Assembly Bill A6820

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the recertification process for firearms

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • 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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2023-A6820 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S475
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3379
2017-2018: S1996
2019-2020: S603
2021-2022: S1623

2023-A6820 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the recertification process for firearms.

2023-A6820 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6820
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the recertification proc-
   ess for licenses for firearms
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivisions 5 and 10 of section 400.00 of the penal law,
 subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013,  subparagraph
 (iii) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 5 as amended by chapter 244 of the
 laws  of  2019, and subdivision 10 as amended by chapter 371 of the laws
 of 2022, are amended to read as follows:
   5. Filing of  approved  applications.  (a)  The  application  for  any
 license,  if  granted,  shall be filed by the licensing officer with the
 clerk of the county of issuance, except that in the  city  of  New  York
 and,  in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, the licensing officer shall
 designate the place of filing in the  appropriate  division,  bureau  or
 unit  of the police department thereof, and in the county of Suffolk the
 county clerk is hereby authorized to transfer all  records  or  applica-
 tions  relating  to  firearms to the licensing authority of that county.
 Except as provided in paragraphs (b) through [(f)] (E) of this  subdivi-
 sion,  the name and address of any person to whom an application for any
 license has been granted shall be a public record. Upon application by a
 licensee who has changed his place of residence such records or applica-
 tions shall be transferred to the appropriate officer at the  licensee's
 new  place  of  residence. A duplicate copy of such application shall be
 filed by the licensing officer in the executive department, division  of
 state police, Albany, within ten days after issuance of the license. The
 superintendent of state police may designate that such application shall
 be  transmitted  to  the division of state police electronically. In the
 event the superintendent of the division of state police determines that
 it lacks any of the records required to be filed with the  division,  it
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02673-01-3
              

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