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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 10, 2014
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Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at request of M. of A. Magee,
  Barclay, Russell, Stirpe) -- read once and referred to  the  Committee
  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, owned [and], maintained [by] OR HELD
IN TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE  OF  FORESTRY  AT
SYRACUSE  UNIVERSITY,  NOW  KNOWN  AS  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.
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