senate Bill S7874

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Limits educational institutions ability to authorize the possession of a weapon on school grounds

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Mar 05, 2018 referred to codes

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S7874 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.01-a, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S101

S7874 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits an educational institution's ability to authorize the possession of a weapon on school grounds to certain officers or agents of a law enforcement agency.

S7874 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7874 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  7874

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 5, 2018
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- 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  limiting  educational
  institutions ability to authorize the possession of a weapon on school
  grounds

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

  Section 1. Section 265.01-a of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of
the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
§ 265.01-a[.] Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.
  A person is guilty of  criminal  possession  of  a  weapon  on  school
grounds  when  he or she knowingly has in his or her possession a rifle,
shotgun, or firearm in or upon a building or grounds,  used  for  educa-
tional  purposes,  of  any  school,  college,  or university, except the
forestry lands, wherever located, owned  and  maintained  by  the  State
University of New York college of environmental science and forestry, or
upon  a  school  bus  as defined in section one hundred forty-two of the
vehicle and traffic law,  without  the  written  authorization  of  such
educational  institution.    NO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION SHALL ISSUE SUCH
WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION TO ANY TEACHER, PROFESSOR, ADMINISTRATOR, OR OTHER
PERSON WHO IS NOT PRIMARILY EMPLOYED AS A SCHOOL RESOURCE  OFFICER,  LAW
ENFORCEMENT  OFFICER, OR SECURITY GUARD AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SIX OF
SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-F OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS  LAW,  REGARDLESS  OF  THE
PERSON'S  EMPLOYMENT  DIRECTLY  BY  THE  EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR BY A
THIRD PARTY THAT PROVIDES SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OR
SECURITY SERVICES TO THE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
  Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds is a class E felony.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14931-02-8

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