Assembly Bill A6774

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the purchasing of bullets for firearms

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  • 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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2011-A6774 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4152
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §400.03, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6433
2013-2014: S2877

2011-A6774 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the purchasing of bullets for firearms; requires the purchaser of bullets for any firearm to fill out an application providing information regarding the purchaser's name, date of birth, address, and also the calibre, make, model, manufacturer's name and serial number of the firearm for which the applicant is purchasing the bullets; copies of the application to be forwarded to all law enforcement agencies of the state; provides that any violation of this section is a class A misdemeanor.

2011-A6774 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6774

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOYLAND,
  CLARK, HOOPER, PEOPLES-STOKES, PHEFFER,  ROBINSON,  TOWNS,  WRIGHT  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the purchasing of bullets
  for 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 a new section 400.03 to
read as follows:
S 400.03 APPLICATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF BULLETS.
  ANY PERSON PURCHASING BULLETS FOR ANY FIREARM MUST COMPLETE AN  APPLI-
CATION  FOR  SUCH  PURCHASE.  SUCH APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
LIMITED TO, THE APPLICANT'S FULL NAME, DATE OF BIRTH  AND  ADDRESS,  AND
THE  CALIBRE,  MAKE, MODEL, MANUFACTURER'S NAME AND SERIAL NUMBER OF THE
FIREARM FOR WHICH THE APPLICANT IS PURCHASING THE BULLETS. COPIES OF THE
APPLICATION SHALL BE FORWARDED TO ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES  OF  THE
STATE.  IN  ADDITION,  IN  ORDER  TO  COMPLETE A PURCHASE OF BULLETS, AN
APPLICANT MUST BE AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR  OLDER,  AND  MUST
SHOW  AT  LEAST  TWO  PIECES  OF LEGITIMATE IDENTIFICATION, INCLUDING AT
LEAST ONE PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION TO VERIFY HIS OR HER AGE AND NAME.
  ANY VIOLATION BY ANY PERSON OF ANY PROVISION  OF  THIS  SECTION  IS  A
CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  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.
                                                           LBD02474-01-1

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