Bill Text: NY A08078 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Permits 4-H certified shooting sports instructors to supervise and instruct persons under sixteen years of age at shooting ranges.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: (Passed) 2020-08-24 - signed chap.150 [A08078 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08078-Amended.html
Bill Title: Permits 4-H certified shooting sports instructors to supervise and instruct persons under sixteen years of age at shooting ranges.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: (Passed) 2020-08-24 - signed chap.150 [A08078 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A08078-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8078--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 31, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to permitting 4-H certified shooting sports instructors to supervise and instruct persons under sixteen years of age at shooting ranges The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 19 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as added 2 by chapter 446 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 19. "Duly authorized instructor" means (a) a duly commissioned officer 4 of the United States army, navy, marine corps or coast guard, or of the 5 national guard of the state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult 6 citizen of the United States who has been granted a certificate as an 7 instructor in small arms practice issued by the United States army, navy 8 or marine corps, or by the adjutant general of this state, or by the 9 national rifle association of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly 10 organized under the laws of this state; [or] (c) by a person duly quali- 11 fied and designated by the department of environmental conservation 12 under [paragraph d of] subdivision six of section 11-0713 of the envi- 13 ronmental conservation law as its agent in the giving of instruction and 14 the making of certifications of qualification in responsible hunting 15 practices; or (d) a New York state 4-H certified shooting sports 16 instructor. 17 § 2. Paragraphs 7, 7-c, and 7-d of subdivision a of section 265.20 of 18 the penal law, paragraph 7 as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 1998 19 and paragraphs 7-c and 7-d as added by chapter 651 of the laws of 1996, 20 are amended to read as follows: 21 7. Possession, at an indoor or outdoor shooting range for the purpose 22 of loading and firing, of a rifle or shotgun, the propelling force of 23 which is gunpowder by a person under sixteen years of age but not under EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13021-02-9A. 8078--A 2 1 twelve, under the immediate supervision, guidance and instruction of (a) 2 a duly commissioned officer of the United States army, navy, air force, 3 marine corps or coast guard, or of the national guard of the state of 4 New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult citizen of the United States who 5 has been granted a certificate as an instructor in small arms practice 6 issued by the United States army, navy, air force or marine corps, or by 7 the adjutant general of this state, [or] by the national rifle associ- 8 ation of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly organized under the 9 laws of this state, or by a New York state 4-H certified shooting sports 10 instructor; or (c) a parent, guardian, or a person over the age of eigh- 11 teen designated in writing by such parent or guardian who shall have a 12 certificate of qualification in responsible hunting, including safety, 13 ethics, and landowner relations-hunter relations, issued or honored by 14 the department of environmental conservation; or (d) an agent of the 15 department of environmental conservation appointed to conduct courses in 16 responsible hunting practices pursuant to article eleven of the environ- 17 mental conservation law. 18 7-c. Possession for the purpose of loading and firing, of a rifle, 19 pistol or shotgun, the propelling force of which may be either air, 20 compressed gas or springs, by a person under sixteen years of age but 21 not under twelve, under the immediate supervision, guidance and instruc- 22 tion of (a) a duly commissioned officer of the United States army, navy, 23 marine corps or coast guard, or of the national guard of the state of 24 New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult citizen of the United States who 25 has been granted a certificate as an instructor in small arms practice 26 issued by the United States army, navy or marine corps, or by the adju- 27 tant general of this state, [or] by the national rifle association of 28 America, a not-for-profit corporation duly organized under the laws of 29 this state, or by a New York state 4-H certified shooting sports 30 instructor; or (c) a parent, guardian, or a person over the age of eigh- 31 teen designated in writing by such parent or guardian who shall have a 32 certificate of qualification in responsible hunting, including safety, 33 ethics, and landowner relations-hunter relations, issued or honored by 34 the department of environmental conservation. 35 7-d. Possession, at an indoor or outdoor shooting range for the 36 purpose of loading and firing, of a rifle, pistol or shotgun, the 37 propelling force of which may be either air, compressed gas or springs, 38 by a person under twelve years of age, under the immediate supervision, 39 guidance and instruction of (a) a duly commissioned officer of the 40 United States army, navy, marine corps or coast guard, or of the 41 national guard of the state of New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult 42 citizen of the United States who has been granted a certificate as an 43 instructor in small arms practice issued by the United States army, navy 44 or marine corps, or by the adjutant general of this state, [or] by the 45 national rifle association of America, a not-for-profit corporation duly 46 organized under the laws of this state, or by a New York state 4-H 47 certified shooting sports instructor; or (c) a parent, guardian, or a 48 person over the age of eighteen designated in writing by such parent or 49 guardian who shall have a certificate of qualification in responsible 50 hunting, including safety, ethics, and landowner relations-hunter 51 relations, issued or honored by the department of environmental conser- 52 vation. 53 § 3. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi- 54 vision 26 to read as follows: 55 26. "New York state 4-H certified shooting instructor" means a certi- 56 fied shooting sports instructor of the National 4-H Shooting Sports, aA. 8078--A 3 1 non-profit organization, engaged in shooting education and youth devel- 2 opment programming that is administered by the National Institute of 3 Food and Agriculture of the United States department of agriculture. 4 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
