Assembly Bill A10503

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the purchase or taking possession of a semiautomatic rifle

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S9458 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2021-A10503 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9458
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§400.00, 400.01, 265.00 & 265.10, add §§265.65 & 265.66, Pen L

2021-A10503 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the purchase or taking possession of a semiautomatic rifle; requires a license to purchase or take possession of a semiautomatic rifle; establishes the crimes of criminal purchase of a semiautomatic rifle and criminal sale of a semiautomatic rifle; requires recertification of licenses to purchase or take possession of a semiautomatic rifle every five years.

2021-A10503 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10503
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jackson) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to  the  purchase  or  taking
   possession of a semiautomatic rifle
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 14 of section  400.00  of
 the  penal  law,  subdivisions  2 and 8 as amended by chapter 189 of the
 laws of 2000, paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  3  and  subdivision  9  as
 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, paragraph (b) of subdivision 3
 as added by chapter 778 of the laws of 1985, subdivision 6 as amended by
 chapter  104 of the laws of 2019, and subdivision 14 as amended by chap-
 ter 195 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
   2. Types of licenses. A license for gunsmith  or  dealer  in  firearms
 shall  be  issued to engage in such business.  A LICENSE FOR A SEMIAUTO-
 MATIC RIFLE, OTHER THAN AN ASSAULT WEAPON OR  DISGUISED  GUN,  SHALL  BE
 ISSUED TO PURCHASE OR TAKE POSSESSION OF SUCH A FIREARM WHEN SUCH TRANS-
 FER OF OWNERSHIP OCCURS ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF
 THE  LAWS  OF  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO THAT AMENDED THIS SUBDIVISION. A
 license for a pistol or revolver, other than  an  assault  weapon  or  a
 disguised  gun,  shall be issued to (a) have and possess in his dwelling
 by a householder; (b) have and possess in his place  of  business  by  a
 merchant  or storekeeper; (c) have and carry concealed while so employed
 by a messenger employed by a banking institution or express company; (d)
 have and carry concealed by a justice of the supreme court in the  first
 or second judicial departments, or by a judge of the New York city civil
 court  or the New York city criminal court; (e) have and carry concealed
 while so employed by a regular employee of an institution of the  state,
 or of any county, city, town or village, under control of a commissioner
 of  correction  of the city or any warden, superintendent or head keeper
 of any state prison,  penitentiary,  workhouse,  county  jail  or  other
 institution  for  the detention of persons convicted or accused of crime
 or held as witnesses in criminal cases,  provided  that  application  is
 made therefor by such commissioner, warden, superintendent or head keep-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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