Bill Text: NY A02126 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the sale of ammunition for assault weapons; class E felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to codes [A02126 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A02126-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2126

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, CARROLL, COOK, DINOWITZ, GLICK, GRIFFIN --
          Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, COLTON, GOTTFRIED,
          HYNDMAN, LAVINE, REYES, WALKER, WILLIAMS -- read once and referred  to
          the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the sale of ammunition for
          assault weapons

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of  section  270.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  180  of  the  laws  of 1997, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    4. Sales of ammunition  not  prohibited.  Nothing  contained  in  this
     5  section shall be construed to prevent, or interfere in any way with, the
     6  sale  of ammunition for revolvers or pistols of any kind, or for rifles,
     7  shot guns, or other arms, belonging or which may belong to  any  persons
     8  whether  as sporting or hunting weapons or for the purpose of protection
     9  to them in their homes, or, as they may go abroad; and manufacturers are
    10  authorized to continue to manufacture, and wholesalers  and  dealers  to
    11  continue  to  deal  in and freely to sell ammunition to all such persons
    12  for such purposes. Provided, however, the sale of ammunition for assault
    13  weapons, as defined by subdivision twenty-two of section 265.00 of  this
    14  title, shall be limited to two times the capacity of an authorized weap-
    15  on  over  a one hundred twenty day period. For purposes of this subdivi-
    16  sion, "authorized weapon" shall mean a weapon registered  in  accordance
    17  with  subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter.  Notwith-
    18  standing any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the  violation  of
    19  this subdivision shall constitute a class E felony.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01045-01-1