Requires that firearms surrendered under a municipal gun buyback program shall be rendered inoperable, and all components unable to be reused; prohibits the acceptance of firearms which were manufactured for the purpose of surrender for remuneration.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3873
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to municipal gun buyback
programs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 233 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
3 6. For the purposes of this section, "gun buyback" shall mean remuner-
4 ation for the voluntary relinquishment of a firearm, rifle or shotgun
5 for disposal that renders such weapon inoperable, and all components
6 thereof unable to be incorporated in an operable firearm, rifle or shot-
7 gun. No firearm, rifle or shotgun shall be eligible for surrender and
8 remuneration if it was manufactured for the purpose of receiving a mone-
9 tary reward under a gun buyback program.
10 § 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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