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                                   6425
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to reciprocity for 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. AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION FOR ANY ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED
 STATES SHALL BE ACTED UPON BY THE LICENSING OFFICER WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF
 THE DATE OF SUBMISSION OF SUCH AN APPLICATION TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHOR-
 ITY  PROVIDED SUCH ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES IS DULY LICENSED TO
 CARRY A PISTOL OR FIREARM BY  ANOTHER  JURISDICTION  WITHIN  THE  UNITED
 STATES.  NOTHING  SHALL  PROSCRIBE  THE ISSUING OF A LICENSE PURSUANT TO
 THIS SECTION SO LONG AS THE APPLICANT WHO IS AN  ACTIVE  MEMBER  OF  THE
 ARMED  FORCES,  SUBMITS  THE  APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTATION ACCOMPANYING THE
 APPLICATION AND SUBMITS PROOF OF A PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED LICENSE ISSUED BY
 ANOTHER STATE.
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 400.15  to  read
 as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 § 400.15 RECIPROCITY FOR QUALIFIED MILITARY PERSONNEL.
   1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 ACTIVE MEMBER 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 EXCEED NINETY DAYS,  AND  FOR
 THE  PERIOD  OF  TIME  AN APPLICATION IS PENDING UNDER SECTION 400.00 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 MILITARY 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 MILITARY IDENTIFICATION UPON THE REQUEST OF A LAW
 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.