Assembly Bill A5951

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes a person to pass his or her guns to an immediate family member through his or her estate

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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-A5951 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง265.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A3730
2017-2018: A6941
2019-2020: A5092
2021-2022: A4051
2023-2024: A1553

2013-A5951 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a person to pass his or her guns to an immediate family member through his or her estate.

2013-A5951 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5951

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CORWIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the transfer
  of certain weapons from an  estate  to  an  immediate  member  of  the
  decedent's family

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 22 of section  265.00  of  the
penal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a new subparagraph (vii) to read as
follows:
  (VII) ANY WEAPON LEGALLY POSSESSED AND VALIDLY REGISTERED PURSUANT  TO
SUBDIVISION  SIXTEEN-A  OF  SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER PRIOR TO SUCH
PERSON'S DEATH AND BEQUEATHED OR PASSED THROUGH INTESTACY TO AN  IMMEDI-
ATE  FAMILY MEMBER OF THE DECEASED. SUCH WEAPONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (H) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
SUBPARAGRAPH, IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER MEANS A CHILD OR SPOUSE;
  S  2.  Paragraph  (h) of subdivision 22 of section 265.00 of the penal
law, as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (h) (I) Any weapon defined in paragraph (e) or (f) of this subdivision
and  any  large  capacity  ammunition  feeding  device  that was legally
possessed by an individual prior to the enactment of the chapter of  the
laws  of  two  thousand thirteen which added this paragraph, 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  or  large capacity ammunition device to an
individual  inside  New  York  state  or  without  complying  with   the
provisions  of  this  paragraph shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08192-01-3
              

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