Bill Text: NY A03043 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the submission of proof of personal liability insurance prior to the issuance or renewal of a license to carry a firearm.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A03043 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03043-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3043
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 21, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         AUBRY,  MAYERSOHN,  PHEFFER,  TOWNS  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to requiring proof of liabil-
         ity insurance prior to the issuance of a license to carry a firearm
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 400.00 of penal law, as amended by
    2  chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    3    1. Eligibility. No license shall be issued or renewed pursuant to this
    4  section  except  by  the licensing officer, and then only after investi-
    5  gation and finding that all statements in a  proper  application  for  a
    6  license  are  true.  No license shall be issued or renewed except for an
    7  applicant (a) twenty-one years of age or older, provided, however,  that
    8  where  such  applicant  has  been  honorably  discharged from the United
    9  States army, navy, marine corps,  air  force  or  coast  guard,  or  the
   10  national  guard  of the state of New York, no such age restriction shall
   11  apply; (b) of good moral character;  (c)  who  has  not  been  convicted
   12  anywhere of a felony or a serious offense; (d) who has stated whether he
   13  or  she  has  ever  suffered  any mental illness or been confined to any
   14  hospital or institution, public or private, for mental illness; (e)  who
   15  has  not had a license revoked or who is not under a suspension or inel-
   16  igibility order issued pursuant to the provisions of section  530.14  of
   17  the  criminal  procedure law or section eight hundred forty-two-a of the
   18  family court act; (f) in the county of Westchester, who has successfully
   19  completed a firearms safety course and test as evidenced  by  a  certif-
   20  icate  of completion issued in his or her name and endorsed and affirmed
   21  under the penalties of perjury by a duly authorized  instructor,  except
   22  that:  (i)  persons  who are honorably discharged from the United States
   23  army, navy, marine corps or coast guard, or of the national guard of the
   24  state of New York, and produce evidence  of  official  qualification  in
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02613-01-1
       A. 3043                             2
    1  firearms  during  the term of service are not required to have completed
    2  those hours of a firearms safety course  pertaining  to  the  safe  use,
    3  carrying,  possession,  maintenance  and  storage of a firearm; and (ii)
    4  persons  who  were licensed to possess a pistol or revolver prior to the
    5  effective date of this paragraph are not required to  have  completed  a
    6  firearms safety course and test; [and] (g) WHO SUBMITS PROOF OF PERSONAL
    7  LIABILITY  INSURANCE;  AND  (H) concerning whom no good cause exists for
    8  the denial of the license. No person shall engage  in  the  business  of
    9  gunsmith or dealer in firearms unless licensed pursuant to this section.
   10  An  applicant  to engage in such business shall also be a citizen of the
   11  United States, more than twenty-one years of age and maintain a place of
   12  business in the city or county where the license  is  issued.  For  such
   13  business, if the applicant is a firm or partnership, each member thereof
   14  shall  comply with all of the requirements set forth in this subdivision
   15  and if the applicant is a corporation, each  officer  thereof  shall  so
   16  comply.
   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 and shall apply to
   19  licenses issued or renewed on or after such date.