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Assembly Bill A6822

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires police officers and peace officers to report any discharge of their weapon to the agency which employs them

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2011-A6822 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S128
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง265.21, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1539, S7782
2013-2014: S72
2015-2016: S2229
2017-2018: S320
2019-2020: S846

2011-A6822 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every police officer and peace officer to report every discharge of his or her weapon, regardless of whether he or she is on duty, to the law enforcement agency which employs such officer; such provisions shall not apply to target shooting or hunting; failure to report is a class A misdemeanor.

2011-A6822 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6822

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 1, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring a police officer
  or  peace  officer to report the discharge of his or her weapon to the
  law enforcement agency employing such officer

  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 a new section 265.21 to
read as follows:
S 265.21 DISCHARGE OF WEAPON TO BE REPORTED; POLICE OFFICERS  AND  PEACE
           OFFICERS.
  A.  THE  TIME, DATE AND PURPOSE OF EACH DISCHARGE OF A RIFLE, SHOTGUN,
PISTOL, REVOLVER OR MACHINE-GUN BY A POLICE  OFFICER  OR  PEACE  OFFICER
SHALL  BE  IMMEDIATELY  REPORTED TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY EMPLOYING
SUCH OFFICER, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE POLICE OFFICER OR PEACE  OFFICER
WAS ON OR OFF DUTY AT THE TIME OF SUCH DISCHARGE OF A WEAPON.
  B.  THE  REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY
TO ANY DISCHARGE OF A WEAPON AT AN INDOOR OR OUTDOOR SHOOTING RANGE  FOR
THE  PURPOSE OF PROFICIENCY, TARGET SHOOTING OR FIREARMS COMPETITION, OR
TO ANY DISCHARGE OF A WEAPON FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  HUNTING  PURSUANT  TO
TITLE NINE OF ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW.
  C.  THE FAILURE TO REPORT PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION IS
A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  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.
                                                           LBD01615-01-1

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