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                                   6853
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
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 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 requiring application for
   a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver to  be  acted  upon
   within 180 days of the receipt thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of  section  400.00  of  the
 penal  law, as amended by chapter 212 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (a) (I) Applications shall be made and  renewed,  in  the  case  of  a
 license  to carry or possess a pistol or revolver or to purchase or take
 possession of a semiautomatic rifle, to the  licensing  officer  in  the
 city  or  county,  as  the  case may be, where the applicant resides, is
 principally employed or has his or her principal place  of  business  as
 merchant  or  storekeeper;  and, in the case of a license as gunsmith or
 dealer in firearms, to the licensing officer where such place  of  busi-
 ness  is  located.  Blank  applications shall, except in the city of New
 York, be approved as to form by the superintendent of state  police.  An
 application shall state the full name, date of birth, residence, present
 occupation of each person or individual signing the same, whether or not
 he  or  she  is a citizen of the United States, whether or not he or she
 complies with each requirement for eligibility specified in  subdivision
 one  of this section and such other facts as may be required to show the
 good character, competency and integrity of each  person  or  individual
 signing  the application. An application shall be signed and verified by
 the applicant. Each individual signing an application shall  submit  one
 photograph  of himself or herself and a duplicate for each required copy
 of the application. Such photographs shall have been taken within thirty
 days prior to filing the application. In case of a license  as  gunsmith
 or  dealer  in  firearms,  the photographs submitted shall be two inches
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05599-01-3
              

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 square, and the application shall also state the previous occupation  of
 each  individual  signing the same and the location of the place of such
 business, or of the bureau, agency, subagency, office or  branch  office
 for  which  the license is sought, specifying the name of the city, town
 or village, indicating the street and number and otherwise  giving  such
 apt description as to point out reasonably the location thereof. In such
 case,  if the applicant is a firm, partnership or corporation, its name,
 date and place of formation, and principal place of  business  shall  be
 stated.  For  such  firm or partnership, the application shall be signed
 and verified by each individual composing or intending  to  compose  the
 same, and for such corporation, by each officer thereof.
   (II)  IN THE CASE OF EACH APPLICATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF A
 LICENSE TO CARRY OR POSSESS A PISTOL OR REVOLVER, THE LICENSING  OFFICER
 SHALL  PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE APPLICANT OF THE APPROVAL OR DENIAL
 OF SUCH APPLICATION WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT OF THE
 APPLICATION BY THE APPROPRIATE COUNTY OR CITY. IN THE EVENT SUCH  NOTICE
 IS NOT PROVIDED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS, THE COUNTY OR CITY SHALL
 PROVIDE  TO  THE  APPLICANT, A REFUND OF ALL FEES AND CHARGES ASSOCIATED
 WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION, UNLESS THE  FAILURE  TO  PROVIDE
 TIMELY  NOTICE  WAS DUE TO A FACTOR OR FACTORS BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE
 CITY OR COUNTY AND THE LICENSING OFFICER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.