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Assembly Bill A10910

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Creates the offenses of aggravated sale of a firearm and aggravated sale of a firearm to a minor

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2009-A10910 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7680
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยงยง265.45 & 265.50, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A1644, S558
2013-2014: S145
2015-2016: S482
2017-2018: S4895

2009-A10910 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the offenses of aggravated sale of a firearm and aggravated sale of a firearm to a minor.

2009-A10910 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A10910 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10910

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 29, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to firearms

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

  Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections  265.45
and 265.50 to read as follows:
S 265.45 AGGRAVATED SALE OF A FIREARM.
  A  PERSON  IS  GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED SALE OF A FIREARM WHEN SUCH PERSON
KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY  SELLS,  EXCHANGES,  GIVES  OR  DISPOSES  OF  A
FIREARM TO A PERSON WHICH HE OR SHE KNOWS HAS BEEN:
  1. USED IN THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY OFFENSE;
  2. STOLEN FROM ITS LAWFUL OWNER; OR
  3.  DEFACED  AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION 265.00 OF THIS
ARTICLE.
  AGGRAVATED SALE OF A FIREARM IS A CLASS D FELONY.
S 265.50 AGGRAVATED SALE OF A FIREARM TO A MINOR.
  A PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN IS GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED  SALE  OF  A
FIREARM  TO  A  MINOR  WHEN  SUCH PERSON KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY SELLS,
EXCHANGES, GIVES OR DISPOSES OF A FIREARM TO A PERSON WHO IS, OR REASON-
ABLY APPEARS TO BE LESS THAN EIGHTEEN YEARS OF  AGE,  WHICH  HE  OR  SHE
KNOWS HAS BEEN:
  1. USED IN THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY OFFENSE;
  2. STOLEN FROM ITS LAWFUL OWNER; OR
  3.  DEFACED  AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION 265.00 OF THIS
ARTICLE.
  AGGRAVATED SALE OF A FIREARM TO A MINOR IS A CLASS C FELONY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
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.
                                                           LBD16799-02-0

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