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                                   3125
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee 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.