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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4697
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 5, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. COLTON, WEPRIN, ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE, SCARBOROUGH,
          LAVINE, HOOPER, MILLER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MONTESANO  --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to prohibiting the manufac-
          ture, transport or shipment of undetectable knives and prohibiting the
          possession of such knives
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 5-d to read as follows:
     3    5-d. "Undetectable knife" means any knife or other  instrument,  which
     4  does  not  utilize  materials that are detectable by a metal detector or
     5  magnetometer when set at a standard  calibration,  that  is  capable  of
     6  ready  use as a stabbing or cutting weapon and was commercially manufac-
     7  tured to be used as a weapon.
     8    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 265.01 of the penal law, as  amended  by
     9  chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
    10    (2)  He  or  she  possesses  any dagger, dangerous knife, dirk, razor,
    11  stiletto, imitation pistol, undetectable knife or any other dangerous or
    12  deadly instrument or weapon with  intent  to  use  the  same  unlawfully
    13  against another; or
    14    §  3.  Subdivisions  1  and  2  of section 265.10 of the penal law, as
    15  amended by chapter 257 of the laws of  2008,  are  amended  to  read  as
    16  follows:
    17    1.  Any  person  who  manufactures  or  causes  to be manufactured any
    18  machine-gun, assault weapon, large capacity ammunition feeding device or
    19  disguised gun is guilty of a class D felony. Any person who manufactures
    20  or causes to be manufactured any switchblade knife, gravity knife, pilum
    21  ballistic  knife,  metal  knuckle  knife,  undetectable  knife,   billy,
    22  blackjack,  bludgeon,  plastic  knuckles,  metal knuckles, Kung Fu star,
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06697-01-5
        A. 4697                             2
 
     1  chuka stick, sandbag, sandclub or slungshot  is  guilty  of  a  class  A
     2  misdemeanor.
     3    2. Any person who transports or ships any machine-gun, firearm silenc-
     4  er,  assault  weapon  or  large  capacity  ammunition  feeding device or
     5  disguised gun, or who transports or ships as merchandise  five  or  more
     6  firearms,  is  guilty  of a class D felony. Any person who transports or
     7  ships as merchandise any firearm, other than an assault weapon,  switch-
     8  blade  knife,  gravity knife, pilum ballistic knife, undetectable knife,
     9  billy, blackjack, bludgeon, plastic knuckles, metal  knuckles,  Kung  Fu
    10  star, chuka stick, sandbag or slungshot is guilty of a class A misdemea-
    11  nor.
    12    § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    13  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.