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Assembly Bill A283

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to a firearms safety course certificate for license applications made outside of the city of New York

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2015-A283 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7769
2017-2018: A468
2019-2020: A386
2021-2022: A8407

2015-A283 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a firearms safety course certificate for license applications made outside of the city of New York.

2015-A283 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   283

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to firearms safety course
  certificate

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4-b  of  section 400.00 of the penal law, as
added by chapter 446 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  4-b. [Westchester county firearms] FIREARMS safety course certificate.
[In the county of Westchester] OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,  at  the
time of application, the licensing officer to which the license applica-
tion  is  made shall provide a copy of the safety course booklet to each
license applicant. Before such license is issued, such licensing officer
shall require that the applicant  submit  a  certificate  of  successful
completion  of  a  firearms  safety course and test issued in his or her
name and endorsed and affirmed under the penalties of perjury by a  duly
authorized instructor.
  S  2.    Paragraph (l) of subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of the penal
law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read  as
follows:
  (l)  [in  the  county of Westchester] OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
who has successfully completed a firearms  safety  course  and  test  as
evidenced  by  a certificate of completion issued in his or her name and
endorsed and affirmed under the penalties of perjury by a  duly  author-
ized  instructor,  except that: (i) persons who are honorably discharged
from the United States army, navy, marine corps or coast  guard,  or  of
the  national  guard  of  the state of New York, and produce evidence of
official qualification in firearms during the term of  service  are  not
required  to  have  completed  those  hours  of a firearms safety course
pertaining to the safe use, carrying, possession, maintenance and  stor-

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

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