Relates to granting dealers in firearms access to the New York Statewide Police Information Network to allow law enforcement the opportunity to question persons that attempt to sell stolen firearms.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6120
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 28, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to granting dealers in
firearms access to the NYSPIN database
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 400.10 of the penal law, as
2 amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
3 2. The division of state police shall receive, collect and file the
4 information referred to in subdivision one of this section. The division
5 shall cooperate, and undertake to furnish or make available to law
6 enforcement agencies and dealers in firearms this information, for the
7 purpose of coordinating law enforcement efforts to locate such weapons.
8 For purposes of this subdivision, "dealers in firearms" shall have the
9 same meaning as provided for in subdivision nine of section 265.00 of
10 this chapter.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
12 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
13 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
14 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
15 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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