Bill Text: NY S04498 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes shooting preserves and shooting clubs to sell ammunition for exclusive use on the premises thereof without being deemed a "seller of ammunition".

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CODES [S04498 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04498-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4498--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 3, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  BALL,  DeFRANCISCO,  LANZA,  RANZENHOFER, SEWARD,
         ZELDIN -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
         committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes -- committee discharged, bill
         amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
         tee
       AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the sale of ammunition by
         shooting preserves and shooting clubs
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 400.03 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 9 to read as follows:
    3    9. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,  A
    4  SHOOTING  PRESERVE  THAT IS PROPERLY LICENSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
    5  11-1903 OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION  LAW  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO  SELL
    6  AMMUNITION  FOR  EXCLUSIVE  USE ON THE PREMISES OF THE LICENSED SHOOTING
    7  PRESERVE FOR LAWFUL HUNTING, CLAY TARGET SPORT  SHOOTING  ACTIVITIES  OR
    8  OTHER LAWFUL ACTIVITIES.
    9    (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A DULY
   10  ORGANIZED  TARGET  SHOOTING  CLUB  IS  AUTHORIZED TO SELL AMMUNITION FOR
   11  EXCLUSIVE USE ON THE PREMISES OF THE TARGET  SHOOTING  CLUB  FOR  LAWFUL
   12  TARGET  SHOOTING,  CLAY TARGET SPORT SHOOTING ACTIVITIES OR OTHER LAWFUL
   13  ACTIVITIES.
   14    (C) A SHOOTING PRESERVE OR A SHOOTING CLUB AUTHORIZED TO SELL  AMMUNI-
   15  TION UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OR (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT
   16  TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF SELLERS OF AMMUNITION AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVI-
   17  SIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT OF THIS SECTION.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
   19  manner as section 50 of chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, takes effect.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10061-03-3