Bill Text: NY S06151 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the transport of pistols or revolvers by licensees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-16 - signed chap.104 [S06151 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06151-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6151 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 20, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KAVANAGH -- 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 transport of pistols or revolvers by licensees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 400.00 of the penal law, as 2 amended by chapter 318 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 6. License: validity. Any license issued pursuant to this section 5 shall be valid notwithstanding the provisions of any local law or ordi- 6 nance. No license shall be transferable to any other person or prem- 7 ises. A license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, not otherwise 8 limited as to place or time of possession, shall be effective throughout 9 the state, except that the same shall not be valid within the city of 10 New York unless a special permit granting validity is issued by the 11 police commissioner of that city. Such license to carry or possess shall 12 be valid within the city of New York in the absence of a permit issued 13 by the police commissioner of that city, provided that (a) the firearms 14 covered by such license have been purchased from a licensed dealer with- 15 in the city of New York and are being transported out of said city 16 forthwith and immediately from said dealer by the licensee in a locked 17 container during a continuous and uninterrupted trip; or provided that 18 (b) the firearms covered by such license are being transported by the 19 licensee in a locked container and the trip through the city of New York 20 is continuous and uninterrupted; or provided that (c) the firearms 21 covered by such license are carried by armored car security guards 22 transporting money or other valuables, in, to, or from motor vehicles 23 commonly known as armored cars, during the course of their employment; 24 or provided that (d) the licensee is a retired police officer as police 25 officer is defined pursuant to subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11086-02-9S. 6151 2 1 of the criminal procedure law or a retired federal law enforcement offi- 2 cer, as defined in section 2.15 of the criminal procedure law, who has 3 been issued a license by an authorized licensing officer as defined in 4 subdivision ten of section 265.00 of this chapter; provided, further, 5 however, that if such license was not issued in the city of New York it 6 must be marked "Retired Police Officer" or "Retired Federal Law Enforce- 7 ment Officer", as the case may be, and, in the case of a retired officer 8 the license shall be deemed to permit only police or federal law 9 enforcement regulations weapons; or provided that (e) the licensee is a 10 peace officer described in subdivision four of section 2.10 of the crim- 11 inal procedure law and the license, if issued by other than the city of 12 New York, is marked "New York State Tax Department Peace Officer" and in 13 such case the exemption shall apply only to the firearm issued to such 14 licensee by the department of taxation and finance. A license as 15 gunsmith or dealer in firearms shall not be valid outside the city or 16 county, as the case may be, where issued. Notwithstanding any inconsist- 17 ent provision of state or local law or rule or regulation, the premises 18 limitation set forth in any license to have and possess a pistol or 19 revolver in the licensee's dwelling or place of business pursuant to 20 paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision two of this section shall not 21 prevent the transport of such pistol or revolver directly to or from (i) 22 another dwelling or place of business of the licensee where the licensee 23 is authorized to have and possess such pistol or revolver, (ii) an 24 indoor or outdoor shooting range that is authorized by law to operate as 25 such, (iii) a shooting competition at which the licensee may possess 26 such pistol or revolver consistent with the provisions of subdivision a 27 of section 265.20 of this chapter or consistent with the law applicable 28 at the place of such competition, or (iv) any other location where the 29 licensee is lawfully authorized to have and possess such pistol or 30 revolver; provided however, that during such transport to or from a 31 location specified in clauses (i) through (iv) of this paragraph, the 32 pistol or revolver shall be unloaded and carried in a locked container, 33 and the ammunition therefor shall be carried separately; provided 34 further, however, that a license to have and possess a pistol or revol- 35 ver in the licensee's dwelling or place of business pursuant to para- 36 graph (a) or (b) of subdivision two of this section that is issued by a 37 licensing officer other than the police commissioner of the city of New 38 York shall not authorize transport of a pistol or revolver into the city 39 of New York in the absence of written authorization to do so by the 40 police commissioner of that city. The term "locked container" shall not 41 include the glove compartment or console of a vehicle. 42 § 2. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or 43 part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdic- 44 tion to be invalid and after exhaustion of all further judicial review, 45 the judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder there- 46 of, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, 47 paragraph, section, or part of this act directly involved in the contro- 48 versy in which the judgment shall have been rendered. 49 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
