Senate Bill S907A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Designates the sheriff of the county of Albany, and the judges and justices of courts of record as firearms licensing officers for the county of Albany

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    • 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-S907 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2957
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S7606, A10647

2017-S907 - Summary

Designates the sheriff of the county of Albany, and the judges and justices of courts of record in such county as firearms licensing officers for the county of Albany; and authorizes, in the county of Albany, the possession of a pistol or revolver while attending a firearms familiarity, safety, loading and firing course conducted by the office of the sheriff.

2017-S907 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S907 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    907
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- 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 designating the sheriff of
   the county of Albany as  a  licensing  officer  for  the  purposes  of
   firearms  and  authorizing the possession in the county of Albany of a
   pistol or revolver while attending  a  firearms  familiarity,  safety,
   loading  and  firing  course conducted by the office of the sheriff of
   such county; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
   expiration thereof
 
   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 county; IN THE COUNTY OF
 ALBANY THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY, OR A JUDGE OR JUSTICE OF  A  COURT  OF
 RECORD  HAVING  HIS  OR  HER  OFFICE IN SUCH 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.
   § 2.  Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is  amended  by
 adding a new paragraph 7-g to read as follows:
   7-G.  IN THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, POSSESSION OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER BY A
 PERSON WHO HAS APPLIED, TO THE LICENSING OFFICER OF SUCH COUNTY,  FOR  A
 LICENSE  TO  POSSESS  A  PISTOL OR REVOLVER, WHO HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY
 DENIED A LICENSE, BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY OR SERIOUS OFFENSE, A FUGI-
 TIVE FROM JUSTICE, AND WHO DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE, OR POSE  A  THREAT  TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2017-S907A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2957
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.20, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S7606, A10647

2017-S907A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates the sheriff of the county of Albany, and the judges and justices of courts of record in such county as firearms licensing officers for the county of Albany; and authorizes, in the county of Albany, the possession of a pistol or revolver while attending a firearms familiarity, safety, loading and firing course conducted by the office of the sheriff.

2017-S907A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S907A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  907--A
     Cal. No. 912
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- reported  favora-
   bly  from  said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered
   to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to  the  Assembly,
   recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored to third reading, amended and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to designating the sheriff of
   the county of Albany as  a  licensing  officer  for  the  purposes  of
   firearms  and  authorizing the possession in the county of Albany of a
   pistol or revolver while attending  a  firearms  familiarity,  safety,
   loading  and  firing  course conducted by the office of the sheriff of
   such county; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
   expiration thereof
 
   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 7-g to read as follows:
   7-G. POSSESSION OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER BY A PERSON WHO HAS APPLIED TO
 THE APPROPRIATE LICENSING OFFICER IN ALBANY  COUNTY  FOR  A  LICENSE  TO
 POSSESS  A  PISTOL OR REVOLVER AND WHO APPEARS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE
 SUCH LICENSE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAP-
 TER AND WHERE SUCH POSSESSION IS: (I) OF A PISTOL OR REVOLVER OWNED BY A
 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; AND (II) AT A FIREARMS  TRAINING  FACILITY
 OPERATED  BY  SUCH  AGENCY  WHILE  UNDER  THE  SUPERVISION, GUIDANCE AND
 INSTRUCTION OF A POLICE OFFICER DURING A FIREARMS  FAMILIARITY,  SAFETY,
 LOADING  AND  FIRING COURSE CONDUCTED BY SUCH AGENCY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL ONLY APPLY IN ALBANY COUNTY AND ONLY WHERE THE
 COUNTY OPTS BY LOCAL LAW TO REQUIRE SUCH A COURSE BEFORE A PERSON MAY BE
 ISSUED A LICENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER. PRIOR TO  A
 COURSE  BEING  CONDUCTED  BY  A  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY PURSUANT TO THIS
 PARAGRAPH, SUCH COURSE SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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