senate Bill S4879

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to fees charged for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver in the county of Westchester

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Actions

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 30, 2023 ordered to third reading cal.1372
committee discharged and committed to rules
May 22, 2023 reported and committed to finance
Feb 16, 2023 referred to codes

Votes

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May 22, 2023 - Codes committee Vote

S4879
9
4
committee
9
Aye
4
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Codes Committee Vote: May 22, 2023

aye (9)
nay (4)

S4879 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5092
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S6659, A7939

S4879 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the legislative body of the county of Westchester shall fix the fee to be charged for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and provide for the disposition of such fees.

S4879 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4879 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4879
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to fees charged for a license
   to carry or possess a pistol or revolver in the county of Westchester
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  14  of  section  400.00 of the penal law, as
 amended by chapter 212 of the laws  of  2022,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   14.  Fees. In the city of New York and the [county] COUNTIES of Nassau
 AND WESTCHESTER, the annual license fee shall be twenty-five dollars for
 gunsmiths and fifty dollars for dealers in firearms. In such  city,  the
 city  council and in the [county] COUNTIES of Nassau AND WESTCHESTER the
 [Board of Supervisors] LEGISLATIVE BODY OF SUCH COUNTY shall fix the fee
 to be charged for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver  or
 to  purchase or take possession of a semiautomatic rifle and provide for
 the disposition of such fees. Elsewhere  in  the  state,  the  licensing
 officer  shall  collect  and  pay into the county treasury the following
 fees: for each license to carry or possess a pistol or  revolver  or  to
 purchase  or  take  possession  of  a semiautomatic rifle, not less than
 three dollars nor more than ten dollars as  may  be  determined  by  the
 legislative  body  of  the  county;  for  each  amendment thereto, three
 dollars, and five dollars in the county of Suffolk; and for each license
 issued to a gunsmith or dealer in firearms, ten dollars. The fee  for  a
 duplicate  license  shall  be  five  dollars.  The  fee for processing a
 license transfer between counties shall be five  dollars.  The  fee  for
 processing  a  license or renewal thereof for a qualified retired police
 officer as defined under subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of  the
 criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired sheriff, undersheriff, or
 deputy  sheriff of the city of New York as defined under subdivision two
 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, or  a  qualified  retired
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04716-01-3

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