S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        3322--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. KAVANAGH, COOK, JAFFEE, LAVINE, LIFTON, RAMOS,
         ROBINSON, ARROYO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  DINOWITZ,  ENGLE-
         BRIGHT,    GLICK,    GOTTFRIED,    JOHNS,   MARKEY,   ORTIZ,   PAULIN,
         PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, SCARBOROUGH, WEINSTEIN, WEISENBERG -- read once
         and referred to the Committee on Codes -- recommitted to the Committee
         on Codes in accordance with Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  penal law and the executive law, in relation to
         banning 50 caliber weapons
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature here-
    2  by  finds  and  declares  that  50  caliber or larger weapons having the
    3  capacity for rapidly discharging ammunition have no acceptable  purpose.
    4  The  legislature  additionally finds and declares that such weapons pose
    5  such an imminent threat and danger to the safety  and  security  of  the
    6  people  of this state that it is necessary to ban the possession and use
    7  of such weapons.
    8    S 2. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "50
    9  Caliber Threat Reduction Act".
   10    S 3. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
   11  vision 26 to read as follows:
   12    26. "50 CALIBER WEAPON" MEANS:
   13    (A) ANY RIFLE CAPABLE OF FIRING A CENTER-FIRE CARTRIDGE:
   14    (I)  OF  A  CALIBER  OF  50 OR GREATER, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ANY METRIC
   15  EQUIVALENT OF 50 CALIBER OR GREATER; OR
   16    (II) THAT IS CAPABLE OF FIRING A  PROJECTILE  THAT  ATTAINS  A  MUZZLE
   17  ENERGY  OF  TWELVE THOUSAND FOOT-POUNDS OR GREATER IN ANY COMBINATION OF
   18  BULLET, PROPELLANT, CASE, OR PRIMER; OR
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    (III) ANY COPY OR DUPLICATE OF ANY SUCH  WEAPON  THAT  IS  CAPABLE  OF
    2  FIRING  A  PROJECTILE  THAT  ATTAINS  A MUZZLE ENERGY OF TWELVE THOUSAND
    3  FOOT-POUNDS OR GREATER REGARDLESS OF CALIBER;
    4    (B)  ANY  RIFLE  CAPABLE  OF FIRING A CENTER-FIRE CARTRIDGE DEFINED IN
    5  PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, POSSESSED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE
    6  OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
    7    (C) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE:
    8    (I) ANY WEAPON CAPABLE OF FIRING A CENTER-FIRE CARTRIDGE THAT HAS BEEN
    9  RENDERED PERMANENTLY INOPERABLE;
   10    (II) ANY WEAPON CAPABLE OF FIRING A CENTER-FIRE CARTRIDGE THAT  IS  AN
   11  ANTIQUE FIREARM AS DEFINED IN CLAUSE SIXTEEN OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF SECTION
   12  NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF TITLE EIGHTEEN OF THE UNITED STATES CODE;
   13    (III)  ANY  WEAPON VALIDLY REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN
   14  OF SECTION 400.00 OF THIS CHAPTER. SUCH WEAPONS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  THE
   15  PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION;
   16    (IV)  ANY  WEAPON  THAT WAS MANUFACTURED AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS PRIOR TO
   17  THE CURRENT DATE, BUT NOT INCLUDING REPLICAS THEREOF,  THAT  IS  VALIDLY
   18  REGISTERED  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN OF SECTION 400.00 OF THIS
   19  CHAPTER;
   20    (V) ANY MUZZLE-LOADING RIFLE OR SHOTGUN WITH A RIFLED BORE.
