Senate Bill S6919

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Permits supervised youth ten years of age or older to possess a rifle or shotgun at a shooting range

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee

  • 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-S6919 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10719
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4058
2013-2014: A182
2015-2016: A1623
2017-2018: A4699
2019-2020: A5440
2021-2022: A4038
2023-2024: A4727

2009-S6919 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits supervised youth ten years of age or older to possess a rifle or shotgun at a shooting range.

2009-S6919 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6919 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6919

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 25, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. AUBERTINE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to permitting supervised
  youth ten years of age and older to possess a rifle or  shotgun  at  a
  shooting range

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

  Section 1. Paragraph 7 of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal
law, as amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 1998, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  7.  Possession, at an indoor or outdoor shooting range for the purpose
of loading and firing, of a rifle or shotgun, the  propelling  force  of
which  is gunpowder by a person under sixteen years of age but not under
[twelve] TEN, under the immediate supervision, guidance and  instruction
of  (a) a duly commissioned officer of the United States army, navy, air
force, marine corps or coast guard, or of  the  national  guard  of  the
state  of  New York; or (b) a duly qualified adult citizen of the United
States who has been granted a certificate as an instructor in small arms
practice issued by the United States army, navy,  air  force  or  marine
corps,  or  by  the  adjutant  general of this state, or by the national
rifle association of America, a not-for-profit corporation  duly  organ-
ized  under  the  laws  of  this  state; or (c) a parent, guardian, or a
person over the age of eighteen designated in writing by such parent  or
guardian  who  shall  have a certificate of qualification in responsible
hunting,  including  safety,  ethics,  and  landowner   relations-hunter
relations,  issued or honored by the department of environmental conser-
vation; or (d) an agent of the department of environmental  conservation
appointed  to  conduct courses in responsible hunting practices pursuant
to article eleven of the environmental conservation law.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15594-01-0

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