Bill Text: NY S00805 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the registration of firearms by the owner thereof at the county clerks office of the county where the owner resides, except in New York city; establishes fees for original registration and annual renewal thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-09 - REFERRED TO CODES [S00805 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S00805-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          805
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  ADAMS, SERRANO -- 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  the  registration  of
         firearms
         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 400.02  to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 400.02 REGISTRATION OF FIREARMS; FEES; RENEWALS.
    4    1.  EVERY OWNER OF A FIREARM SHALL PRESENT BY MAIL OR OTHERWISE TO THE
    5  CLERK OF THE COUNTY WHEREIN HE OR SHE RESIDES AN APPLICATION FOR  REGIS-
    6  TRATION  OF  SUCH  FIREARM.  FOR  OWNERS  RESIDING IN A COUNTY CONTAINED
    7  ENTIRELY WITHIN A CITY, SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE MADE AT  THE  PRECINCT
    8  STATION  SERVING  THE  AREA WHEREIN SUCH OWNER RESIDES. SUCH APPLICATION
    9  SHALL CONTAIN A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF  EACH  FIREARM  TO  BE  REGISTERED,
   10  INCLUDING ANY SERIAL NUMBER THEREON, THE OWNER'S NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE
   11  NUMBER,  AND THE LOCATION WHERE THE FIREARM IS TO BE LOCATED WHEN NOT IN
   12  USE. WITH RESPECT TO A NEWLY ACQUIRED  FIREARM,  THE  APPLICATION  SHALL
   13  INCLUDE WHERE AND HOW SUCH FIREARM WAS ACQUIRED.
   14    2.  UPON  RECEIPT  OF A SUFFICIENT APPLICATION, THE REGISTERING OFFICE
   15  SHALL PROVIDE THE APPLICANT WITH A REGISTRATION UPON PAYMENT OF A FEE OF
   16  FIFTEEN DOLLARS FOR EACH FIREARM REGISTERED.
   17    3. A PERMANENT RECORD OF SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL BE MAINTAINED BY  THE
   18  REGISTERING  OFFICE, AND THE FIREARM OWNER SHALL BE ISSUED A PHOTO IDEN-
   19  TIFICATION POCKET CARD INDICATING THE FIREARM  HAS  BEEN  REGISTERED  TO
   20  SUCH OWNER.
   21    4.  SUCH  REGISTRATION  SHALL  BE  RENEWED  EACH YEAR FOR A FEE OF TEN
   22  DOLLARS. WHENEVER THE REGISTERED OWNER SHALL GIVE, SELL, LOSE OR  OTHER-
   23  WISE  CEASE  TO  POSSESS  THE REGISTERED FIREARM, THE REGISTERING OFFICE
   24  SHALL BE MADE AWARE OF SUCH TERMINATION OF POSSESSION.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04532-01-3
       S. 805                              2
    1    5. WILLFUL FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
    2  BE A MISDEMEANOR.
    3    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    4  it shall have become a law.