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Senate Bill S9498

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Exempts any land located in the state forest preserve in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from certain provisions of law relating to prohibiting firearms in public parks

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2021-S9498 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §265.01-e, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S3040

2021-S9498 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts any land located in the state forest preserve in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from certain provisions of law relating to prohibiting firearms in public parks.

2021-S9498 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9498 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9498
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 8, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting any land located
   in the state forest preserve in the Adirondack and Catskill parks from
   certain provisions of law relating to prohibiting firearms  in  public
   parks

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 of section 265.01-e  of  the
 penal  law,  as  added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (d) libraries, public playgrounds,  public  parks,  EXCEPT  ANY  STATE
 FOREST  PRESERVE  LAND LOCATED IN THE ADIRONDACK AND CATSKILL PARKS, and
 zoos;
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner as chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, takes effect.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16113-01-2

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