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Assembly Bill A5782

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides requirement to report lost or stolen firearms within 72-hours to local police authorities

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2015-A5782 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง265.27, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3061
2011-2012: A4865
2013-2014: A3193

2015-A5782 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides requirement to report lost or stolen firearms within 72 hours to local police authorities; intentional failure to report shall be a class A misdemeanor.

2015-A5782 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5782

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 4, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  KAVANAGH,  ROBINSON, HOOPER, TITONE, JAFFEE,
  WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  COLTON,  COOK,  GOTTFRIED,
  MARKEY,  SCARBOROUGH, SCHIMEL, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to failure to report  a  lost
  or stolen firearm

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

  Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.27  to
read as follows:
S 265.27 LOST OR STOLEN FIREARM TO BE REPORTED.
  AN OWNER OF ONE OR MORE FIREARMS SHALL REPORT EACH INCIDENCE OF A LOST
OR STOLEN FIREARM TO THE POLICE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE
WHERE  SUCH PERSON REPORTING IS LOCATED WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF SUCH
LOSS OR THEFT, OR DISCOVERY OF SUCH LOSS OR THEFT.
  AN INTENTIONAL FAILURE TO MAKE SUCH REPORT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04532-01-5

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