Bill Text: NY A10596 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that firearms surrendered under a municipal gun buyback program shall be rendered inoperable, and all components unable to be reused; prohibits the acceptance of firearms which were manufactured for the purpose of surrender for remuneration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-20 - referred to codes [A10596 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A10596-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10596 IN ASSEMBLY June 20, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Rajkumar) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to municipal gun buyback programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 233 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. For the purposes of this section, "gun buyback" shall mean remuner- 4 ation for the voluntary relinquishment of a firearm, rifle or shotgun 5 for disposal that renders such weapon inoperable, and all components 6 thereof unable to be incorporated in an operable firearm, rifle or shot- 7 gun. No firearm, rifle or shotgun shall be eligible for surrender and 8 remuneration if it was manufactured for the purpose of receiving a mone- 9 tary reward under a gun buyback program. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13874-01-3
