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Assembly Bill A7082

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that certain retired law enforcement officers are not required to obtain a permit in order to possess a firearm

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2009-A7082 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง265.20, Pen L

2009-A7082 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that certain retired law enforcement officers are not required to obtain a permit in order to possess a firearm.

2009-A7082 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7082

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 19, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. WALKER, KOLB, BURLING, FIELDS, BARRA, BALL --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of A. BACALLES, CALHOUN, CROUCH,  ERRIGO  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting certain retired
  law enforcement officers from the requirement to obtain a  license  to
  carry a firearm

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (g) to read as follows:
  (G) A QUALIFIED RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION (C) OF SECTION 926C OF CHAPTER 44 OF TITLE 18 OF THE UNITED  STATES
CODE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04490-01-9

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