Bill Text: NY A06418 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to licenses to carry and possess firearms for police officers; authorizes police officers to apply for a firearms license that is valid throughout the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to codes [A06418 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06418-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6418

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 17, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BARCLAY,  HAWLEY,  MORINELLO, BYRNE, REILLY,
          BYRNES, DeSTEFANO, SIMPSON, GALLAHAN, SALKA, LEMONDES, LAWLER,  BLANK-
          ENBUSH,  J. M. GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BROWN, MANKTE-
          LOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  licenses  to  carry  and
          possess firearms for police officers

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4-a of section 400.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  added by chapter 233 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
     3    4-a. Processing of license applications. (a) Applications for licenses
     4  shall be accepted for processing by the licensing officer at the time of
     5  presentment.  Except  upon  written notice to the applicant specifically
     6  stating the reasons for any delay, in each case  the  licensing  officer
     7  shall  act  upon  any application for a license pursuant to this section
     8  within six months of the date of presentment of such an  application  to
     9  the  appropriate  authority.  Such  delay may only be for good cause and
    10  with respect to the  applicant.  In  acting  upon  an  application,  the
    11  licensing  officer shall either deny the application for reasons specif-
    12  ically and concisely stated in writing  or  grant  the  application  and
    13  issue  the license applied for. A police officer who submits an applica-
    14  tion containing a certification or attestation from the law  enforcement
    15  agency or department from which he or she is employed which states he or
    16  she is in good standing, shall be presumptive evidence as to the fitness
    17  and qualification to carry and possess firearms. The licensing authority
    18  with jurisdiction in the county or city having a population of less than
    19  one  million,  shall  issue  a  license to carry and possess a pistol or
    20  revolver pursuant to this section within sixty days of a police  officer
    21  applicant's  submission and such license shall authorize the licensee to
    22  carry and possess firearms in every county and city in this state.
    23    (b) For the purposes of this section, "police officer"  shall  mean  a
    24  police officer, as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of
    25  the criminal procedure law.
    26    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02892-01-1