Bill Text: NY A10204 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts students in gun safety and proficiency courses from certain provisions of law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-01 - signed chap.330 [A10204 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10204-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10204
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 11, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Codes
       AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting students in gun
         safety and proficiency courses from certain provisions of law
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended
    2  by adding a new paragraph 12-a to read as follows:
    3    12-A.  POSSESSION  AND  USE  OF  A PISTOL OR REVOLVER, AT AN INDOOR OR
    4  OUTDOOR SHOOTING RANGE, BY A REGISTERED STUDENT OF  A  HIGHER  EDUCATION
    5  INSTITUTION  CHARTERED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHO IS PARTICIPATING IN
    6  A COURSE IN GUN SAFETY AND  PROFICIENCY  OFFERED  BY  SUCH  INSTITUTION,
    7  UNDER  THE  IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION, GUIDANCE, AND INSTRUCTION OF A PERSON
    8  SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH SEVEN OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15739-01-2