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                                   3125
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to permitting security  guard
   companies in certain instances to perform security related work in the
   city  of  New  York  by armed guards without obtaining a New York city
   firearms special permit

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of  section  400.00  of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 318 of the laws  of  2002,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  License:  validity.  Any  license  issued pursuant to this section
 shall be valid notwithstanding the provisions of any local law or  ordi-
 nance.    No  license shall be transferable to any other person or prem-
 ises. A license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, not  otherwise
 limited as to place or time of possession, shall be effective throughout
 the  state,  except  that the same shall not be valid within the city of
 New York unless a special permit granting  validity  is  issued  by  the
 police commissioner of that city. Such license to carry or possess shall
 be  valid  within the city of New York in the absence of a permit issued
 by the police commissioner of that city, provided that (a) the  firearms
 covered by such license have been purchased from a licensed dealer with-
 in  the  city  of  New  York  and are being transported out of said city
 forthwith and immediately from said dealer by the licensee in  a  locked
 container  during  a continuous and uninterrupted trip; or provided that
 (b) the firearms covered by such license are being  transported  by  the
 licensee in a locked container and the trip through the city of New York
 is  continuous  and  uninterrupted;  or  provided  that (c) the firearms
 covered by such license are  carried  by  armored  car  security  guards
 transporting  money  or  other valuables, in, to, or from motor vehicles
 commonly known as armored cars, during the course of  their  employment;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 or  provided that (d) the licensee is a retired police officer as police
 officer is defined pursuant to subdivision thirty-four of  section  1.20
 of the criminal procedure law or a retired federal law enforcement offi-
 cer,  as  defined in section 2.15 of the criminal procedure law, who has
 been issued a license by an authorized licensing officer as  defined  in
 subdivision  ten  of  section 265.00 of this chapter; provided, further,
 however, that if such license was not issued in the city of New York  it
 must be marked "Retired Police Officer" or "Retired Federal Law Enforce-
 ment Officer", as the case may be, and, in the case of a retired officer
 the  license  shall  be  deemed  to  permit  only  police or federal law
 enforcement regulations weapons; or provided that (e) the licensee is  a
 peace officer described in subdivision four of section 2.10 of the crim-
 inal  procedure law and the license, if issued by other than the city of
 New York, is marked "New York State Tax Department Peace Officer" and in
 such case the exemption shall apply only to the firearm issued  to  such
 licensee by the department of taxation and finance; OR PROVIDED THAT (F)
 THE LICENSEE IS A SPECIAL ARMED GUARD DULY REGISTERED AND IN GOOD STAND-
 ING  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVEN-A OF THE
 GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, OR IS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR DULY LICENSED AND  IN
 GOOD  STANDING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVEN OF
 THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW.  A license as gunsmith or dealer  in  firearms
 shall not be valid outside the city or county, as the case may be, where
 issued.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.