Bill Text: NY A07921 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to possession of firearms on property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-04 - SIGNED CHAP.354 [A07921 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07921-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7921

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 28, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to possession of firearms  on
          property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF

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

     1    Section 1. Section 265.01-a of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of
     2  the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 265.01-a[.] Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.
     4    A person is guilty of  criminal  possession  of  a  weapon  on  school
     5  grounds  when  he or she knowingly has in his or her possession a rifle,
     6  shotgun, or firearm in or upon a building or grounds,  used  for  educa-
     7  tional  purposes,  of  any  school,  college,  or university, except the
     8  forestry lands, wherever located, owned [and], maintained [by]  or  held
     9  in  trust  for  the benefit of the New York State College of Forestry at
    10  Syracuse University, now known as  the  State  University  of  New  York
    11  college  of  environmental science and forestry, or upon a school bus as
    12  defined in section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law,
    13  without the written authorization of such educational institution.
    14    Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds is a class E felony.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    16  have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11964-01-9