STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6853

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 8, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes

        AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring application for
          a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver to  be  acted  upon
          within 180 days of the receipt thereof

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of  section  400.00  of  the
     2  penal  law, as amended by chapter 212 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (a) (i) Applications shall be made and  renewed,  in  the  case  of  a
     5  license  to carry or possess a pistol or revolver or to purchase or take
     6  possession of a semiautomatic rifle, to the  licensing  officer  in  the
     7  city  or  county,  as  the  case may be, where the applicant resides, is
     8  principally employed or has his or her principal place  of  business  as
     9  merchant  or  storekeeper;  and, in the case of a license as gunsmith or
    10  dealer in firearms, to the licensing officer where such place  of  busi-
    11  ness  is  located.  Blank  applications shall, except in the city of New
    12  York, be approved as to form by the superintendent of state  police.  An
    13  application shall state the full name, date of birth, residence, present
    14  occupation of each person or individual signing the same, whether or not
    15  he  or  she  is a citizen of the United States, whether or not he or she
    16  complies with each requirement for eligibility specified in  subdivision
    17  one  of this section and such other facts as may be required to show the
    18  good character, competency and integrity of each  person  or  individual
    19  signing  the application. An application shall be signed and verified by
    20  the applicant. Each individual signing an application shall  submit  one
    21  photograph  of himself or herself and a duplicate for each required copy
    22  of the application. Such photographs shall have been taken within thirty
    23  days prior to filing the application. In case of a license  as  gunsmith
    24  or  dealer  in  firearms,  the photographs submitted shall be two inches

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05599-01-3

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     1  square, and the application shall also state the previous occupation  of
     2  each  individual  signing the same and the location of the place of such
     3  business, or of the bureau, agency, subagency, office or  branch  office
     4  for  which  the license is sought, specifying the name of the city, town
     5  or village, indicating the street and number and otherwise  giving  such
     6  apt description as to point out reasonably the location thereof. In such
     7  case,  if the applicant is a firm, partnership or corporation, its name,
     8  date and place of formation, and principal place of  business  shall  be
     9  stated.  For  such  firm or partnership, the application shall be signed
    10  and verified by each individual composing or intending  to  compose  the
    11  same, and for such corporation, by each officer thereof.
    12    (ii)  In the case of each application for the issuance or renewal of a
    13  license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, the licensing  officer
    14  shall  provide written notice to the applicant of the approval or denial
    15  of such application within one hundred eighty days of the receipt of the
    16  application by the appropriate county or city. In the event such  notice
    17  is not provided within one hundred eighty days, the county or city shall
    18  provide  to  the  applicant, a refund of all fees and charges associated
    19  with the submission of the application, unless the  failure  to  provide
    20  timely  notice  was due to a factor or factors beyond the control of the
    21  city or county and the licensing officer.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    23  have become a law.