S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6211
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 26, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. BARRA, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to waiving the fee for a
license to carry a firearm for a retired agent or representative of a
law enforcement agency or bureau of the United States government
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 400.00 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 195 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as
follows:
14. Fees. In the city of New York and the county of Nassau, the annual
license fee shall be twenty-five dollars for gunsmiths and fifty dollars
for dealers in firearms. In such city, the city council and in the coun-
ty of Nassau the Board of Supervisors shall fix the fee to be charged
for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and provide for
the disposition of such fees. Elsewhere in the state, the licensing
officer shall collect and pay into the county treasury the following
fees: for each license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, not
less than three dollars nor more than ten dollars as may be determined
by the legislative body of the county; for each amendment thereto, three
dollars, and five dollars in the county of Suffolk; and for each license
issued to a gunsmith or dealer in firearms, ten dollars. The fee for a
duplicate license shall be five dollars. The fee for processing a
license transfer between counties shall be five dollars. The fee for
processing a license or renewal thereof for a qualified retired police
officer as defined under subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the
criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired sheriff, undersheriff, or
deputy sheriff of the city of New York as defined under subdivision two
of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired
bridge and tunnel officer, sergeant or lieutenant of the triborough
bridge and tunnel authority as defined under subdivision twenty of
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired
uniformed court officer in the unified court system, or a qualified
retired court clerk in the unified court system in the first and second
judicial departments, as defined in paragraphs a and b of subdivision
twenty-one of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law or a retired
correction officer as defined in subdivision twenty-five of section 2.10
of the criminal procedure law, OR A RETIRED AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF A
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR BUREAU OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT shall
be waived in all counties throughout the state.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.