Bill Text: NY A04865 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides requirement to report lost or stolen firearms within 72-hours to local police authorities; intentional failure to report shall be a class A misdemeanor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to codes [A04865 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04865-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4865
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 8, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. KAVANAGH, ROBINSON, MAYERSOHN, HOOPER, TITONE,
         CASTRO, GIBSON, JAFFEE, P. RIVERA, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
         of  A.  COLTON,  COOK,  GOTTFRIED, JEFFRIES, LINARES, MARKEY, PHEFFER,
         SCARBOROUGH, WRIGHT -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Codes
       AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to failure to report a lost
         or stolen firearm
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 265.27 to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 265.27 LOST OR STOLEN FIREARM TO BE REPORTED.
    4    AN OWNER OF ONE OR MORE FIREARMS SHALL REPORT EACH INCIDENCE OF A LOST
    5  OR STOLEN FIREARM TO THE POLICE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE
    6  WHERE SUCH PERSON REPORTING IS LOCATED WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF  SUCH
    7  LOSS OR THEFT, OR DISCOVERY OF SUCH LOSS OR THEFT.
    8    AN INTENTIONAL FAILURE TO MAKE SUCH REPORT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   10  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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