Bill Text: NY S01231 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the carrying of service-issued firearms by military personnel at recruiting centers while on duty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S01231 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01231-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1231
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs
        AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to authorizing the  carry-
          ing of firearms by military personnel at recruiting centers
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new section  53  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  53. Carrying of firearms at recruiting centers. Notwithstanding any
     4  other provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the adjutant
     5  general shall authorize members of any force of  the  organized  militia
     6  assigned  to  duty  at  recruiting centers located in the state to carry
     7  service-issue firearms while on duty at a recruiting center.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02958-01-9