Senate Bill S931

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires a written determination to be made, on each application for issuance or renewal of a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, within 180 days of receipt

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  • 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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2019-S931 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5011
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7737
2017-2018: S451, A9917
2021-2022: S3627
2023-2024: S1655

2019-S931 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a written determination to be made, on each application for issuance or renewal of a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, within 180 days of receipt; requires refund of all fees submitted with such application if a determination is not made in a timely manner.

2019-S931 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S931 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    931
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  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 requiring application  for
   a  license  to  carry or possess a pistol or revolver to be acted upon
   within 180 days of the receipt thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 3 of section 400.00 of the
 penal law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (a)  (I)  Applications  shall  be  made  and renewed, in the case of a
 license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, to the licensing offi-
 cer in the city or county, as the  case  may  be,  where  the  applicant
 resides,  is  principally  employed or has his or her principal place of
 business as merchant or storekeeper; and, in the case of  a  license  as
 gunsmith  or  dealer  in  firearms,  to the licensing officer where such
 place of business is located. Blank applications shall,  except  in  the
 city  of New York, be approved as to form by the superintendent of state
 police. An application shall state the full name, date of  birth,  resi-
 dence, present occupation of each person or individual signing the same,
 whether  or  not he or she is a citizen of the United States, whether or
 not he or she complies with each requirement for  eligibility  specified
 in  subdivision  one  of  this  section  and  such other facts as may be
 required to show the good character, competency and  integrity  of  each
 person  or  individual  signing the application. An application shall be
 signed and verified by the applicant. Each individual signing an  appli-
 cation shall submit one photograph of himself or herself and a duplicate
 for  each  required copy of the application. Such photographs shall have
 been taken within thirty days prior to filing the application.  In  case
 of  a license as gunsmith or dealer in firearms, the photographs submit-
 ted shall be two inches square, and the application shall also state the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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