S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3377
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 6, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection
       AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to  expanding  the
         definition  of  immediate family to include siblings, grandparents and
         grandchildren as such term relates to the private sale or disposal  of
         certain firearms
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 898 of the general  business  law,
    2  as  added  by  chapter  1  of  the  laws  of 2013, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1.  In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and feder-
    5  al law, all sales, exchanges or disposals of firearms, rifles  or  shot-
    6  guns  shall  be  conducted  in  accordance with this section unless such
    7  sale, exchange or disposal is conducted by a licensed importer, licensed
    8  manufacturer or licensed dealer, as those terms are defined in 18 USC  S
    9  [922] 921, when such sale, exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to
   10  that  person's  federal  firearms  license  or  such  sale,  exchange or
   11  disposal is between members of an immediate family. For purposes of this
   12  section, "immediate family" shall mean spouses, domestic partners, chil-
   13  dren and step-children, SIBLINGS, GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN.
   14    S 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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