Assembly Bill A2957A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Designates the sheriff of the county of Albany, and the judges and justices of courts of record as firearms licensing officers for the county of Albany

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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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2017-A2957 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S907
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A10647, S7606

2017-A2957 - Summary

Designates the sheriff of the county of Albany, and the judges and justices of courts of record in such county as firearms licensing officers for the county of Albany; and authorizes, in the county of Albany, the possession of a pistol or revolver while attending a firearms familiarity, safety, loading and firing course conducted by the office of the sheriff.

2017-A2957 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2957
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to designating the sheriff of
   the  county  of  Albany  as  a  licensing  officer for the purposes of
   firearms and authorizing the possession in the county of Albany  of  a
   pistol  or  revolver  while  attending a firearms familiarity, safety,
   loading and firing course conducted by the office of  the  sheriff  of
   such  county;  and  providing  for  the repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Subdivision  10  of section 265.00 of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 210 of the laws  of  1999,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   10.  "Licensing  officer"  means  in  the  city of New York the police
 commissioner of that city; in the county of Nassau the  commissioner  of
 police  of  that  county;  in  the county of Suffolk the sheriff of that
 county except in the towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip and
 Smithtown, the commissioner of police of that county; IN THE  COUNTY  OF
 ALBANY  THE  SHERIFF  OF THE COUNTY, OR A JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF A COURT OF
 RECORD HAVING HIS OR HER OFFICE IN SUCH  COUNTY;  for  the  purposes  of
 section  400.01  of this chapter the superintendent of state police; and
 elsewhere in the state a judge or justice of a court  of  record  having
 his office in the county of issuance.
   §  2.   Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph 7-g to read as follows:
   7-G. IN THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, POSSESSION OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER BY  A
 PERSON  WHO  HAS APPLIED, TO THE LICENSING OFFICER OF SUCH COUNTY, FOR A
 LICENSE TO POSSESS A PISTOL OR REVOLVER, WHO  HAS  NOT  BEEN  PREVIOUSLY
 DENIED A LICENSE, BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY OR SERIOUS OFFENSE, A FUGI-
 TIVE  FROM  JUSTICE,  AND WHO DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE, OR POSE A THREAT TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2017-A2957A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S907
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A10647, S7606

2017-A2957A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates the sheriff of the county of Albany, and the judges and justices of courts of record in such county as firearms licensing officers for the county of Albany; and authorizes, in the county of Albany, the possession of a pistol or revolver while attending a firearms familiarity, safety, loading and firing course conducted by the office of the sheriff.

2017-A2957A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2957--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. McDONALD, MORINELLO, STECK, FAHY -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M. of A. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the  Committee
   on  Codes  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to designating the sheriff of
   the county of Albany as  a  licensing  officer  for  the  purposes  of
   firearms  and  authorizing the possession in the county of Albany of a
   pistol or revolver while attending  a  firearms  familiarity,  safety,
   loading  and  firing  course conducted by the office of the sheriff of
   such county; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph 7-g to read as follows:
   7-G. POSSESSION OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER BY A PERSON WHO HAS APPLIED TO
 THE APPROPRIATE LICENSING OFFICER IN ALBANY  COUNTY  FOR  A  LICENSE  TO
 POSSESS  A  PISTOL OR REVOLVER AND WHO APPEARS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE
 SUCH LICENSE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAP-
 TER AND WHERE SUCH POSSESSION IS: (I) OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER OWNED BY A
 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; AND (II) AT A FIREARMS  TRAINING  FACILITY
 OPERATED  BY  SUCH  AGENCY  WHILE  UNDER  THE  SUPERVISION, GUIDANCE AND
 INSTRUCTION OF A POLICE OFFICER DURING A FIREARMS  FAMILIARITY,  SAFETY,
 LOADING  AND  FIRING COURSE CONDUCTED BY SUCH AGENCY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL ONLY APPLY IN ALBANY COUNTY AND ONLY WHERE THE
 COUNTY OPTS BY LOCAL LAW TO REQUIRE SUCH A COURSE BEFORE A PERSON MAY BE
 ISSUED A LICENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER. PRIOR TO  A
 COURSE  BEING  CONDUCTED  BY  A  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY PURSUANT TO THIS
 PARAGRAPH, SUCH COURSE SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE
 STATE  POLICE  AND  SHALL BE PERIODICALLY REVIEWED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT
 FOR  COMPLIANCE  WITH  APPLICABLE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS.  ANY  COURSE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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