Assembly Bill A3535

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the sheriff of any county to issue pistol permits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A3535 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3207
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6828
2017-2018: A6912, S908
2019-2020: A1595, S685
2023-2024: A1843, S690

2021-A3535 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the sheriff of any county outside the city of New York to issue pistol permits upon the approval of the county clerk.

2021-A3535 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3535
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HAWLEY, ASHBY, BLANKENBUSH, DeSTEFANO, DiPIETRO,
   FRIEND, J. M. GIGLIO, B. MILLER, MORINELLO,  SALKA,  SMULLEN  --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the sheriff of
   any county to issue pistol permits

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section  265.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  210  of  the  laws  of 1999, is amended to read as
 follows:
   10. "Licensing officer" means in the  city  of  New  York  the  police
 commissioner  of  that city; in the county of Nassau the commissioner of
 police of that county; [in the county of Suffolk  the  sheriff  of  that
 county  except]  in  the towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip
 and Smithtown, the commissioner of police of [that] SUFFOLK county;  for
 the  purposes  of  section  400.01 of this chapter the superintendent of
 state police; and elsewhere in the state a judge or justice of  a  court
 of  record  having  his  office in the county of issuance.  A LICENSE TO
 CARRY OR POSSESS A PISTOL OR REVOLVER UNDER SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAP-
 TER MAY ALSO BE ISSUED BY THE SHERIFF OF A COUNTY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK IF SUCH SHERIFF ELECTS TO BECOME A LICENSING OFFICER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02047-01-1

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