Assembly Bill A1755

                            
 
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                                   1755
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. CROUCH, BARCLAY, FINCH, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exemptions for  possession
   of firearms and other dangerous weapons
 
   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 17 to read as follows:
   17. POSSESSION OF A  LARGE  CAPACITY  AMMUNITION  FEEDING  DEVICE,  AS
 DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION 265.00 OF THIS ARTICLE,
 BY LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS REGISTERED UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN OF  THE
 GENERAL BUSINESS LAW, ARMED SECURITY GUARDS LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 SEVEN-A  OF  THE  GENERAL  BUSINESS  LAW  OR ARMORED CAR GUARDS LICENSED
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT-C OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW  WHO  POSSESS  A
 VALID PISTOL LICENSE PURSUANT TO SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER AND HAVE
 SUCCESSFULLY  COMPLETED  THE  FORTY-SEVEN  HOUR FIREARMS TRAINING COURSE
 SPECIFIED IN SECTION EIGHTY-NINE-N OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW WHILE  IN
 THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR OFFICIAL DUTIES.
   §  2.    Section  265.20  of  the penal law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision f to read as follows:
   F. SECTION 265.01 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL NOT APPLY TO POSSESSION  OF  A
 TRUNCHEON, BATON, BLUDGEON, BILLY CLUB, BLACKJACK, OR SIMILAR TYPE WEAP-
 ON BY A LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, A LICENSED ARMED SECURITY OFFICER
 OR  ARMORED  CAR GUARD.  SUCH OFFICER OR GUARD SHALL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE
 APPROPRIATE TRAINING, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE  POLICE,  BY  REGU-
 LATION,  MAY  PRESCRIBE,  IN  THE  USE OF SUCH WEAPON, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO THE DEFENSIVE USE OF SUCH WEAPON AND INSTRUCTION IN THE LEGAL
 USE OF DEADLY PHYSICAL FORCE PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE  THIRTY-FIVE  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER.  THE  POSSESSION  OF  SUCH WEAPON SHALL ONLY BE PERMITTED UNDER
 THIS SECTION WHEN SUCH OFFICER OR GUARD IS ENGAGED IN HIS OR HER  LAWFUL
 DUTIES  RELATED  TO  EMPLOYMENT  AS A LICENSED ARMED SECURITY OFFICER OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD02979-01-9

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 ARMORED CAR GUARD, OR IN THE TRANSPORTATION TO  OR  FROM  SUCH  PERSON'S
 HOME TO OR FROM HIS OR HER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the superintendent of
 state police may promulgate any rule or regulation related to the train-
 ing  requirement  under subdivision f of section 265.20 of the penal law
 as added by section two of this act.