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                                  4017

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 14, 2011
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Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  BONACIC, LARKIN, MAZIARZ, SEWARD --
  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 lowering from 12 years to
  10 years the minimum age of a child authorized to engage in supervised
  loading and firing of rifles, shotguns  and  pistols,  and  increasing
  from 18 years to 21 years the minimum age of the designated supervisor
  of such a child

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

  Section 1. Paragraphs 7, 7-c and  7-d  of  subdivision  a  of  section
265.20  of  the  penal law, paragraph 7 as amended by chapter 180 of the
laws of 1998, and paragraphs 7-c and 7-d as added by chapter 651 of  the
laws of 1996, are 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] TWENTY-ONE 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
conservation; or (d) an agent of the department of environmental conser-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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vation  appointed  to  conduct  courses in responsible hunting practices
pursuant to article eleven of the environmental conservation law.
  7-c.  Possession  for  the  purpose of loading and firing, of a rifle,
pistol or shotgun, the propelling force of  which  may  be  either  air,
compressed  gas  or  springs, 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, 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 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 organized under  the  laws
of  this  state;  or (c) a parent, guardian, or a person over the age of
[eighteen] TWENTY-ONE 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 conservation.
  7-d.  Possession,  at  an  indoor  or  outdoor  shooting range for the
purpose of loading and firing,  of  a  rifle,  pistol  or  shotgun,  the
propelling  force of which may be either air, compressed gas or springs,
by a person under [twelve] TEN years of age, under the immediate  super-
vision,  guidance  and instruction of (a) a duly commissioned officer of
the United States army, navy, 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
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
organized under the laws of this state; or (c) a parent, guardian, or  a
person  over  the  age of [eighteen] TWENTY-ONE 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
conservation.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.