   21    (D) ANY WEAPON DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION  MAY  ONLY
   22  BE  SOLD  TO, EXCHANGED WITH OR DISPOSED OF TO A PURCHASER AUTHORIZED TO
   23  POSSESS SUCH WEAPONS OR TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY OUTSIDE OF THE  STATE
   24  PROVIDED  THAT  ANY  SUCH TRANSFER TO AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY OUTSIDE OF
   25  THE STATE MUST BE REPORTED TO THE ENTITY WHEREIN THE  WEAPON  IS  REGIS-
   26  TERED  WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO  HOURS  OF  SUCH  TRANSFER. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
   27  TRANSFERS ANY SUCH WEAPON TO AN INDIVIDUAL  INSIDE  NEW  YORK  STATE  OR
   28  WITHOUT  COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE GUILTY
   29  OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR UNLESS  TRANSFERRED  WITHIN  ONE  YEAR  OF  THE
   30  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   31    S  4.  Section  400.00  of  the penal law is amended by adding two new
   32  subdivisions 18 and 19 to read as follows:
   33    18. REGISTRATION OF 50 CALIBER WEAPONS.   (A) AN  OWNER  OF  A  WEAPON
   34  DEFINED  IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION 265.00 OF
   35  THIS CHAPTER, POSSESSED BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
   36  MUST MAKE AN APPLICATION TO REGISTER SUCH WEAPON WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT
   37  OF  STATE  POLICE,  IN  THE MANNER PROVIDED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, OR BY
   38  AMENDING A LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION WITHIN  ONE  YEAR  OF
   39  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION EXCEPT ANY WEAPON DEFINED UNDER
   40  SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SIX OF  SECTION
   41  265.00  OF  THIS CHAPTER TRANSFERRED INTO THE STATE MAY BE REGISTERED AT
   42  ANY TIME, PROVIDED SUCH WEAPONS ARE REGISTERED  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF
   43  THEIR  TRANSFER  INTO  THE STATE. REGISTRATION INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE
   44  THE REGISTRANT'S NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, GENDER, RACE, RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS,
   45  SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION OF EACH WEAPON BEING  REGISTERED.
   46  A  REGISTRATION  OF  ANY WEAPON DEFINED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARA-
   47  GRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION 265.00  OF  THIS  CHAPTER
   48  SHALL  BE  TRANSFERABLE,  PROVIDED  THAT  THE  SELLER NOTIFIES THE STATE
   49  POLICE WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS OF THE TRANSFER AND THE  BUYER  PROVIDES
   50  THE  STATE  POLICE WITH INFORMATION SUFFICIENT TO CONSTITUTE A REGISTRA-
   51  TION UNDER THIS SECTION. SUCH REGISTRATION SHALL NOT BE  VALID  IF  SUCH
   52  REGISTRANT IS PROHIBITED OR BECOMES PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM
   53  PURSUANT  TO  STATE  OR  FEDERAL LAW. THE SUPERINTENDENT SHALL DETERMINE
   54  WHETHER SUCH REGISTRANT IS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING  A  FIREARM  UNDER
   55  STATE OR FEDERAL LAW. SUCH CHECK SHALL BE LIMITED TO DETERMINING WHETHER
   56  THE FACTORS IN PARAGRAPH (G) OF SECTION NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF TITLE
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    1  EIGHTEEN  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES CODE APPLY OR WHETHER A REGISTRANT HAS
