Assembly Bill A2571

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to unfinished frames and receivers

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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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2021-A2571 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§265.00, 265.20 & 265.01, add §265.07, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A8650

2021-A2571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to unfinished frames and receivers; establishes the crime of criminal sale of an unfinished frame or receiver.

2021-A2571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2571
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to unfinished frames and
   receivers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  8  of  section  265.00  of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 189 of the laws  of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   8.  "Gunsmith"  means  any  person,  firm, partnership, corporation or
 company who engages in the business of repairing, altering,  assembling,
 manufacturing,   cleaning,  polishing,  engraving  or  trueing,  or  who
 performs any mechanical operation on, any firearm, large capacity  ammu-
 nition feeding device or machine-gun  AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ASSEMBLING,
 MANUFACTURING,  FABRICATING, BUILDING, OR FITTING TOGETHER THE COMPONENT
 PARTS OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE FIREARM,
 RIFLE OR SHOTGUN IS INTENDED FOR PERSONAL USE, COMMERCIAL SALE,  OR  ANY
 OTHER PURPOSE.
   §  2.  The opening paragraph of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the
 penal law, as separately amended by chapters 130 and 134 of the laws  of
 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   Paragraph (h) of subdivision twenty-two of section 265.00 and sections
 265.01, 265.01-a, subdivision one of section 265.01-b, 265.01-c, 265.02,
 265.03,  265.04, 265.05, 265.07, 265.10, 265.11, 265.12, 265.13, 265.15,
 265.36, 265.37 and 270.05 shall not apply to:
   § 3. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 32 to read as follows:
   32. "UNFINISHED FRAME OR RECEIVER" MEANS A  FRAME  OR  RECEIVER  OF  A
 FIREARM,  RIFLE OR SHOTGUN WHOSE FIRE-CONTROL CAVITY IS COMPLETELY SOLID
 AND UN-MACHINED, AND WHICH MAY READILY BE MADE INTO A  FUNCTIONAL  FRAME
 OR  RECEIVER  THROUGH  MILLING, DRILLING OR OTHER MEANS AND INCLUDES ANY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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