Bill Text: NY A03902 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the possession of any disguised knife shall be a class A misdemeanor of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree; defines the term "disguised knife".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to codes [A03902 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03902-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3902
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal  law,  in  relation  to the possession of
          disguised knives
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 26 to read as follows:
     3    26. "Disguised knife" means any knife which is designed to  appear  as
     4  an  object other than a knife, such as a comb, writing instrument, ciga-
     5  rette lighter or other object commonly carried on the person, and  which
     6  includes a blade concealed within such object.
     7    §  2.  Subdivisions  6, 7 and 8 of section 265.01 of the penal law, as
     8  amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, are amended and a new subdivi-
     9  sion 9 is added to read as follows:
    10    (6) He or she is a person who  has  been  certified  not  suitable  to
    11  possess a rifle or shotgun, as defined in subdivision sixteen of section
    12  265.00,  and  refuses  to yield possession of such rifle or shotgun upon
    13  the demand of a police officer. Whenever a person is certified not suit-
    14  able to possess a rifle or shotgun, a member of the police department to
    15  which such certification is made, or of the state police,  shall  forth-
    16  with  seize  any  rifle  or shotgun possessed by such person. A rifle or
    17  shotgun seized as herein provided shall not be destroyed, but  shall  be
    18  delivered  to  the  headquarters  of  such  police  department, or state
    19  police, and there retained until  the  aforesaid  certificate  has  been
    20  rescinded  by  the director or physician in charge, or other disposition
    21  of such rifle or shotgun has been ordered or authorized by  a  court  of
    22  competent jurisdiction[.]; or
    23    (7)  He  or  she  knowingly possesses a bullet containing an explosive
    24  substance designed to detonate upon impact[.]; or
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 3902                             2
     1    (8) He or she possesses any armor piercing ammunition with  intent  to
     2  use the same unlawfully against another[.]; or
     3    (9) He or she possesses any disguised knife.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
     5  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.