Authorizes, in the county of Chautauqua, the possession of a pistol or revolver while attending a firearms familiarity, safety, loading and firing course conducted by a law enforcement agency.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4960
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 9, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the possession
in the county of Chautauqua of a pistol or revolver while attending a
firearms familiarity, safety, loading and firing course conducted by a
law enforcement agency; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended
2 by adding a new paragraph 7-g to read as follows:
3 7-g. Possession of a pistol or revolver by a person who has applied to
4 the appropriate licensing officer in Chautauqua county for a license to
5 possess a pistol or revolver and who appears to be eligible to receive
6 such license pursuant to subdivision one of section 400.00 of this chap-
7 ter and where such possession is: (i) of a pistol or revolver owned by a
8 local law enforcement agency; and (ii) at a firearms training facility
9 operated by such agency while under the supervision, guidance and
10 instruction of a police officer during a firearms familiarity, safety,
11 loading and firing course conducted by such agency; provided, however,
12 that this paragraph shall only apply in Chautauqua county and only where
13 such county opts by local law to require such a course before a person
14 may be issued a license pursuant to section 400.00 of this chapter.
15 Prior to a course being conducted by a law enforcement agency pursuant
16 to this paragraph, such course shall be approved by the superintendent
17 of the state police and shall be periodically reviewed by the super-
18 intendent for compliance with applicable rules and regulations. Any
19 course conducted pursuant to this paragraph shall only be operated by a
20 law enforcement agency and shall not be delegated or assigned to any
21 third party persons or entities. The superintendent of the state police
22 shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 purposes of this paragraph including standards for the operation of a
2 firearms familiarity, safety, loading and firing course. Nothing in this
3 paragraph shall be read to require approval of the superintendent of the
4 state police for any firearms safety course operated by law enforcement
5 or third party individuals or entities that does not include the handl-
6 ing, loading or firing of a pistol or revolver.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
8 have become a law, and shall expire and be deemed repealed June 1, 2024.
