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                                  6524

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 26, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, KOLB, BARCLAY, BUTLER, HAWLEY, OAKS
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to pistol permit applications
  for military personnel

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4-a  of  section 400.00 of the penal law, as
added by chapter 233 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
  4-a. Processing of license  applications.  Applications  for  licenses
shall be accepted for processing by the licensing officer at the time of
presentment.  Except  upon  written notice to the applicant specifically
stating the reasons for any delay, in each case  the  licensing  officer
shall  act  upon  any application for a license pursuant to this section
within six months of the date of presentment of such an  application  to
the  appropriate  authority.  Such  delay may only be for good cause and
with respect to the  applicant.  In  acting  upon  an  application,  the
licensing  officer shall either deny the application for reasons specif-
ically and concisely stated in writing  or  grant  the  application  and
issue  the  license  applied  for. HOWEVER, AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE
PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR ANY MEMBER OF AN ACTIVE OR  RESERVE  COMPO-
NENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE ACTED UPON BY THE
LICENSING  OFFICER WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE DATE OF PRESENTMENT OF SUCH
AN APPLICATION TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY.
  S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 400.15  to  read
as follows:
S 400.15 RECIPROCITY FOR QUALIFIED MILITARY PERSONNEL.
  1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
MEMBER OF AN ACTIVE OR RESERVE COMPONENT OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE
UNITED  STATES  WHO  IS  DULY  LICENSED  TO CARRY A PISTOL OR FIREARM BY
ANOTHER JURISDICTION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE ALLOWED TO  CARRY
SUCH PISTOL OR FIREARM WITHIN NEW YORK STATE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOT TO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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EXCEED NINETY DAYS, AND FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME AN APPLICATION IS PENDING
UNDER SECTION FOUR HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE.
  2.  PERSONS  CARRYING  A  FIREARM UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
SHALL BE REQUIRED TO: (A) CARRY THE OUT-OF-STATE  PERMIT  TOGETHER  WITH
VALID  IDENTIFICATION  WHENEVER  THE  PERSON  IS  CARRYING THE PISTOL OR
FIREARM AND (B) DISCLOSE TO ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT THE  PERSON
HOLDS A VALID PERMIT AND IS CARRYING A PISTOL OR FIREARM WHEN APPROACHED
OR  ADDRESSED  BY THE OFFICER, AND SHALL DISPLAY BOTH THE PERMIT AND THE
PROPER IDENTIFICATION UPON THE REQUEST OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
  S 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become law.