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Assembly Bill A468

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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2017-A468 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7769
2015-2016: A283
2019-2020: A386
2021-2022: A8407

2017-A468 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A468 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    468
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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.
   §  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-
 age of a firearm; and (ii) persons who were licensed to possess a pistol
 or  revolver  prior  to  the  effective  date  of this paragraph are not
 required to have completed a firearms safety course and test;
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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