Bill Text: NY A05569 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5569 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the possession and use of a single shot .22 caliber rifle by a person eleven years of age on a rifle range while supervised at an indoor or outdoor shooting range.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-17 - held for consideration in codes [A05569 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05569-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5569
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 13, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL, FRIEND -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to lawful possession of weap-
          ons by persons eleven years of age
          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 7-g to read as follows:
     3    7-g. Possession and use, at an indoor or outdoor shooting  range,  the
     4  layout and operation of which conform to guidelines and operating stand-
     5  ards  established  by the national council of the Boy Scouts of America,
     6  for the purpose of loading and firing  of  a  single  shot  .22  caliber
     7  rifle,  the  propelling  force of which is gunpowder, by a person eleven
     8  years of age who  is  under  the  immediate  supervision,  guidance  and
     9  instruction  of  (a)  a  duly  commissioned officer of the United States
    10  army, navy, marine corps, air force or coast guard, or of  the  national
    11  guard of the state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult citizen of
    12  the  United  States  at  least  twenty-one years of age who (i) has been
    13  granted a certificate as a rifle instructor issued by the United  States
    14  army,  navy,  marine corps, air force or coast guard, or by the adjutant
    15  general of this state, or by the national rifle association of  America,
    16  a  not-for-profit  corporation  duly  organized  under  the laws of this
    17  state, or (ii) has been certified as a shooting sports director by a Boy
    18  Scouts of America national camping school.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    20  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09249-01-9