STATE OF NEW YORK
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1193
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- 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 sale of ammunition
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 270.00 of the penal law, as
2 amended by chapter 180 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision four of this section,
5 it shall be unlawful for any dealer in firearms to sell any ammunition
6 [designed exclusively for use in a pistol or revolver] to any person,
7 not authorized to possess [a pistol or revolver] such weapon, regardless
8 of type.
9 6. The violation of this section shall constitute a class B misdemea-
10 nor, except the violation of subdivision five of this section shall
11 constitute a class E felony.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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