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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 4, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to firearms safety course
  certificate

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4-b  of  section 400.00 of the penal law, as
added by chapter 446 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  4-b. [Westchester county firearms] FIREARMS safety course certificate.
[In the county of Westchester] OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,  at  the
time of application, the licensing officer to which the license applica-
tion  is  made shall provide a copy of the safety course booklet to each
license applicant. Before such license is issued, such licensing officer
shall require that the applicant  submit  a  certificate  of  successful
completion  of  a  firearms  safety course and test issued in his or her
name and endorsed and affirmed under the penalties of perjury by a  duly
authorized instructor.
  S  2.  Paragraph  (f)  of subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of the penal
law, as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  (f)  [in  the  county of Westchester] OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
who has successfully completed a firearms  safety  course  and  test  as
evidenced  by  a certificate of completion issued in his or her name and
endorsed and affirmed under the penalties of perjury by a  duly  author-
ized  instructor,  except that: (i) persons who are honorably discharged
from the United States army, navy, marine corps or coast  guard,  or  of
the  national  guard  of  the state of New York, and produce evidence of
official qualification in firearms during the term of  service  are  not
required  to  have  completed  those  hours  of a firearms safety course
pertaining to the safe use, carrying, possession, maintenance and  stor-
age of a firearm; and (ii) persons who were licensed to possess a pistol

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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or  revolver  prior  to  the  effective  date  of this paragraph are not
required to have completed a firearms safety course and test; and
  S  3.  Paragraph  (l)  of subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of the penal
law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read  as
follows:
  (l)  [in  the  county of Westchester] OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
who has successfully completed a firearms  safety  course  and  test  as
evidenced  by  a certificate of completion issued in his or her name and
endorsed and affirmed under the penalties of perjury by a  duly  author-
ized  instructor,  except that: (i) persons who are honorably discharged
from the United States army, navy, marine corps or coast  guard,  or  of
the  national  guard  of  the state of New York, and produce evidence of
official qualification in firearms during the term of  service  are  not
required  to  have  completed  those  hours  of a firearms safety course
pertaining to the safe use, carrying, possession, maintenance and  stor-
age of a firearm; and (ii) persons who were licensed to possess a pistol
or  revolver  prior  to  the  effective  date  of this paragraph are not
required to have completed a firearms safety course and test;
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the  amend-
ments  made  to  paragraph (l) of subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of the
penal law made by section three of this act shall  take  effect  on  the
same  date and in the same manner as section 48 of chapter 1 of the laws
of 2013 takes effect.