    2  BEEN CONVICTED OF A SERIOUS OFFENSE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION  SEVENTEEN
    3  OF  SECTION  265.00  OF  THIS CHAPTER, SO AS TO PROHIBIT SUCH REGISTRANT
    4  FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM, AND WHETHER A REPORT HAS BEEN ISSUED PURSUANT
    5  TO  SECTION 9.46 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW. ALL REGISTRANTS SHALL RECER-
    6  TIFY TO THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER.  FAIL-
    7  URE TO RECERTIFY SHALL RESULT IN A REVOCATION OF SUCH REGISTRATION.
    8    (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF
    9  THIS SUBDIVISION, AN OWNER OF A 50 CALIBER WEAPON AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
   10  SION TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION 265.00 OF THIS CHAPTER, WHO  IS  A  QUALIFIED
   11  RETIRED NEW YORK OR FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AS DEFINED IN SUBDI-
   12  VISION  TWENTY-FIVE OF SECTION 265.00 OF THIS CHAPTER, WHERE SUCH WEAPON
   13  WAS ISSUED TO OR PURCHASED BY SUCH OFFICER PRIOR TO  RETIREMENT  AND  IN
   14  THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER OFFICIAL DUTIES, AND FOR WHICH SUCH OFFICER WAS
   15  QUALIFIED  BY THE AGENCY THAT EMPLOYED SUCH OFFICER WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS
   16  PRIOR TO HIS OR HER RETIREMENT, MUST REGISTER SUCH WEAPON  WITHIN  SIXTY
   17  DAYS OF RETIREMENT.
   18    (C) THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE POLICE SHALL CREATE AND MAINTAIN A "50
   19  CALIBER  WEAPONS"  PAGE  OR  SECTION  ON  THE EXISTING INTERNET WEBSITE,
   20  CREATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  SUBDIVISION  SIXTEEN-A  OF  THIS
   21  SECTION,  TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AS TO WHICH 50 CALIBER WEAPONS ARE ILLE-
   22  GAL AS A RESULT OF THE ENACTMENT OF THIS SUBDIVISION, AS WELL AS SUCH 50
   23  CALIBER WEAPONS WHICH  ARE  ILLEGAL  PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  TWO  HUNDRED
   24  SIXTY-FIVE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER. SUCH WEBSITE SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION TO
   25  ASSIST THE PUBLIC IN RECOGNIZING THE  RELEVANT  FEATURES  PROSCRIBED  BY
   26  SUCH  ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE, AS WELL AS WHICH MAKE AND MODEL OF
   27  WEAPONS REQUIRE REGISTRATION.
   28    (D) A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY FAILS TO APPLY TO REGISTER SUCH WEAPON,  AS
   29  REQUIRED  BY THIS SECTION, WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
   30  SUBDIVISION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR AND SUCH PERSON WHO
   31  UNKNOWINGLY FAILS TO VALIDLY REGISTER SUCH WEAPON WITHIN SUCH  ONE  YEAR
   32  PERIOD  SHALL  BE  GIVEN  A  WARNING  BY  AN APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT
   33  AUTHORITY ABOUT SUCH FAILURE AND GIVEN THIRTY DAYS IN WHICH TO APPLY  TO
   34  REGISTER SUCH WEAPON OR TO SURRENDER IT. A FAILURE TO APPLY OR SURRENDER
   35  SUCH  WEAPON  WITHIN  SUCH THIRTY-DAY PERIOD SHALL RESULT IN SUCH WEAPON
   36  BEING REMOVED BY AN APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY AND DECLARED A
   37  NUISANCE.
   38    (E) THE COST OF THE SOFTWARE, PROGRAMMING AND  INTERFACE  REQUIRED  TO
   39  TRANSMIT ANY RECORD THAT MUST BE ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED BY THE DEAL-
   40  ER OR LICENSING OFFICER TO THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE PURSUANT TO THIS
   41  CHAPTER SHALL BE BORNE BY THE STATE.
   42    19.  APPLICABILITY  OF  SECTION. THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED
   43  SIXTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER RELATING TO ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A  FIREARM,
   44  SHALL NOT APPLY TO AN OFFENSE WHICH ALSO CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF THIS
   45  SECTION  BY  A  PERSON  HOLDING  AN  OTHERWISE  VALID  LICENSE UNDER THE
   46  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AND SUCH OFFENSE SHALL ONLY BE PUNISHABLE  AS
   47  A  CLASS  A  MISDEMEANOR  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION.  IN ADDITION, THE
   48  PROVISIONS OF SUCH ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE
   49  POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN A PLACE NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW,  BY  A  PERSON
   50  WHO  HOLDS  AN  OTHERWISE  VALID LICENSE OR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A
   51  PERSON WITHIN A ONE YEAR PERIOD AFTER THE STATED EXPIRATION DATE  OF  AN
   52  OTHERWISE  VALID  LICENSE  WHICH  HAS  NOT  BEEN PREVIOUSLY CANCELLED OR
   53  REVOKED SHALL ONLY BE PUNISHABLE AS A CLASS A  MISDEMEANOR  PURSUANT  TO
   54  THIS SECTION.
   55    S 5. Section 265.02 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
   56  vision 11 to read as follows:
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    1    (11) SUCH PERSON POSSESSES A 50 CALIBER WEAPON.
