Bill Text: NY A06187 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Imposes civil penalties for the improper disposition of a firearm.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to codes [A06187 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06187-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6187
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 27, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
        AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to the imposition of civil
          penalties for the improper disposition of a firearm
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 80.20 to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 80.20 Civil fines for the improper disposition of a firearm.
     4    1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and in addition
     5  to any other fine, penalty or term  of  imprisonment  authorized  to  be
     6  imposed  pursuant  to this chapter, any person who: (a) sells, transfers
     7  or disposes of a firearm for which he or she is the owner without legal-
     8  ly transferring the title of such firearm to the new owner; or (b) fails
     9  to report a firearm for which he or she is the owner as lost or  stolen;
    10  shall be subject to a civil penalty as follows:
    11    (i)  for  failure to legally transfer a firearm or report a firearm as
    12  lost or stolen, such owner shall be subject to a  civil  penalty  in  an
    13  amount not to exceed two thousand dollars;
    14    (ii)  for failure to legally transfer a firearm or report a firearm as
    15  lost or stolen and such firearm is used in the commission of a misdemea-
    16  nor, such owner shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not  to
    17  exceed four thousand dollars;
    18    (iii) for failure to legally transfer a firearm or report a firearm as
    19  lost  or  stolen and such firearm is used in the commission of a felony,
    20  such owner shall be subject to a civil  penalty  in  an  amount  not  to
    21  exceed six thousand dollars.
    22    2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to peace officers or
    23  federal  law  enforcement  officers as such terms are defined in article
    24  two of the criminal procedure law.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    26  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.
                                                                   LBD10231-01-7