S02900 Summary:
BILL NO | S02900 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A10417 |
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SPONSOR | LARKIN |
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COSPNSR | BOYLE |
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Amd S265.20, Pen L | |
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Authorizes the possession of a handgun being sold by a dealer in firearms upon the premises of such dealer. |
S02900 Actions:
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01/30/2015 | REFERRED TO CODES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/28/2015 | 1ST REPORT CAL.469 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/29/2015 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/04/2015 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/25/2015 | COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | REFERRED TO CODES |
S02900 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2900 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- 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 possession of pistols and revolvers being offered for sale upon the premises of a dealer in firearms The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 265.20 of the penal law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision f to read as follows: 3 f. 1. Except in cities not wholly contained within a single county 4 subdivision one of section 265.01 and subdivision one of section 5 265.01-b of this article shall not apply to the possession of an 6 unloaded pistol or revolver upon the premises of a dealer in firearms 7 who is lawfully engaged in the sale or offering for sale of such pistol 8 or revolver by a person who is: 9 (a) twenty-one years of age or older, and not otherwise prohibited 10 from possessing a firearm; or 11 (b) eighteen years of age or older having been honorably discharged 12 from the United States army, navy, marine corps, air force or coast 13 guard, or from active service in a force of the organized militia of the 14 state, as defined in section one of the military law, as evinced by a 15 DD-214 or other similar proof of military service. 16 2. Possession of an unloaded pistol or revolver shall only be granted 17 by a dealer in firearms, or his or her agent, upon presentation of suit- 18 able photograph identification and proof of age. The dealer or his or 19 her agent shall maintain custody of such identification and proof of age 20 while the person, who is not authorized to possess a pistol or revolver 21 pursuant to subdivision a of this section, has possession of the 22 unloaded pistol or revolver upon the dealer's premises. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04726-01-5