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                                   3902
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law,  in  relation  to the possession of
   disguised knives
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 26 to read as follows:
   26. "DISGUISED KNIFE" MEANS ANY KNIFE WHICH IS DESIGNED TO  APPEAR  AS
 AN  OBJECT OTHER THAN A KNIFE, SUCH AS A COMB, WRITING INSTRUMENT, CIGA-
 RETTE LIGHTER OR OTHER OBJECT COMMONLY CARRIED ON THE PERSON, AND  WHICH
 INCLUDES A BLADE CONCEALED WITHIN SUCH OBJECT.
   §  2.  Subdivisions  6, 7 and 8 of section 265.01 of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, are amended and a new subdivi-
 sion 9 is added to read as follows:
   (6) He OR SHE is a person who  has  been  certified  not  suitable  to
 possess a rifle or shotgun, as defined in subdivision sixteen of section
 265.00,  and  refuses  to yield possession of such rifle or shotgun upon
 the demand of a police officer. Whenever a person is certified not suit-
 able to possess a rifle or shotgun, a member of the police department to
 which such certification is made, or of the state police,  shall  forth-
 with  seize  any  rifle  or shotgun possessed by such person. A rifle or
 shotgun seized as herein provided shall not be destroyed, but  shall  be
 delivered  to  the  headquarters  of  such  police  department, or state
 police, and there retained until  the  aforesaid  certificate  has  been
 rescinded  by  the director or physician in charge, or other disposition
 of such rifle or shotgun has been ordered or authorized by  a  court  of
 competent jurisdiction[.]; OR
   (7)  He  OR  SHE  knowingly possesses a bullet containing an explosive
 substance designed to detonate upon impact[.]; OR

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (8) He OR SHE possesses any armor piercing ammunition with  intent  to
 use the same unlawfully against another[.]; OR
   (9) HE OR SHE POSSESSES ANY DISGUISED KNIFE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.