STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1653

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  processing  of  firearms
          license  applications  for  victims  of  domestic  abuse who have been
          issued an order of protection

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4-b  of  section 400.00 of the penal law, as
     2  amended by chapter 371 of the laws  of  2022,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    4-b.  Processing  of  license  applications.    (a)  Applications  for
     5  licenses shall be accepted for processing by the  licensing  officer  at
     6  the  time  of  presentment.  Except upon written notice to the applicant
     7  specifically stating the reasons for any delay, in each case the licens-
     8  ing officer shall act upon any application for  a  license  pursuant  to
     9  this  section  within  six  months of the date of presentment of such an
    10  application to the appropriate authority. Such delay  may  only  be  for
    11  good cause and with respect to the applicant. In acting upon an applica-
    12  tion,  the  licensing  officer  shall  either  deny  the application for
    13  reasons specifically and concisely stated in writing or grant the appli-
    14  cation and issue the license applied for.
    15    (b) In the event that an applicant is an individual  protected  by  an
    16  order of protection issued due to such person being a victim of a family
    17  offense, as described in subdivision one of section 530.11 of the crimi-
    18  nal  procedure law and the applicant presents the order of protection to
    19  the licensing officer on the date of presentment, the licensing  officer
    20  shall  act  upon  the application for a license pursuant to this section
    21  within fourteen calendar days of the date  of  presentment  of  such  an
    22  application to the appropriate authority.
    23    §  2.  On the day this act becomes a law, the secretary of state shall
    24  send a copy of this law by mail to each county clerk in the state.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    26  section one of this act shall take effect on the fourteenth day after it
    27  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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