S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 6220--B A. 8999--B
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
January 13, 2012
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. RITCHIE, BONACIC, LARKIN, O'MARA,
RANZENHOFER, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when print-
ed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, LAVINE, CASTRO, MONTESA-
NO, CROUCH, TOBACCO, HAWLEY, CORWIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
BARCLAY, BURLING, CALHOUN, MAGEE, MURRAY -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to firearms dealers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 400.00 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as
follows:
10. License: expiration, certification and renewal. Any license for
gunsmith or dealer in firearms and, in the city of New York, any license
to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, issued at any time pursuant to
this section or prior to the first day of July, nineteen hundred sixty-
three and not limited to expire on an earlier date fixed in the license,
shall expire not more than three years after the date of issuance. In
the counties of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester, any license to carry or
possess a pistol or revolver, AND IN COUNTIES HAVING A POPULATION OF
LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND INHABITANTS, ANY LICENSE FOR GUNSMITH OR
DEALER IN FIREARMS, issued at any time pursuant to this section or prior
to the first day of July, nineteen hundred sixty-three and not limited
to expire on an earlier date fixed in the license, shall expire not more
than five years after the date of issuance; however, in the county of
Westchester, any such license shall be certified prior to the first day
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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of April, two thousand, in accordance with a schedule to be contained in
regulations promulgated by the commissioner of the division of criminal
justice services, and every such license shall be recertified every five
years thereafter. For purposes of this section certification shall mean
that the licensee shall provide to the licensing officer the following
information only: current name, date of birth, current address, and the
make, model, caliber and serial number of all firearms currently
possessed. Such certification information shall be filed by the licens-
ing officer in the same manner as an amendment. Elsewhere than in the
city of New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester,
any license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, AND IN COUNTIES
HAVING A POPULATION OF LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND INHABITANTS, ANY
LICENSE FOR GUNSMITH OR DEALER IN FIREARMS, issued at any time pursuant
to this section or prior to the first day of July, nineteen hundred
sixty-three and not previously revoked or cancelled, shall be in force
and effect until revoked as herein provided. Any license not previously
cancelled or revoked shall remain in full force and effect for thirty
days beyond the stated expiration date on such license. Any application
to renew a license that has not previously expired, been revoked or
cancelled shall thereby extend the term of the license until disposition
of the application by the licensing officer. [In the case of a license
for gunsmith or dealer in firearms, in counties having a population of
less than two hundred thousand inhabitants, photographs and fingerprints
shall be submitted on original applications and upon renewal thereafter
only at six year intervals.] Upon satisfactory proof that a currently
valid original license has been despoiled, lost or otherwise removed
from the possession of the licensee and upon application containing an
additional photograph of the licensee, the licensing officer shall issue
a duplicate license.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.