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Assembly Bill A8826

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to possession of firearms on property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF

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2013-A8826 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6711
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง265.01-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6318
2017-2018: S3716
2019-2020: S4564

2013-A8826 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to possession of firearms on property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF.

2013-A8826 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8826

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 19, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to possession of firearms  on
  property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF

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

  Section 1. Section 265.01-a of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of
the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
S 265.01-a Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.
  A person is guilty of  criminal  possession  of  a  weapon  on  school
grounds  when  he or she knowingly has in his or her possession a rifle,
shotgun, or firearm in or upon a building or grounds,  used  for  educa-
tional  purposes,  of  any  school,  college,  or university, except the
forestry lands, wherever located, HELD IN TRUST FOR OR owned  and  main-
tained  by  the  State  University  of New York college of environmental
science and forestry, or upon a school bus as  defined  in  section  one
hundred  forty-two  of  the vehicle and traffic law, without the written
authorization of such educational institution.
  Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds is a class E felony.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13060-01-3

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