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Assembly Bill A8931

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to manufacturers of firearms

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2019-A8931 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Consumer Affairs And Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 39-H §899-aaaa, Gen Bus L

2019-A8931 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires firearms manufacturers to include global positioning system technology to allow a stolen firearm to be tracked.

2019-A8931 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8931
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  manufacturers
   of firearms
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
 39-H to read as follows:
 
                               ARTICLE 39-H
                         MANUFACTURERS OF FIREARMS
 
 SECTION 899-AAAA. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY.
   § 899-AAAA. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY. ANY PERSON WHO HOLDS
 A VALID GUNSMITH LICENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF  THE  PENAL  LAW,
 AND  WHO  MANUFACTURES  ANY FIREARM, SHALL ENSURE THAT EACH MANUFACTURED
 FIREARM SHALL INCLUDE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TO ALLOW SUCH
 FIREARM TO BE TRACKED IF STOLEN.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14335-01-9

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