Bill Text: NY S04385 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4385 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes the class A-I felony of operating as a major firearms trafficker.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04385 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04385-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4385
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 13, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- 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 creating  the  offense  of
          operating as a major firearms trafficker
          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 265.46  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 265.46 Operating as a major firearms trafficker.
     4    A  person  is  guilty of operating as a major firearms trafficker when
     5  such person:
     6    (1) unlawfully sells, exchanges,  gives  or  disposes  of  to  another
     7  person  or persons a total of twenty or more firearms in a period of not
     8  more than one year; or
     9    (2) unlawfully possesses with intent to sell twenty or more firearms.
    10    Operating as a major firearms trafficker is a class A-I felony.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06309-01-7