Bill Text: NY S00073 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that fees for possession of firearms are waived for retired federal law enforcement officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00073 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00073-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to waiving license  fees  for
         possessing of firearms for retired federal law enforcement officers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section  400.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  195  of  the  laws  of 2005, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    14. Fees. In the city of New York and the county of Nassau, the annual
    5  license fee shall be twenty-five dollars for gunsmiths and fifty dollars
    6  for dealers in firearms. In such city, the city council and in the coun-
    7  ty of Nassau the Board of Supervisors shall fix the fee  to  be  charged
    8  for  a  license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and provide for
    9  the disposition of such fees. Elsewhere  in  the  state,  the  licensing
   10  officer  shall  collect  and  pay into the county treasury the following
   11  fees: for each license to carry or possess a  pistol  or  revolver,  not
   12  less  than  three dollars nor more than ten dollars as may be determined
   13  by the legislative body of the county; for each amendment thereto, three
   14  dollars, and five dollars in the county of Suffolk; and for each license
   15  issued to a gunsmith or dealer in firearms, ten dollars. The fee  for  a
   16  duplicate  license  shall  be  five  dollars.  The  fee for processing a
   17  license transfer between counties shall be five  dollars.  The  fee  for
   18  processing  a  license or renewal thereof for a qualified retired police
   19  officer as defined under subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of  the
   20  criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired sheriff, undersheriff, or
   21  deputy  sheriff of the city of New York as defined under subdivision two
   22  of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, or  a  qualified  retired
   23  bridge  and  tunnel  officer,  sergeant  or lieutenant of the triborough
   24  bridge and tunnel authority  as  defined  under  subdivision  twenty  of
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00143-02-9

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    1  section  2.10  of  the  criminal  procedure  law, or a qualified retired
    2  uniformed court officer in the unified  court  system,  or  a  qualified
    3  retired  court clerk in the unified court system in the first and second
    4  judicial  departments,  as  defined in paragraphs a and b of subdivision
    5  twenty-one of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law [or], a retired
    6  correction officer as defined in subdivision twenty-five of section 2.10
    7  of the criminal procedure law, OR  A  RETIRED  FEDERAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
    8  OFFICER  AS  DEFINED IN SECTION 2.15 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW shall
    9  be waived in all counties throughout the state.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.