    2    S  6.  Subdivision 3 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as amended by
    3  chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    4    3. "Firearm" means (a) any pistol or revolver; or (b) a shotgun having
    5  one or more barrels less than eighteen inches in length; or (c) a  rifle
    6  having  one  or  more barrels less than sixteen inches in length; or (d)
    7  any weapon made from a shotgun or rifle whether by alteration, modifica-
    8  tion, or otherwise if such weapon as altered, modified, or otherwise has
    9  an overall length of less than twenty-six  inches;  or  (e)  an  assault
   10  weapon;  OR (F) A 50 CALIBER WEAPON. For the purpose of this subdivision
   11  the length of the barrel on a shotgun or rifle shall  be  determined  by
   12  measuring  the  distance  between  the  muzzle and the face of the bolt,
   13  breech, or breechlock when closed and  when  the  shotgun  or  rifle  is
   14  cocked;  the  overall length of a weapon made from a shotgun or rifle is
   15  the distance between the extreme ends of the  weapon  measured  along  a
   16  line  parallel  to the center line of the bore. Firearm does not include
   17  an antique firearm.
   18    S 7. Subdivisions 1, 2, 3 and 6 of section 265.10 of  the  penal  law,
   19  subdivisions  1  and 2 as amended by chapter 257 of the laws of 2008 and
   20  subdivisions 3 and 6 as amended by chapter 189 of the laws of 2000,  are
   21  amended to read as follows:
   22    1.  Any  person  who  manufactures  or  causes  to be manufactured any
   23  machine-gun, assault weapon, 50 CALIBER WEAPON, large  capacity  ammuni-
   24  tion  feeding device or disguised gun is guilty of a class D felony. Any
   25  person who manufactures or causes to  be  manufactured  any  switchblade
   26  knife, gravity knife, pilum ballistic knife, metal knuckle knife, billy,
   27  blackjack,  bludgeon,  plastic  knuckles,  metal knuckles, Kung Fu star,
   28  chuka stick, sandbag, sandclub or slungshot  is  guilty  of  a  class  A
   29  misdemeanor.
   30    2. Any person who transports or ships any machine-gun, firearm silenc-
   31  er, assault weapon, 50 CALIBER WEAPON or large capacity ammunition feed-
   32  ing  device  or disguised gun, or who transports or ships as merchandise
   33  five or more firearms, is guilty of a class D  felony.  Any  person  who
   34  transports  or  ships  as merchandise any firearm, other than an assault
   35  weapon OR 50 CALIBER WEAPON, switchblade  knife,  gravity  knife,  pilum
   36  ballistic  knife,  billy,  blackjack,  bludgeon, plastic knuckles, metal
   37  knuckles, Kung Fu star, chuka stick, sandbag or slungshot is guilty of a
   38  class A misdemeanor.
   39    3. Any person who disposes of  any  machine-gun,  assault  weapon,  50
   40  CALIBER  WEAPON,  large  capacity  ammunition  feeding device or firearm
   41  silencer is guilty of a class D felony. Any person who  knowingly  buys,
   42  receives,  disposes  of,  or  conceals a machine-gun, 50 CALIBER WEAPON,
   43  firearm, large capacity ammunition  feeding  device,  rifle  or  shotgun
   44  which  has  been defaced for the purpose of concealment or prevention of
   45  the detection of  a  crime  or  misrepresenting  the  identity  of  such
   46  machine-gun, 50 CALIBER WEAPON, firearm, large capacity ammunition feed-
   47  ing device, rifle or shotgun is guilty of a class D felony.
