Bill Text: NY A11716 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to pistol permit privacy and makes all personal information regarding pistol or revolver licensees confidential except to law enforcement agencies and to individuals requesting information about a named individual.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-10-13 - referred to codes [A11716 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A11716-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         11716
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   October 13, 2010
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       Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Schroeder)
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to pistol permit privacy
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  400.00  of the penal law, as
    2  amended by chapter 332 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    5.  Filing  of  approved  applications.  (A)  The  application for any
    5  license, if granted, shall be filed by the licensing  officer  with  the
    6  clerk  of  the  county  of issuance, except that in the city of New York
    7  and, in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, the licensing officer  shall
    8  designate  the  place  of  filing in the appropriate division, bureau or
    9  unit of the police department thereof, and in the county of Suffolk  the
   10  county  clerk  is  hereby authorized to transfer all records or applica-
   11  tions relating to firearms to the licensing authority  of  that  county.
   12  The  name  and  address  of  any  person  to whom an application for any
   13  license has been granted shall be [a  public  record]  CONFIDENTIAL  AND
   14  SHALL NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS
   15  SUBDIVISION.    Upon application by a licensee who has changed his place
   16  of residence such records or applications shall be  transferred  to  the
   17  appropriate  officer  at the licensee's new place of residence. A dupli-
   18  cate copy of such application shall be filed by the licensing officer in
   19  the executive department, division of state police, Albany,  within  ten
   20  days after issuance of the license. Nothing in this subdivision shall be
   21  construed  to  change  the  expiration  date or term of such licenses if
   22  otherwise provided for in law.
   23    (B) THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE SHALL MAINTAIN AN  AUTOMATED  LISTING
   24  OF EVERY LICENSE HOLDER ISSUED A LICENSE FOR A PISTOL OR REVOLVER PURSU-
   25  ANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH LISTING SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST,
   26  PROVIDED, THAT:
   27    (I)  ONLY  REQUESTS  RELATING  TO A NAMED LICENSEE SHALL BE HONORED OR
   28  MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE; AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD18015-04-0
       A. 11716                            2
    1    (II) A REQUEST FOR THE ENTIRE LIST OF LICENSEES, OR FOR ALL  LICENSEES
    2  IN  A  GEOGRAPHIC  AREA,  SHALL BE DENIED, EXCEPT TO ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT
    3  AGENCY.
    4    FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
    5  CY" SHALL MEAN THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE, ANY NEW YORK  STATE  COUNTY
    6  SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT OF ANY CITY, VILLAGE OR TOWN
    7  WITHIN  NEW YORK STATE, THE POLICE FORCE OF ANY NEW YORK STATE AUTHORITY
    8  OR AGENCY, THE STATE POLICE FORCE OF ANY OTHER STATE AND ANY FEDERAL LAW
    9  ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.