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Jan 23, 2023 | referred to codes |
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Nader sayegh
Deborah Glick
Jo Anne Simon
Vivian Cook
Multi-Sponsors
Rebecca Seawright
A1874 (ACTIVE) - Details
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1874 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JEAN-PIERRE, SAYEGH, GLICK, SIMON, COOK, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to adding possession of a flamethrower to the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding four new subdivisions 36, 37, 38 and 39 to read as follows: 36. "FLAMETHROWER" MEANS A DEVICE CAPABLE OF PROJECTING A STREAM OF BURNING FUEL A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST THREE FEET. INOPERABLE DISPLAY UNITS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED "FLAMETHROWERS" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION. 37. "HISTORICAL FLAMETHROWER" MEANS A FLAMETHROWER CONSTRUCTED, IN WHOLE OR IN SUBSTANTIAL PART, OF COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO NINE- TEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX. 38. "SUBSTANTIAL PART" MEANS CONSTRUCTED WITH AT LEAST FIVE SIGNIF- ICANT COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX. 39. "SIGNIFICANT COMPONENTS" MEANS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND NECESSARY PARTS FOR THE OPERATION OF A FLAMETHROWER INCLUDING: (A) FUEL CELL; (B) GAS CAPS; (C) PRESSURE REGULATOR; (D) PRESSURE BOTTLE; (E) HOSE; (F) WAND FUEL VALVE; (G) BARREL; (H) FRONT GRIP; (I) IGNITION SHIELD; AND (J) REAR GRIP. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02830-01-3