Assembly Bill A5599

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Makes it a ministerial process to amend a license to carry or possess a firearm

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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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2019-A5599 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.00 & 400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5594
2011-2012: A5119
2013-2014: A6666
2015-2016: A7092
2017-2018: A7357
2021-2022: A4756
2023-2024: A3657

2019-A5599 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes amendments to a license to carry or possess a firearm to be made by the filing officers or county clerk of each county, unless otherwise specified through resolution of the county's legislative body.

2019-A5599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5599
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MANKTELOW, HAWLEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
   A. STEC, WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  a  license  to  carry  or
   possess a firearm
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 10-a to read as follows:
   10-A.  "FILING  OFFICER" MEANS THE COUNTY CLERK OF EACH COUNTY, UNLESS
 OTHERWISE SPECIFIED THROUGH RESOLUTION BY THE COUNTY'S LEGISLATIVE BODY.
   § 2. Subdivisions 9, 10, 13 and 14 of section 400.00 of the penal law,
 subdivisions 9 and 10 as amended by chapter 1 of the laws  of  2013  and
 subdivision  14  as  amended  by  chapter  195  of the laws of 2005, are
 amended to read as follows:
   9. License: amendment. Elsewhere than in  the  city  of  New  York,  a
 person  licensed  to  carry or possess a pistol or revolver may apply at
 any time to [his or her licensing] THE FILING officer for  amendment  of
 his  or  her  license  to  include one or more such weapons or to cancel
 weapons held under license. [If granted, a] A record  of  the  amendment
 describing  the weapons involved shall be filed by the licensing officer
 in the executive department,  division  of  state  police,  Albany.  The
 superintendent  of  state  police  may  authorize that such amendment be
 completed and transmitted  to  the  state  police  in  electronic  form.
 Notification  of any change of residence shall be made in writing by any
 licensee within ten days after such change occurs, and a record of  such
 change shall be inscribed by such licensee on the reverse side of his or
 her license. Elsewhere than in the city of New York, and in the counties
 of  Nassau and Suffolk, such notification shall be made to the executive
 department, division of state police, Albany, and in  the  city  of  New
 York  to  the  police  commissioner  of  that city, and in the county of
 Nassau to the police commissioner of that county, and in the  county  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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