STATE OF NEW YORK
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7139
IN SENATE
March 31, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- 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 a pistol or
revolver
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal
2 law, as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. Possession of a pistol or revolver by a person to whom a license or
5 temporary license therefor has been issued as provided under section
6 400.00 [or], 400.01 or 400.04 of this chapter or possession of a weapon
7 as defined in paragraph (e) or (f) of subdivision twenty-two of section
8 265.00 of this article which is registered pursuant to paragraph (a) of
9 subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter or is included
10 on an amended license issued pursuant to section 400.00 of this chapter.
11 In the event such license is revoked, other than because such licensee
12 is no longer permitted to possess a firearm, rifle or shotgun under
13 federal or state law, information sufficient to satisfy the requirements
14 of subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter, shall be
15 transmitted by the licensing officer to the state police, in a form as
16 determined by the superintendent of state police. Such transmission
17 shall constitute a valid registration under such section. Further
18 provided, notwithstanding any other section of this title, a failure to
19 register such weapon by an individual who possesses such weapon before
20 the enactment of the chapter of the laws of two thousand thirteen which
21 amended this paragraph and may so lawfully possess it thereafter upon
22 registration, shall only be subject to punishment pursuant to paragraph
23 (c) of subdivision sixteen-a of section 400.00 of this chapter;
24 provided, that such a license or registration shall not preclude a
25 conviction for the offense defined in subdivision three of section
26 265.01 of this article or section 265.01-a of this article.
27 § 2. Section 265.20 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
28 vision f to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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