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A08460 Summary:

BILL NOA08460
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08775
 
SPONSORJacobson
 
COSPNSREachus
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §233, Exec L
 
Establishes procedures to disassemble and dispose of guns, rifles and firearms purchased by local municipalities and law enforcement agencies through a gun buyback program, including the creation of a log and video recordings.
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A08460 Actions:

BILL NOA08460
 
12/29/2023referred to codes
01/03/2024referred to codes
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A08460 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8460
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    December 29, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the disposal
          of firearms acquired pursuant to a gun buyback program
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 233 of the executive law, as added
     2  by chapter 139 of the laws of 2019, is amended and two new  subdivisions
     3  6 and 7 are added to read as follows:
     4    5. For purposes of this section:
     5    (a) "agency" means the police force or department of any county, city,
     6  town, or village or a county sheriff; and
     7    (b)   "guns, rifles, and firearms" shall include but not be limited to
     8  the barrel, trigger, grip, slide, stock, springs as well as parts of the
     9  gun, rifle, and firearm within the frame.
    10    6. All agencies participating in  a  gun  buyback  program  authorized
    11  under  this  section  shall  dispose  of all purchased guns, rifles, and
    12  firearms in the following manner:
    13    (a)  Such  guns,  rifles,  and  firearms  shall  be  disassembled  and
    14  destroyed.
    15    (b)  A  video  shall  be  made  and  stored  of such disassembling and
    16  destruction of the guns, rifles, and firearms.
    17    (c) A log shall be created of all guns, rifles, and firearms processed
    18  by serial and case number. Such serial and case number shall  be  easily
    19  visible on the video of such disassembling and destruction of such guns,
    20  rifles, and firearms.
    21    (d)  Such log and video shall be filed with the agency conducting such
    22  buyback program and with the department of criminal justice services.
    23    7. (a) No person shall sell or transfer, or modify for sale or  trans-
    24  fer,  any  firearm,  rifle, or shotgun acquired as part of a gun buyback
    25  program authorized under this section.
    26    (b) Any person who violates the provisions of this  subdivision  shall
    27  be guilty of a class E felony.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13816-02-3
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