Assembly Bill A6828

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Restricts the locations of gunsmiths and dealers in firearms in relation to day cares, educational facilities, and places of worship

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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-A6828 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A638
2021-2022: A1267
2023-2024: A766

2017-A6828 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restricts the locations of gunsmiths and dealers in firearms in relation to child day care or educational facilities, and places of worship.

2017-A6828 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6828
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to restricting the  locations
   of  gunsmiths and dealers in firearms in relation to day cares, educa-
   tional facilities, and places of worship

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 400.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 18 to read as follows:
   18. NO LICENSE SHALL BE GRANTED FOR ANY GUNSMITH OR DEALER IN FIREARMS
 TO OPERATE:
   (A) ON THE SAME STREET OR AVENUE AND WITHIN FIVE  HUNDRED  FEET  OF  A
 BUILDING OCCUPIED AS A CHILD DAY CARE OR EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, OR EXCLU-
 SIVELY OCCUPIED AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP; OR
   (B)  IN A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE HAVING A POPULATION OF TWENTY THOUSAND
 OR MORE WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF THREE OR MORE EXISTING GUNSMITHS  OR
 DEALERS IN FIREARMS LICENSED AND OPERATING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION; AND
   (C) THE MEASUREMENTS IN PARAGRAPHS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION ARE
 TO BE TAKEN IN STRAIGHT LINES FROM THE CENTER OF THE NEAREST ENTRANCE OF
 THE PREMISES SOUGHT TO BE LICENSED TO THE CENTER OF THE NEAREST ENTRANCE
 OF  SUCH  CHILD  DAY  CARE  OR  EDUCATIONAL  FACILITY, OR OTHER PLACE OF
 WORSHIP OR TO THE CENTER OF THE NEAREST ENTRANCE OF EACH  SUCH  PREMISES
 OF  EXISTING  GUNSMITHS  OR  DEALERS  IN FIREARMS LICENSED AND OPERATING
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION; EXCEPT, HOWEVER,  THAT  NO  LICENSE  SHALL  BE
 DENIED TO ANY PREMISES AT WHICH A LICENSE UNDER THIS CHAPTER HAS BEEN IN
 EXISTENCE  CONTINUOUSLY FROM A DATE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHEN A BUILDING ON
 THE SAME STREET OR AVENUE AND WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF SAID  PREMISES
 HAS BEEN OCCUPIED AS A CHILD DAY CARE OR EDUCATIONAL FACILITY, OR EXCLU-
 SIVELY  OCCUPIED AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP; AND EXCEPT THAT NO LICENSE SHALL
 BE DENIED TO ANY PREMISES, WHICH IS WITHIN FIVE HUNDRED FEET OF THREE OR
 MORE EXISTING GUNSMITHS OR DEALERS IN FIREARMS  LICENSED  AND  OPERATING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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