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Assembly Bill A5628

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the private sale or disposal of firearms, rifles and shotguns

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2015-A5628 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2611
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง898, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A6432, S3963

2015-A5628 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the private sale or disposal of firearms, rifles and shotguns to a holder of a NYS pistol license and to certain relatives.

2015-A5628 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5628

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. BRINDISI, LUPARDO, WOERNER, BARRETT, MAGEE --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in  relation  to  the  private
  sale or disposal of firearms, rifles and shotguns

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 898 of the general  business  law,
as  added  by  chapter  1  of  the  laws  of 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
  1.  In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and feder-
al law, all sales, exchanges or disposals of firearms, rifles  or  shot-
guns  shall  be  conducted  in  accordance with this section unless such
sale, exchange or disposal is conducted by a licensed importer, licensed
manufacturer or licensed dealer, as those terms are defined in 18 USC  S
922,  when such sale, exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to that
person's federal firearms license or such sale, exchange or disposal  is
TO  THE  HOLDER OF A NEW YORK STATE PISTOL LICENSE OR between members of
an immediate family. For purposes of this  section,  "immediate  family"
shall  mean  spouses,  domestic  partners, children [and] step-children,
PARENT OR ANYONE OTHERWISE RELATED TO THE SELLER BY BLOOD,  MARRIAGE  OR
ADOPTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07463-01-5

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