Assembly Bill A2959

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits persons named on the consolidated terrorist watchlist from obtaining or renewing a license to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A2959 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8693
2019-2020: A514
2021-2022: A3841
2023-2024: A7873

2017-A2959 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits persons named on the No Fly List maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation from obtaining or renewing a license to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms.

2017-A2959 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2959
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ABINANTI, SIMON, JAFFEE, PICHARDO, RICHARDSON,
   THIELE, RIVERA, BLAKE, DILAN, BICHOTTE, WRIGHT,  GOTTFRIED,  STECK  --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, GLICK, LIFTON, SKARTADOS -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting persons named
   on the No Fly List maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center admin-
   istered by the Federal  Bureau  of  Investigation  from  obtaining  or
   renewing a license to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 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:
   1. Eligibility. No license shall be issued or renewed pursuant to this
 section  except  by  the licensing officer, and then only after investi-
 gation and finding that all statements in a  proper  application  for  a
 license  are  true.  No license shall be issued or renewed except for an
 applicant (a) twenty-one years of age or older, provided, however,  that
 where  such  applicant  has  been  honorably  discharged from the United
 States army, navy, marine corps,  air  force  or  coast  guard,  or  the
 national  guard  of the state of New York, no such age restriction shall
 apply; (b) of good moral character;  (c)  who  has  not  been  convicted
 anywhere  of  a  felony  or a serious offense; (d) who is not a fugitive
 from justice; (e) who is not an unlawful user  of  or  addicted  to  any
 controlled  substance as defined in section 21 U.S.C. 802; (f) who being
 an alien (i) is not illegally or unlawfully in the United States or (ii)
 has not been admitted to the United States  under  a  nonimmigrant  visa
 subject  to  the  exception in 18 U.S.C. 922(y)(2); (g) who has not been
 discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions; (h) who,
 having been a citizen of the United States, has not renounced his or her
 citizenship; (i) who has stated whether he or she has ever suffered  any
 mental illness; (j) who has not been involuntarily committed to a facil-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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