   48    6. Any person who wilfully defaces any machine-gun, 50 CALIBER WEAPON,
   49  large capacity ammunition feeding device or firearm is guilty of a class
   50  D felony.
   51    S  8. Paragraph 8 of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law,
   52  as amended by chapter 61 of the laws of 2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
   53  follows:
   54    8.  The manufacturer of machine-guns, firearm silencers, assault weap-
   55  ons, large capacity ammunition  feeding  devices,  50  CALIBER  WEAPONS,
   56  disguised  guns,  pilum ballistic knives, switchblade or gravity knives,
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    1  billies or blackjacks as merchandise, or as a  transferee  recipient  of
    2  the  same  for  repair, lawful distribution or research and development,
    3  and the disposal and shipment thereof direct to a regularly  constituted
    4  or appointed state or municipal police department, sheriff, policeman or
    5  other  peace  officer,  or  to  a state prison, penitentiary, workhouse,
    6  county jail or other institution for the detention of persons  convicted
    7  or  accused  of  crime or held as witnesses in criminal cases, or to the
    8  military service of this state or of  the  United  States;  or  for  the
    9  repair  and  return  of the same to the lawful possessor or for research
   10  and development.
   11    S 9. Section 265.20 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
   12  vision f to read as follows:
   13    F. THE TERMS "PISTOL," "REVOLVER," "RIFLE," AND "SHOTGUN" AS  USED  IN
   14  PARAGRAPHS  THREE  THROUGH FIVE, SEVEN THROUGH SEVEN-B, TWELVE, THIRTEEN
   15  AND THIRTEEN-A OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT INCLUDE  A  50
   16  CALIBER WEAPON AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION 265.00 OF
   17  THIS ARTICLE.
   18    S 10. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 231 to read
   19  as follows:
   20    S  231.  COMPLIANCE  WITH THE BAN ON THE SALE, POSSESSION OR USE OF 50
   21  CALIBER WEAPONS.   1. FROM WITHIN  AMOUNTS  APPROPRIATED  THEREFOR,  THE
   22  DIVISION  OF  STATE  POLICE  SHALL  TAKE  SUCH ACTION AS IS NECESSARY TO
   23  IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM WHEREBY PERSONS, INCLUDING DEALERS OF  FIREARMS,  IN
   24  LAWFUL  POSSESSION  OF  50  CALIBER  WEAPONS  MAY  BRING THEMSELVES INTO
   25  COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE PENAL LAW  WHICH  BANS  THE  SALE,
   26  POSSESSION OR USE OF SUCH WEAPONS.
   27    2.  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, ANY
   28  LICENSED FIREARM DEALER WHO HAS IN HIS OR HER POSSESSION A NEW 50  CALI-
   29  BER WEAPON SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETURN SUCH WEAPON TO THE DISTRIBUTOR OR
   30  MANUFACTURER,  AND  SHALL BE ENTITLED TO A FULL REFUND, OR CREDIT, IN AN
   31  AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE PURCHASE PRICE OF SUCH WEAPON. IN ANY CASE  WHERE  A
   32  DISTRIBUTOR OR MANUFACTURER FAILS OR REFUSES TO SO REFUND OR CREDIT SUCH
   33  DEALER,  THE  DEALER  SHALL  NOTIFY THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE, AND IT
   34  SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SO  THAT  HE  OR  SHE  MAY
   35  INTERCEDE  AND  TAKE SUCH ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE DEALER TO SECURE SUCH
   36  REFUND OR CREDIT.
   37    3. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  ANY
   38  PERSON, INCLUDING A LICENSED FIREARM DEALER, WHO HAS IN HIS OR HER LEGAL
   39  POSSESSION A USED 50 CALIBER WEAPON SHALL PERSONALLY DELIVER SUCH WEAPON
   40  TO  THE  DIVISION  OF  STATE POLICE, AND UPON TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP AND
   41  POSSESSION TO A DULY DESIGNATED OFFICER THEREOF, SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO
   42  RECEIVE  PAYMENT  IN  AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL TO THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF SUCH
   43  WEAPON, BUT NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   44    4. THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE SHALL TAKE SUCH  ACTION,  INCLUDING  A
   45  PUBLIC  CAMPAIGN USING THE PRINT MEDIA, TELEVISION, RADIO OR OTHER MEANS
   46  TO NOTIFY PERSONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED  IN  THIS
   47  SECTION.
   48    S  11. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
   49  sections one through nine of this act shall take effect on the thirtieth
   50  day after this act shall have become a law.