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                                   5440
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SALKA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to lowering from 12 years  to
   10 years the minimum age of a child authorized to engage in supervised
   loading  and  firing  of  rifles, shotguns and pistols, and increasing
   from 18 years to 21 years the minimum age of the designated supervisor
   of such a child
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs  7,  7-c  and  7-d of subdivision a of section
 265.20 of the penal law, paragraph 7 as amended by chapter  180  of  the
 laws  of 1998, and paragraphs 7-c and 7-d as added by chapter 651 of the
 laws of 1996, are amended to read as follows:
   7. Possession, at an indoor or outdoor shooting range for the  purpose
 of  loading  and  firing, of a rifle or shotgun, the propelling force of
 which is gunpowder by a person under sixteen years of age but not  under
 [twelve]  TEN, under the immediate supervision, guidance and instruction
 of (a) a duly commissioned officer of the United States army, navy,  air
 force,  marine  corps  or  coast  guard, or of the national guard of the
 state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult citizen of  the  United
 States who has been granted a certificate as an instructor in small arms
 practice  issued  by  the  United States army, navy, air force or marine
 corps, or by the adjutant general of this  state,  or  by  the  national
 rifle  association  of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly organ-
 ized under the laws of this state; or  (c)  a  parent,  guardian,  or  a
 person  over  the  age of [eighteen] TWENTY-ONE designated in writing by
 such parent or guardian who shall have a certificate of qualification in
 responsible hunting, including safety, ethics, and landowner  relations-
 hunter  relations,  issued or honored by the department of environmental
 conservation; or (d) an agent of the department of environmental conser-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 vation appointed to conduct courses  in  responsible  hunting  practices
 pursuant to article eleven of the environmental conservation law.
   7-c.  Possession  for  the  purpose of loading and firing, of a rifle,
 pistol or shotgun, the propelling force of  which  may  be  either  air,
 compressed  gas  or  springs, by a person under sixteen years of age but
 not under [twelve] TEN, under the immediate  supervision,  guidance  and
 instruction  of  (a)  a  duly  commissioned officer of the United States
 army, navy, marine corps or coast guard, or of the national guard of the
 state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult citizen of  the  United
 States who has been granted a certificate as an instructor in small arms
 practice  issued  by the United States army, navy or marine corps, or by
 the adjutant general of this state, or by the national rifle association
 of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly organized under  the  laws
 of  this  state;  or (c) a parent, guardian, or a person over the age of
 [eighteen] TWENTY-ONE designated in writing by such parent  or  guardian
 who  shall  have  a certificate of qualification in responsible hunting,
 including safety,  ethics,  and  landowner  relations-hunter  relations,
 issued or honored by the department of environmental conservation.
   7-d.  Possession,  at  an  indoor  or  outdoor  shooting range for the
 purpose of loading and firing,  of  a  rifle,  pistol  or  shotgun,  the
 propelling  force of which may be either air, compressed gas or springs,
 by a person under [twelve] TEN years of age, under the immediate  super-
 vision,  guidance  and instruction of (a) a duly commissioned officer of
 the United States army, navy, marine corps or coast  guard,  or  of  the
 national  guard  of the state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult
 citizen of the United States who has been granted a  certificate  as  an
 instructor in small arms practice issued by the United States army, navy
 or  marine  corps,  or  by the adjutant general of this state, or by the
 national rifle association of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly
 organized under the laws of this state; or (c) a parent, guardian, or  a
 person  over  the  age of [eighteen] TWENTY-ONE designated in writing by
 such parent or guardian who shall have a certificate of qualification in
 responsible hunting, including safety, ethics, and landowner  relations-
 hunter  relations,  issued or honored by the department of environmental
 conservation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.