Bill Text: NY A08407 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a firearms safety course certificate for license applications made outside of the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to codes [A08407 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A08407-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8407

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    October 20, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to firearms safety course
          certificate

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4-b  of  section 400.00 of the penal law, as
     2  added by chapter 446 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
     3    4-b. [Westchester county firearms] Firearms safety course certificate.
     4  [In the county of Westchester] Outside of the city of New York,  at  the
     5  time of application, the licensing officer to which the license applica-
     6  tion  is  made shall provide a copy of the safety course booklet to each
     7  license applicant. Before such license is issued, such licensing officer
     8  shall require that the applicant  submit  a  certificate  of  successful
     9  completion  of  a  firearms  safety course and test issued in his or her
    10  name and endorsed and affirmed under the penalties of perjury by a  duly
    11  authorized instructor.
    12    §  2.    Paragraph (l) of subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of the penal
    13  law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read  as
    14  follows:
    15    (l)  [in  the  county of Westchester] outside of the city of New York,
    16  who has successfully completed a firearms  safety  course  and  test  as
    17  evidenced  by  a certificate of completion issued in his or her name and
    18  endorsed and affirmed under the penalties of perjury by a  duly  author-
    19  ized  instructor,  except that: (i) persons who are honorably discharged
    20  from the United States army, navy, marine corps or coast  guard,  or  of
    21  the  national  guard  of  the state of New York, and produce evidence of
    22  official qualification in firearms during the term of  service  are  not
    23  required  to  have  completed  those  hours  of a firearms safety course
    24  pertaining to the safe use, carrying, possession, maintenance and  stor-
    25  age of a firearm; and (ii) persons who were licensed to possess a pistol
    26  or  revolver  prior  to  the  effective  date  of this paragraph are not
    27  required to have completed a firearms safety course and test;
    28    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00697-01-1