Bill Text: NY S03740 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the prohibition of illegal gun trafficking; makes the violation of such prohibition a class D felony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S03740 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03740-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3740
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 17, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  ESPAILLAT, AVELLA, KENNEDY, KRUEGER -- 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 the prohibition of illegal
         gun trafficking
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.50 to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 265.50 ILLEGAL GUN TRAFFICKING.
    4    A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ILLEGAL GUN TRAFFICKING WHEN SUCH  PERSON  KNOW-
    5  INGLY   AND  INTENTIONALLY  DISTRIBUTES,  TRANSPORTS,  SHIPS,  RECEIVES,
    6  BARTERS, PURCHASES OR SELLS ANY FIREARM WHICH HAS:
    7    1. BEEN USED DURING THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME;
    8    2. BEEN STOLEN;
    9    3. HAD THE IMPORTER'S OR MANUFACTURER'S SERIAL NUMBER REMOVED,  OBLIT-
   10  ERATED OR ALTERED; OR
   11    4. BEEN DEFACED.
   12    ILLEGAL GUN TRAFFICKING IS A CLASS D FELONY.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   14  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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