Bill Text: NY S06859 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6859 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE August 30, 2017 ___________ 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. LBD13415-01-7