STATE OF NEW YORK
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3694
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 25, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to expanding the
definition of immediate family to include siblings and parents as such
term relates to the private sale or disposal of certain firearms
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 898 of the general business law,
2 as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and federal
5 law, all sales, exchanges or disposals of firearms, rifles or shotguns
6 shall be conducted in accordance with this section unless such sale,
7 exchange or disposal is conducted by a licensed importer, licensed
8 manufacturer or licensed dealer, as those terms are defined in 18 USC §
9 [922] 921, when such sale, exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to
10 that person's federal firearms license or such sale, exchange or
11 disposal is between members of an immediate family. For purposes of this
12 section, "immediate family" shall mean spouses, domestic partners, chil-
13 dren and step-children, siblings, and parents.
14 § 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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