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                                   9917
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 22, 2018
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 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring application for
   a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver to  be  acted  upon
   within 180 days of the receipt thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of  section  400.00  of  the
 penal  law,  as  amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) (I) Applications shall be made and  renewed,  in  the  case  of  a
 license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, to the licensing offi-
 cer  in  the  city  or  county,  as the case may be, where the applicant
 resides, is principally employed or has his or her  principal  place  of
 business  as  merchant  or storekeeper; and, in the case of a license as
 gunsmith or dealer in firearms, to  the  licensing  officer  where  such
 place  of  business  is located. Blank applications shall, except in the
 city of New York, be approved as to form by the superintendent of  state
 police.  An  application shall state the full name, date of birth, resi-
 dence, present occupation of each person or individual signing the same,
 whether or not he or she is a citizen of the United States,  whether  or
 not  he  or she complies with each requirement for eligibility specified
 in subdivision one of this section  and  such  other  facts  as  may  be
 required  to  show  the good character, competency and integrity of each
 person or individual signing the application. An  application  shall  be
 signed  and verified by the applicant. Each individual signing an appli-
 cation shall submit one photograph of himself or herself and a duplicate
 for each required copy of the application. Such photographs  shall  have
 been  taken  within thirty days prior to filing the application. In case
 of a license as gunsmith or dealer in firearms, the photographs  submit-
 ted shall be two inches square, and the application shall also state the
 previous occupation of each individual signing the same and the location
 of  the  place  of  such  business, or of the bureau, agency, subagency,
 office or branch office for which the license is sought, specifying  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 name  of the city, town or village, indicating the street and number and
 otherwise giving such apt description as to  point  out  reasonably  the
 location  thereof. In such case, if the applicant is a firm, partnership
 or  corporation,  its  name,  date and place of formation, and principal
 place of business shall be stated. For such  firm  or  partnership,  the
 application shall be signed and verified by each individual composing or
 intending to compose the same, and for such corporation, by each officer
 thereof.
   (II)  IN THE CASE OF EACH APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF A
 LICENSE TO CARRY OR POSSESS A PISTOL OR REVOLVER, THE LICENSING  OFFICER
 SHALL  PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE APPLICANT OF THE APPROVAL OR DENIAL
 OF SUCH APPLICATION WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THE
 APPLICATION BY THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY OR CITY. IN THE EVENT SUCH  NOTICE
 IS NOT PROVIDED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS, THE COUNTY OR CITY SHALL
 PROVIDE  TO  THE  APPLICANT, A REFUND OF ALL FEES AND CHARGES ASSOCIATED
 WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION, UNLESS THE  FAILURE  TO  PROVIDE
 TIMELY  NOTICE  WAS DUE TO A FACTOR OR FACTORS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE
 CITY OR COUNTY AND THE LICENSING OFFICER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.