Assembly Bill A10686

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires any weapon, instrument, appliance or substance when utilized in a suicide attempt to be surrendered to the superintendent of state police

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A10686 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.05, Pen L

2009-A10686 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires any weapon, instrument, appliance or substance when utilized in a suicide attempt to be surrendered to the superintendent of state police.

2009-A10686 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A10686 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10686

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 14, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PERRY -- (at request of the Division of State
  Police) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to nuisance weapons that  are
  utilized in a suicide attempt

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  400.05  of  the  penal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  350  of  the  laws  of 1986, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. Any weapon, instrument, appliance or substance specified in article
two hundred sixty-five, when unlawfully possessed, manufactured,  trans-
ported  or disposed of, or when utilized in the commission of an offense
OR A SUICIDE ATTEMPT, is hereby declared a nuisance. When the same shall
come into the possession of any police  officer  or  peace  officer,  it
shall  be  surrendered immediately to the official mentioned in SUBPARA-
GRAPH (F) OF paragraph [(f)] ONE  of  subdivision  [one]  A  of  section
265.20,  except  that  such  weapon,  instrument, appliance or substance
coming into the possession of the state police shall be  surrendered  to
the superintendent of state police.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07706-02-9

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