLY OR WHETHER A REGISTRANT HAS
BEEN CONVICTED OF A SERIOUS OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  SEVENTEEN
OF  SECTION  265.00  OF  THIS CHAPTER, SO AS TO PROHIBIT SUCH REGISTRANT
FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM, AND WHETHER A REPORT HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT
TO  SECTION 9.46 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW. ALL REGISTRANTS SHALL RECER-
TIFY TO THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER.  FAIL-
URE TO RECERTIFY SHALL RESULT IN A REVOCATION OF SUCH REGISTRATION.
  (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF
THIS SUBDIVISION, AN OWNER OF A 50 CALIBER WEAPON AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION 265.00 OF THIS CHAPTER, WHO  IS  A  QUALIFIED
RETIRED NEW YORK OR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AS DEFINED IN SUBDI-
VISION  TWENTY-FIVE OF SECTION 265.00 OF THIS CHAPTER, WHERE SUCH WEAPON
WAS ISSUED TO OR PURCHASED BY SUCH OFFICER PRIOR TO  RETIREMENT  AND  IN
THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER OFFICIAL DUTIES, AND FOR WHICH SUCH OFFICER WAS
QUALIFIED  BY THE AGENCY THAT EMPLOYED SUCH OFFICER WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS
PRIOR TO HIS OR HER RETIREMENT, MUST REGISTER SUCH WEAPON  WITHIN  SIXTY
DAYS OF RETIREMENT.
  (C) THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE SHALL CREATE AND MAINTAIN A "50
CALIBER  WEAPONS"  PAGE  OR  SECTION  ON  THE EXISTING INTERNET WEBSITE,
CREATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  SUBDIVISION  SIXTEEN-A  OF  THIS
SECTION,  TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AS TO WHICH 50 CALIBER WEAPONS ARE ILLE-
GAL AS A RESULT OF THE ENACTMENT OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AS WELL AS SUCH 50
CALIBER WEAPONS WHICH  ARE  ILLEGAL  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  TWO  HUNDRED
SIXTY-FIVE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER. SUCH WEBSITE SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION TO
ASSIST THE PUBLIC IN RECOGNIZING THE  RELEVANT  FEATURES  PROSCRIBED  BY
SUCH  ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE, AS WELL AS WHICH MAKE AND MODEL OF
WEAPONS REQUIRE REGISTRATION.
  (D) A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY FAILS TO APPLY TO REGISTER SUCH WEAPON,  AS
REQUIRED  BY THIS SECTION, WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR AND SUCH PERSON WHO
UNKNOWINGLY FAILS TO VALIDLY REGISTER SUCH WEAPON WITHIN SUCH  ONE  YEAR
PERIOD  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  A  WARNING  BY  AN APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITY ABOUT SUCH FAILURE AND GIVEN THIRTY DAYS IN WHICH TO APPLY  TO
REGISTER SUCH WEAPON OR TO SURRENDER IT. A FAILURE TO APPLY OR SURRENDER
SUCH  WEAPON  WITHIN  SUCH THIRTY-DAY PERIOD SHALL RESULT IN SUCH WEAPON
BEING REMOVED BY AN APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY AND DECLARED A
NUISANCE.
  (E) THE COST OF THE SOFTWARE, PROGRAMMING AND  INTERFACE  REQUIRED  TO
TRANSMIT ANY RECORD THAT MUST BE ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED BY THE DEAL-
ER OR LICENSING OFFICER TO THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE PURSUANT TO THIS
CHAPTER SHALL BE BORNE BY THE STATE.
