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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6196
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 22, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  MAY, ANTONACCI -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to possession of firearms  on
          property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 265.01-a of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of
     2  the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 265.01-a[.] Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.
     4    A person is guilty of  criminal  possession  of  a  weapon  on  school
     5  grounds  when  he or she knowingly has in his or her possession a rifle,
     6  shotgun, or firearm in or upon a building or grounds,  used  for  educa-
     7  tional  purposes,  of  any  school,  college,  or university, except the
     8  forestry lands, wherever located, owned [and], maintained [by]  or  held
     9  in  trust  for  the benefit of the New York State College of Forestry at
    10  Syracuse University, now known as  the  State  University  of  New  York
    11  college  of  environmental science and forestry, or upon a school bus as
    12  defined in section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law,
    13  without the written authorization of such educational institution.
    14    Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds is a class E felony.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    16  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11964-01-9