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                                   1466
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. CROUCH, BARCLAY, FINCH, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. OAKS -- read once and referred  to  the
   Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exemptions for possession
   of firearms and other dangerous weapons

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph 17 to read as follows:
   17.  POSSESSION  OF  A  LARGE  CAPACITY  AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE, AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION 265.00 OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 BY  LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS REGISTERED UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE
 GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, ARMED SECURITY GUARDS LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 SEVEN-A OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS  LAW  OR  ARMORED  CAR  GUARDS  LICENSED
 PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  EIGHT-C OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW WHO POSSESS A
 VALID PISTOL LICENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER AND HAVE
 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE FORTY-SEVEN  HOUR  FIREARMS  TRAINING  COURSE
 SPECIFIED  IN SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-N OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW WHILE IN
 THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES.
   § 2.  Section 265.20 of the penal law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision f to read as follows:
   F.  SECTION  265.01 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO POSSESSION OF A
 TRUNCHEON, BATON, BLUDGEON, BILLY CLUB, BLACKJACK, OR SIMILAR TYPE WEAP-
 ON BY A LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, A LICENSED ARMED SECURITY OFFICER
 OR ARMORED CAR GUARD.  SUCH OFFICER OR GUARD SHALL BE REQUIRED  TO  HAVE
 APPROPRIATE  TRAINING,  AS  THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE, BY REGU-
 LATION, MAY PRESCRIBE, IN THE USE OF  SUCH  WEAPON,  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO THE DEFENSIVE USE OF SUCH WEAPON AND INSTRUCTION IN THE LEGAL
 USE  OF  DEADLY  PHYSICAL  FORCE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE THIRTY-FIVE OF THIS
 CHAPTER. THE POSSESSION OF SUCH WEAPON SHALL  ONLY  BE  PERMITTED  UNDER
 THIS  SECTION WHEN SUCH OFFICER OR GUARD IS ENGAGED IN HIS OR HER LAWFUL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD04410-01-7

 A. 1466                             2
 
 DUTIES RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT AS A LICENSED  ARMED  SECURITY  OFFICER  OR
 ARMORED  CAR  GUARD,  OR  IN THE TRANSPORTATION TO OR FROM SUCH PERSON'S
 HOME TO OR FROM HIS OR HER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the superintendent of
 state police may promulgate any rule or regulation related to the train-
 ing  requirement  under subdivision f of section 265.20 of the penal law
 as added by section two of this act.