Bill Text: NY S04152 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4152 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the purchasing of bullets for firearms; requires the purchaser of bullets for any firearm to fill out an application providing information regarding the purchaser's name, date of birth, address, and also the calibre, make, model, manufacturer's name and serial number of the firearm for which the applicant is purchasing the bullets; copies of the application to be forwarded to all law enforcement agencies of the state; provides that any violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04152 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04152-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4152
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 21, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  SMITH  -- 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 purchasing of  bullets
         for firearms
         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 400.03  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 400.03 APPLICATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF BULLETS.
    4    ANY  PERSON PURCHASING BULLETS FOR ANY FIREARM MUST COMPLETE AN APPLI-
    5  CATION FOR SUCH PURCHASE. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
    6  LIMITED  TO,  THE  APPLICANT'S FULL NAME, DATE OF BIRTH AND ADDRESS, AND
    7  THE CALIBRE, MAKE, MODEL, MANUFACTURER'S NAME AND SERIAL NUMBER  OF  THE
    8  FIREARM FOR WHICH THE APPLICANT IS PURCHASING THE BULLETS. COPIES OF THE
    9  APPLICATION  SHALL  BE  FORWARDED TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OF THE
   10  STATE. IN ADDITION, IN ORDER TO  COMPLETE  A  PURCHASE  OF  BULLETS,  AN
   11  APPLICANT  MUST  BE  AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AND MUST
   12  SHOW AT LEAST TWO PIECES  OF  LEGITIMATE  IDENTIFICATION,  INCLUDING  AT
   13  LEAST ONE PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION TO VERIFY HIS OR HER AGE AND NAME.
   14    ANY  VIOLATION  BY  ANY  PERSON  OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION IS A
   15  CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   17  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02474-01-1