Requires all motor vehicles transporting five or more weapons or ammunition for five or more weapons to have a separate storage area secured by padlock or combination lock and all such weapons and ammunition to be so secured when being transported and imposes a fine of at least $1,000 and not more than $5,000 for violation.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the trans-
portation of weapons and ammunition
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
2 section 379 to read as follows:
3 § 379. Safety requirements for vehicle transporting weapons and/or
4 ammunition. 1. All motor vehicles used to transport five or more weapons
5 of any type, and ammunition sufficient for five or more weapons shall
6 have a separate storage area secured by a padlock or combination lock
7 and accessible only by removing such lock, which shall be of such
8 strength to resist being cut by any readily available tool. At no time
9 shall ammunition and weapons be secured in the same storage area.
10 2. The commissioner shall have the power to promulgate rules and regu-
11 lations relating to the transportation of weapons and/or ammunition
12 consistent with this section.
13 3. The transportation of weapons and/or ammunition not in compliance
14 with this section or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to
15 this section shall be punishable by a fine of at least one thousand
16 dollars and not more than five thousand dollars for each violation.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
18 ing the date on which it shall have become a law, provided, however,
19 that any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this
20 act shall be promulgated on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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