Bill Text: NY A02040 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires all motor vehicles transporting five or more weapons or ammunition for five or more weapons to have a separate storage area secured by padlock or combination lock and all such weapons and ammunition to be so secured when being transported and imposes a fine of at least $1,000 and not more than $5,000 for violation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A02040 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02040-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2040
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  trans-
         portation of weapons and ammunition
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 379 to read as follows:
    3    S  379.  SAFETY  REQUIREMENTS  FOR VEHICLE TRANSPORTING WEAPONS AND/OR
    4  AMMUNITION. 1. ALL MOTOR VEHICLES USED TO TRANSPORT FIVE OR MORE WEAPONS
    5  OF ANY TYPE, AND AMMUNITION SUFFICIENT FOR FIVE OR  MORE  WEAPONS  SHALL
    6  HAVE  A  SEPARATE  STORAGE AREA SECURED BY A PADLOCK OR COMBINATION LOCK
    7  AND ACCESSIBLE ONLY BY REMOVING  SUCH  LOCK,  WHICH  SHALL  BE  OF  SUCH
    8  STRENGTH  TO  RESIST BEING CUT BY ANY READILY AVAILABLE TOOL. AT NO TIME
    9  SHALL AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS BE SECURED IN THE SAME STORAGE AREA.
   10    2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGU-
   11  LATIONS RELATING TO THE  TRANSPORTATION  OF  WEAPONS  AND/OR  AMMUNITION
   12  CONSISTENT WITH THIS SECTION.
   13    3.  THE  TRANSPORTATION OF WEAPONS AND/OR AMMUNITION NOT IN COMPLIANCE
   14  WITH THIS SECTION OR THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  PURSUANT  TO
   15  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  BE  PUNISHABLE  BY A FINE OF AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND
   16  DOLLARS AND NOT MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   18  ing the date on which it shall have become  a  law,  provided,  however,
   19  that  any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this
   20  act shall be promulgated on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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