Bill Text: NY A05699 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits individuals adjudicated as youthful offenders for any offense listed under article one hundred twenty-five of the penal law, from possessing firearms, rifles and shotguns.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-27 - held for consideration in codes [A05699 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05699-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5699
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 25, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BARCLAY, MONTESANO, CALHOUN, BURLING, MOLINARO,
         CORWIN, FINCH, OAKS, HAWLEY, MALLIOTAKIS -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.
         of  A.  GOODELL,  KOLB  --  read once and referred to the Committee on
         Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  prohibiting  individuals
         adjudicated as youthful offenders from possessing certain weapons
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
    2  "Nikki's law".
    3    S  2.    Section  265.01  of  the penal law is amended by adding a new
    4  subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
    5    (4-A) HE POSSESSES A RIFLE OR SHOTGUN AND HAS BEEN  ADJUDICATED  AS  A
    6  YOUTHFUL  OFFENDER  ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE
    7  LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN WHICH ADDED THIS SUBDIVISION FOR ANY OFFENSE
    8  LISTED UNDER ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER UNLESS SUCH
    9  PERSON HAS BEEN GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF RELIEF FROM DISABILITIES PURSU-
   10  ANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THE CORRECTION LAW; OR
   11    S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of the penal law  is  amended  by
   12  adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
   13    (C-1)  WHO HAS NOT BEEN ADJUDICATED AS A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER ON OR AFTER
   14  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND  ELEVEN
   15  WHICH  ADDED  THIS  PARAGRAPH  FOR  ANY OFFENSE LISTED UNDER ARTICLE ONE
   16  HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER UNLESS SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN  GRANTED
   17  A   CERTIFICATE   OF   RELIEF  FROM  DISABILITIES  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
   18  TWENTY-THREE OF THE CORRECTION LAW;
   19    S 4. 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.
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