Directs the state police to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations regarding the flagging for further review of bulk purchases of firearms or ammunition.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4737
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 14, 2023
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Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to directing the state
police to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations regarding the
flagging for further review of bulk purchases of firearms or ammuni-
tion
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 236 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 236. Bulk purchases of firearms or ammunition. In addition to the
4 requirements of the statewide license and record database outlined in
5 section 400.02 of the penal law, the superintendent shall establish and
6 maintain within the division a central repository of information regard-
7 ing firearms or ammunition purchased in bulk which requires further
8 review. For the purposes of this section, the term "firearms or ammuni-
9 tion purchased in bulk" shall refer to unusually large purchases of
10 firearms, rifles, shotguns, or ammunition, as determined by the super-
11 intendent. The superintendent shall adopt and promulgate any necessary
12 rules and regulations prescribing reporting procedures for any purchases
13 of firearms or ammunition purchased in bulk by credit card, debit card,
14 PayPal, e-wallet, e-check, Lyra or any other payment system, including
15 the form for reporting such information. The superintendent shall adopt
16 and promulgate any necessary rules and regulations prescribing the
17 review of information contained in the central repository created by
18 this section for the purpose of investigating potential criminal activ-
19 ity.
20 § 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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