Bill Text: NY S06859 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes members of certain recognized religious sects to submit an application for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver without a photograph.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S06859 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06859-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6859
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     August 30, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to applications to  carry  or
          possess a pistol or revolver by applicants of certain recognized reli-
          gious sects
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 400.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
     2  subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
     3    3-a. Photograph exemption. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of para-
     4  graph  (a)  of  subdivision  three  of this section, any applicant for a
     5  license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver who is a  member  of  a
     6  recognized  religious sect, which embraces a long-standing commitment of
     7  non-involvement in the matters of established government  practices  and
     8  is conscientiously opposed to the willing submission of a photograph due
     9  to  the  tenets of such sect, may file an application with the licensing
    10  officer for an exemption from submitting or  filing  any  photograph  or
    11  photographic image in connection with an application for such license.
    12    (b)  The  application  for  an  exemption pursuant to this subdivision
    13  shall include a written affidavit by the applicant that he or she  is  a
    14  member  of  an  organized  religious  sect that embraces a long-standing
    15  commitment of non-involvement in the matters of  established  government
    16  practices  and is conscientiously opposed to the willing submission of a
    17  photograph or photographic image.
    18    (c) An application for exemption submitted pursuant to  this  subdivi-
    19  sion shall be granted by the licensing officer if he or she finds that:
    20    (1)  the  applicant  is  a  member  of a recognized religious sect the
    21  tenets referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision; and
    22    (2) it has been the practice, for a substantial number of  years,  for
    23  members  of  such  sect to abstain from the submission of photographs or
    24  photographic images.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    26  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.
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