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                                   3452
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring application for
   a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver to  be  acted  upon
   within 180 days of the receipt thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of  section  400.00  of  the
 penal  law, as amended by chapter 212 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) (I) Applications shall be made and  renewed,  in  the  case  of  a
 license  to carry or possess a pistol or revolver or to purchase or take
 possession of a semiautomatic rifle, to the  licensing  officer  in  the
 city  or  county,  as  the  case may be, where the applicant resides, is
 principally employed or has [his or her] THEIR principal place of  busi-
 ness  as  merchant  or  storekeeper;  and,  in  the case of a license as
 gunsmith or dealer in firearms, to  the  licensing  officer  where  such
 place  of  business  is located. Blank applications shall, except in the
 city of New York, be approved as to form by the superintendent of  state
 police.  An  application shall state the full name, date of birth, resi-
 dence, present occupation of each person or individual signing the same,
 whether or not [he or she] SUCH INDIVIDUAL is a citizen  of  the  United
 States,  whether  or  not  [he  or  she  complies] THEY COMPLY with each
 requirement for eligibility specified in subdivision one of this section
 and such other facts as may be required  to  show  the  good  character,
 competency and integrity of each person or individual signing the appli-
 cation.  An  application  shall be signed and verified by the applicant.
 Each individual signing an application shall submit  one  photograph  of
 [himself  or herself] THEMSELF and a duplicate for each required copy of
 the application. Such photographs shall have been  taken  within  thirty
 days  prior  to filing the application. In case of a license as gunsmith
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 or dealer in firearms, the photographs submitted  shall  be  two  inches
 square,  and the application shall also state the previous occupation of
 each individual signing the same and the location of the place  of  such
 business,  or  of the bureau, agency, subagency, office or branch office
 for which the license is sought, specifying the name of the  city,  town
 or  village,  indicating the street and number and otherwise giving such
 apt description as to point out reasonably the location thereof. In such
 case, if the applicant is a firm, partnership or corporation, its  name,
 date  and  place  of formation, and principal place of business shall be
 stated. For such firm or partnership, the application  shall  be  signed
 and  verified  by  each individual composing or intending to compose the
 same, and for such corporation, by each officer thereof.
   (II) IN THE CASE OF EACH APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF  A
 LICENSE  TO CARRY OR POSSESS A PISTOL OR REVOLVER, THE LICENSING OFFICER
 SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE APPLICANT OF THE APPROVAL OR  DENIAL
 OF SUCH APPLICATION WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THE
 APPLICATION  BY THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY OR CITY. IN THE EVENT SUCH NOTICE
 IS NOT PROVIDED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS, THE COUNTY OR CITY SHALL
 PROVIDE TO THE APPLICANT, A REFUND OF ALL FEES  AND  CHARGES  ASSOCIATED
 WITH  THE  SUBMISSION  OF THE APPLICATION, UNLESS THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE
 TIMELY NOTICE WAS DUE TO A FACTOR OR FACTORS BEYOND THE CONTROL  OF  THE
 CITY OR COUNTY AND THE LICENSING OFFICER.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.