Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 06, 2022 |
referred to local governments |
Assembly Bill A10613
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BENEDETTO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Nathalia Fernandez
2021-A10613 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Local Governments
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §97-a, Gen Muni L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
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A4484
2021-A10613 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the regulation of municipal shooting ranges, including limiting the hours of operation and addressing noise pollution; directs the department of health to conduct a study describing the contaminants and other pollutants in the ground and water bodies adjacent to certain shooting ranges.
2021-A10613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10613 I N A S S E M B L Y July 6, 2022 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Benedetto) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to municipal shooting ranges; and directing the department of health to conduct a study describing the contaminants and other pollutants in the ground and water bodies adjacent to certain shooting ranges THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 97-a to read as follows: § 97-A. MUNICIPAL SHOOTING RANGES. 1. ALL SHOOTING RANGES OWNED OR USED BY A MUNICIPALITY, INCLUDING SHOOTING RANGES USED BY LAW ENFORCE- MENT FOR TRAINING PURPOSES, SHALL ONLY BE IN OPERATION BETWEEN EIGHT A.M. AND EIGHT P.M. AND ONLY OPERATE ONE WEEKEND PER MONTH. 2. SUCH SHOOTING RANGES SHALL BE FULLY ENCLOSED WITH PROPER SOUND ABATEMENT AND ANY BOMBS DETONATED AT SUCH SHOOTING RANGE SHALL BE PERFORMED IN A FULLY ENCLOSED AREA. ANY NOISE OR NOISE POLLUTION RESULTING FROM THE ACTIVITY ON SUCH SHOOTING RANGE SHALL BE IN COMPLI- ANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE NOISE CONTROL LAWS OR ORDINANCES, OR, IF THE APPLICABLE NOISE CONTROL LAWS OR ORDINANCES HAVE NO LEGAL FORCE AND EFFECT AGAINST SUCH OWNER OR USER OR THERE ARE NO APPLICABLE NOISE CONTROL LAWS OR ORDINANCES AT THE TIME OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THEN THE A-WEIGHTED SOUND LEVEL OF SMALL ARMS FIRE ON THE SHOOTING RANGE SHALL NOT EXCEED 90 DB(A) FOR ONE HOUR OUT OF A DAY, OR SHALL NOT EXCEED 80 DB(A) FOR EIGHT HOURS OUT OF A DAY MEASURED AT, OR ADJUSTED TO, A DISTANCE OF ONE HUNDRED FEET OUTSIDE THE REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF THE SHOOTING RANGE. 3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A) "SHOOTING RANGE" SHALL MEAN A RANGE EQUIPPED WITH TARGETS FOR USE WITH FIREARMS AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ALL RIFLE, PISTOL AND SHOTGUN RANGES AND RANGES USED FOR TRAINING LAW ENFORCEMENT, INCLUDING RANGES USED FOR AUTOMATIC AND SEMIAUTOMATIC WEAPONS AND THE DETONATION OF BOMBS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15023-02-2
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