Senate Bill S908

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the sheriff of any county to issue pistol permits

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee


  • 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-S908 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6912
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6828
2019-2020: S685, A1595
2021-2022: S3207, A3535
2023-2024: S690, A1843

2017-S908 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the sheriff of any county outside the city of New York to issue pistol permits upon the approval of the county clerk.

2017-S908 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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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