STATE OF NEW YORK
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8149
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
July 7, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to providing for the
posting of firearm signage in certain areas
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-w
2 to read as follows:
3 § 837-w. Requirements for firearm signage. 1. The division shall
4 review and compare the most recent national gun violence statistics, as
5 reported by the national center for health statistics, against the most
6 recent criminal justice statistics concerning gun violence as compiled
7 by the division, to determine which areas in the state experience a rate
8 of gun violence above the national average. For purposes of this
9 section, "area" shall be determined by the division.
10 2. In areas in which the rate of gun violence is above the national
11 average, the division shall notify the law enforcement agency serving
12 such area to post signage in the form prescribed by the division.
13 3. Statistics reported by the division and the national center for
14 health statistics shall be reviewed on a biannual basis by the division
15 to determine the continued accuracy of existing signage and the poten-
16 tial need for additional signage.
17 4. When the division determines that an area's signage requirements
18 have changed pursuant to subdivision three of this section, the division
19 shall notify the law enforcement agency serving such area to remove or
20 install such signage as necessary.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
22 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
23 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
24 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
25 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11699-01-1