  19.  APPLICABILITY  OF  SECTION. THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED
SIXTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER RELATING TO ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A  FIREARM,
SHALL NOT APPLY TO AN OFFENSE WHICH ALSO CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF THIS
SECTION  BY  A  PERSON  HOLDING  AN  OTHERWISE  VALID  LICENSE UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND SUCH OFFENSE SHALL ONLY BE PUNISHABLE  AS
A  CLASS  A  MISDEMEANOR  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION.  IN ADDITION, THE
PROVISIONS OF SUCH ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE
POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN A PLACE NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW,  BY  A  PERSON
WHO  HOLDS  AN  OTHERWISE  VALID LICENSE OR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A
PERSON WITHIN A ONE YEAR PERIOD AFTER THE STATED EXPIRATION DATE  OF  AN
OTHERWISE  VALID  LICENSE  WHICH  HAS  NOT  BEEN PREVIOUSLY CANCELLED OR
REVOKED SHALL ONLY BE PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS A  MISDEMEANOR  PURSUANT  TO
THIS SECTION.
  S 5. Section 265.02 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision 11 to read as follows:

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  (11) SUCH PERSON POSSESSES A 50 CALIBER WEAPON.
  S  6.  Subdivision 3 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as amended by
chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  3. "Firearm" means (a) any pistol or revolver; or (b) a shotgun having
one or more barrels less than eighteen inches in length; or (c) a  rifle
having  one  or  more barrels less than sixteen inches in length; or (d)
any weapon made from a shotgun or rifle whether by alteration, modifica-
tion, or otherwise if such weapon as altered, modified, or otherwise has
an overall length of less than twenty-six  inches;  or  (e)  an  assault
weapon;  OR (F) A 50 CALIBER WEAPON. For the purpose of this subdivision
the length of the barrel on a shotgun or rifle shall  be  determined  by
measuring  the  distance  between  the  muzzle and the face of the bolt,
breech, or breechlock when closed and  when  the  shotgun  or  rifle  is
cocked;  the  overall length of a weapon made from a shotgun or rifle is
the distance between the extreme ends of the  weapon  measured  along  a
line  parallel  to the center line of the bore. Firearm does not include
an antique firearm.
  S 7. Subdivisions 1, 2, 3 and 6 of section 265.10 of  the  penal  law,
subdivisions  1  and 2 as amended by chapter 257 of the laws of 2008 and
subdivisions 3 and 6 as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2000,  are
amended to read as follows:
  1.  Any  person  who  manufactures  or  causes  to be manufactured any
machine-gun, assault weapon, 50 CALIBER WEAPON, large  capacity  ammuni-
tion  feeding device or disguised gun is guilty of a class D felony. Any
person who manufactures or causes to  be  manufactured  any  switchblade
knife, gravity knife, pilum ballistic knife, metal knuckle knife, billy,
blackjack,  bludgeon,  plastic  knuckles,  metal knuckles, Kung Fu star,
chuka stick, sandbag, sandclub or slungshot  is  guilty  of  a  class  A
misdemeanor.
  2. Any person who transports or ships any machine-gun, firearm silenc-
er, assault weapon, 50 CALIBER WEAPON or large capacity ammunition feed-
ing  device  or disguised gun, or who transports or ships as merchandise
five or more firearms, is guilty of a class D  felony.  Any  person  who
transports  or  ships  as merchandise any firearm, other than an assault
weapon OR 50 CALIBER WEAPON, switchblade  knife,  gravity  knife,  pilum
ballistic  knife,  billy,  blackjack,  bludgeon, plastic knuckles, metal
knuckles, Kung Fu star, chuka stick, sandbag or slungshot is guilty of a
class A misdemeanor.
  3. Any person who disposes of  any  machine-gun,  assault  weapon,  50
CALIBER  WEAPON,  large  capacity  ammunition  feeding device or firearm
silencer is guilty of a class D felony. Any person who  knowingly  buys,
receives,  disposes  of,  or  conceals a machine-gun, 50 CALIBER WEAPON,
firearm, large capacity ammunition  feeding  device,  rifle  or  shotgun
which  has  been defaced for the purpose of concealment or prevention of
the detection of  a  crime  or  misrepresenting  the  identity  of  such
machine-gun, 50 CALIBER WEAPON, firearm, large capacity ammunition feed-
ing device, rifle or shotgun is guilty of a class D felony.
