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                                   4208
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to pistol permit applications
   for military personnel
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  4-a  of  section 400.00 of the penal law, as
 added by chapter 233 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
   4-a. Processing of license  applications.  Applications  for  licenses
 shall be accepted for processing by the licensing officer at the time of
 presentment.  Except  upon  written notice to the applicant specifically
 stating the reasons for any delay, in each case  the  licensing  officer
 shall  act  upon  any application for a license pursuant to this section
 within six months of the date of presentment of such an  application  to
 the  appropriate  authority.  Such  delay may only be for good cause and
 with respect to the  applicant.  In  acting  upon  an  application,  the
 licensing  officer shall either deny the application for reasons specif-
 ically and concisely stated in writing  or  grant  the  application  and
 issue  the  license  applied  for. HOWEVER, AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR ANY MEMBER OF AN ACTIVE OR  RESERVE  COMPO-
 NENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE ACTED UPON BY THE
 LICENSING  OFFICER WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE DATE OF PRESENTMENT OF SUCH
 AN APPLICATION TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY.
   § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 400.15  to  read
 as follows:
 § 400.15 RECIPROCITY FOR QUALIFIED MILITARY PERSONNEL.
   1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 MEMBER OF AN ACTIVE OR RESERVE COMPONENT OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE
 UNITED  STATES  WHO  IS  DULY  LICENSED  TO CARRY A PISTOL OR FIREARM BY
 ANOTHER JURISDICTION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE ALLOWED TO  CARRY
 SUCH PISTOL OR FIREARM WITHIN NEW YORK STATE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOT TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 EXCEED NINETY DAYS, AND FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME AN APPLICATION IS PENDING
 UNDER SECTION 400.00 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  PERSONS  CARRYING  A  FIREARM UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE REQUIRED TO: (A) CARRY THE OUT-OF-STATE  PERMIT  TOGETHER  WITH
 VALID  IDENTIFICATION  WHENEVER  THE  PERSON  IS  CARRYING THE PISTOL OR
 FIREARM AND (B) DISCLOSE TO ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT THE  PERSON
 HOLDS A VALID PERMIT AND IS CARRYING A PISTOL OR FIREARM WHEN APPROACHED
 OR  ADDRESSED  BY THE OFFICER, AND SHALL DISPLAY BOTH THE PERMIT AND THE
 PROPER IDENTIFICATION UPON THE REQUEST OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.