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                                   10701
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 9, 2022
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Gallahan,
   Angelino, Barclay, Byrnes, DeStefano, J. M. Giglio,  Goodell,  Hawley,
   Lemondes, Manktelow, McDonough, B. Miller, Morinello, Palmesano, Simp-
   son, Smullen, Walsh, E. Brown, Salka) -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the possession
   of  a  firearm,  shotgun or rifle in certain sport shooting and target
   practice facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (o) and (p) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-e
 of  the  penal  law,  as  added  by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, are
 amended to read as follows:
   (o) any establishment issued a license  for  [on-premise]  ON-PREMISES
 consumption  pursuant to article four, four-A, five, or six of the alco-
 holic beverage control law where alcohol is consumed and any  establish-
 ment  licensed  under  article four of the cannabis law for [on-premise]
 ON-PREMISES consumption, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH ESTABLISHMENT DOES
 NOT HAVE A PRIMARY PURPOSE OF FACILITATING  SPORT  SHOOTING  AND  TARGET
 PRACTICE ACTIVITIES;
   (p)  any place used for the performance, art entertainment, gaming, or
 sporting events such as theaters, stadiums, racetracks, museums,  amuse-
 ment  parks, performance venues, concerts, exhibits, conference centers,
 banquet halls, and gaming facilities and video lottery terminal  facili-
 ties as licensed by the gaming commission, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTH-
 ING  IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PROHIBIT THE OTHERWISE LAWFUL POSSESSION OF
 A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN IN SUCH A LOCATION WHEN  POSSESSED  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  PARTICIPATING  IN  SHOOTING  SPORTS, INCLUDING PRACTICE AND
 COMPETITION;
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 if  chapter  371  of  the laws of 2022 shall not have taken effect on or
 before such date then section one of this act shall take effect  on  the
 same  date  and  in the same manner as such chapter of the laws of 2022,
 takes effect.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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