Bill Text: NY A01896 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows security guards licensed as armed security guards and licensed private investigators to possess high capacity magazines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to codes [A01896 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01896-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1896
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CROUCH,  BARCLAY,  DUPREY, FINCH, McDONOUGH,
         MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  OAKS  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exemptions for possession
         of firearms and other dangerous weapons
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended
    2  by adding a new paragraph 17 to read as follows:
    3    17.  POSSESSION  OF  A  LARGE  CAPACITY  AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE, AS
    4  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION 265.00 OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
    5  BY  LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS REGISTERED UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE
    6  GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, ARMED SECURITY GUARDS LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
    7  SEVEN-A OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS  LAW  OR  ARMORED  CAR  GUARDS  LICENSED
    8  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT-C OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW WHO POSSESS A
    9  VALID PISTOL LICENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER AND HAVE
   10  SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FORTY-SEVEN  HOUR  FIREARMS  TRAINING  COURSE
   11  SPECIFIED  IN SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-N OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW WHILE IN
   12  THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES.
   13    S 2.  Section 265.20 of the penal law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
   14  subdivision f to read as follows:
   15    F.  SECTION  265.01 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO POSSESSION OF A
   16  TRUNCHEON, BATON, BLUDGEON, BILLY CLUB, BLACKJACK, OR SIMILAR TYPE WEAP-
   17  ON BY A LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, A LICENSED ARMED SECURITY OFFICER
   18  OR ARMORED CAR GUARD.  SUCH OFFICER OR GUARD SHALL BE REQUIRED  TO  HAVE
   19  APPROPRIATE  TRAINING,  AS  THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE, BY REGU-
   20  LATION, MAY PRESCRIBE, IN THE USE OF  SUCH  WEAPON,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
   21  LIMITED TO THE DEFENSIVE USE OF SUCH WEAPON AND INSTRUCTION IN THE LEGAL
   22  USE  OF  DEADLY  PHYSICAL  FORCE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-FIVE OF THIS
   23  CHAPTER. THE POSSESSION OF SUCH WEAPON SHALL  ONLY  BE  PERMITTED  UNDER
   24  THIS  SECTION WHEN SUCH OFFICER OR GUARD IS ENGAGED IN HIS OR HER LAWFUL
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05273-01-5
       A. 1896                             2
    1  DUTIES RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT AS A LICENSED  ARMED  SECURITY  OFFICER  OR
    2  ARMORED  CAR  GUARD,  OR  IN THE TRANSPORTATION TO OR FROM SUCH PERSON'S
    3  HOME TO OR FROM HIS OR HER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
    4    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    5  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the superintendent of
    6  state police may promulgate any rule or regulation related to the train-
    7  ing  requirement  under subdivision f of section 265.20 of the penal law
    8  as added by section two of this act.