| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to codes |
| Jan 05, 2017 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S908
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(R, C, G, IP, SC) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S908 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S908 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S908
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the sheriff
of any county to issue pistol permits
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
This legislation allows the sheriff of any county outside of NYC to
issue a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver under section
400.00 if they so elect.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1 allows the sheriff of any county outside of NYC to issue a
license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver under section 400.00
if they so elect.
Section 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION :
Counties across New York are facing significant backlogs as it relates
to the issuance of pistol permits. Every New Yorker who applies and
qualifies for a pistol permit should be issued this permit as quickly
2017-S908 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
908
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 5, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sens. ORTT, AKSHAR, GALLIVAN, MURPHY, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD,
YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the sheriff of
any county to issue pistol permits
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 210 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as
follows:
10. "Licensing officer" means in the city of New York the police
commissioner of that city; in the county of Nassau the commissioner of
police of that county; [in the county of Suffolk the sheriff of that
county except] in the towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip
and Smithtown, the commissioner of police of [that] SUFFOLK county; for
the purposes of section 400.01 of this chapter the superintendent of
state police; and elsewhere in the state a judge or justice of a court
of record having his office in the county of issuance. A LICENSE TO
CARRY OR POSSESS A PISTOL OR REVOLVER UNDER SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAP-
TER MAY ALSO BE ISSUED BY THE SHERIFF OF A COUNTY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK IF SUCH SHERIFF ELECTS TO BECOME A LICENSING OFFICER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04591-01-7
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