  6. Any person who wilfully defaces any machine-gun, 50 CALIBER WEAPON,
large capacity ammunition feeding device or firearm is guilty of a class
D felony.
  S  8. Paragraph 8 of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law,
as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  8.  The manufacturer of machine-guns, firearm silencers, assault weap-
ons, large capacity ammunition  feeding  devices,  50  CALIBER  WEAPONS,
disguised  guns,  pilum ballistic knives, switchblade or gravity knives,

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billies or blackjacks as merchandise, or as a  transferee  recipient  of
the  same  for  repair, lawful distribution or research and development,
and the disposal and shipment thereof direct to a regularly  constituted
or appointed state or municipal police department, sheriff, policeman or
other  peace  officer,  or  to  a state prison, penitentiary, workhouse,
county jail or other institution for the detention of persons  convicted
or  accused  of  crime or held as witnesses in criminal cases, or to the
military service of this state or of  the  United  States;  or  for  the
repair  and  return  of the same to the lawful possessor or for research
and development.
  S 9. Section 265.20 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision f to read as follows:
  F. THE TERMS "PISTOL," "REVOLVER," "RIFLE," AND "SHOTGUN" AS  USED  IN
PARAGRAPHS  THREE  THROUGH FIVE, SEVEN THROUGH SEVEN-B, TWELVE, THIRTEEN
AND THIRTEEN-A OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE  A  50
CALIBER WEAPON AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION 265.00 OF
THIS ARTICLE.
  S 10. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 231 to read
as follows:
  S  231.  COMPLIANCE  WITH THE BAN ON THE SALE, POSSESSION OR USE OF 50
CALIBER WEAPONS.   1. FROM WITHIN  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  THEREFOR,  THE
DIVISION  OF  STATE  POLICE  SHALL  TAKE  SUCH ACTION AS IS NECESSARY TO
IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM WHEREBY PERSONS, INCLUDING DEALERS OF  FIREARMS,  IN
LAWFUL  POSSESSION  OF  50  CALIBER  WEAPONS  MAY  BRING THEMSELVES INTO
COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE PENAL LAW  WHICH  BANS  THE  SALE,
POSSESSION OR USE OF SUCH WEAPONS.
  2.  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, ANY
LICENSED FIREARM DEALER WHO HAS IN HIS OR HER POSSESSION A NEW 50  CALI-
BER WEAPON SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETURN SUCH WEAPON TO THE DISTRIBUTOR OR
MANUFACTURER,  AND  SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A FULL REFUND, OR CREDIT, IN AN
AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE PURCHASE PRICE OF SUCH WEAPON. IN ANY CASE  WHERE  A
DISTRIBUTOR OR MANUFACTURER FAILS OR REFUSES TO SO REFUND OR CREDIT SUCH
DEALER,  THE  DEALER  SHALL  NOTIFY THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE, AND IT
SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SO  THAT  HE  OR  SHE  MAY
INTERCEDE  AND  TAKE SUCH ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE DEALER TO SECURE SUCH
REFUND OR CREDIT.
  3. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  ANY
PERSON, INCLUDING A LICENSED FIREARM DEALER, WHO HAS IN HIS OR HER LEGAL
POSSESSION A USED 50 CALIBER WEAPON SHALL PERSONALLY DELIVER SUCH WEAPON
TO  THE  DIVISION  OF  STATE POLICE, AND UPON TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP AND
POSSESSION TO A DULY DESIGNATED OFFICER THEREOF, SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO
RECEIVE  PAYMENT  IN  AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL TO THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF SUCH
WEAPON, BUT NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
  4. THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE SHALL TAKE SUCH  ACTION,  INCLUDING  A
PUBLIC  CAMPAIGN USING THE PRINT MEDIA, TELEVISION, RADIO OR OTHER MEANS
TO NOTIFY PERSONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED  IN  THIS
SECTION.
  S  11. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
sections one through nine of this act shall take effect on the thirtieth
day after this act shall have become a law.

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