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Assembly Bill A4709

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Waives the fee for a license to carry a firearm for a retired agent or representative of a law enforcement agency or bureau of the United States government

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2013-A4709 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6211
2011-2012: A6616
2015-2016: A4894
2017-2018: A5703

2013-A4709 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives the fee for a license to carry a firearm for a retired agent or representative of a law enforcement agency or bureau of the United States government.

2013-A4709 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4709

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 8, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Codes

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to waiving the fee for a
  license to carry a firearm for a retired agent or representative of  a
  law enforcement agency or bureau of the United States government

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section  400.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  195  of  the  laws  of 2005, is amended to read as
follows:
  14. Fees. In the city of New York and the county of Nassau, the annual
license fee shall be twenty-five dollars for gunsmiths and fifty dollars
for dealers in firearms. In such city, the city council and in the coun-
ty of Nassau the Board of Supervisors shall fix the fee  to  be  charged
for  a  license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and provide for
the disposition of such fees. Elsewhere  in  the  state,  the  licensing
officer  shall  collect  and  pay into the county treasury the following
fees: for each license to carry or possess a  pistol  or  revolver,  not
less  than  three dollars nor more than ten dollars as may be determined
by the legislative body of the county; for each amendment thereto, three
dollars, and five dollars in the county of Suffolk; and for each license
issued to a gunsmith or dealer in firearms, ten dollars. The fee  for  a
duplicate  license  shall  be  five  dollars.  The  fee for processing a
license transfer between counties shall be five  dollars.  The  fee  for
processing  a  license or renewal thereof for a qualified retired police
officer as defined under subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of  the
criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired sheriff, undersheriff, or
deputy  sheriff of the city of New York as defined under subdivision two
of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, or  a  qualified  retired
bridge  and  tunnel  officer,  sergeant  or lieutenant of the triborough
bridge and tunnel authority  as  defined  under  subdivision  twenty  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08389-01-3

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