STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2857
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 17, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Insurance
        AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to  requiring  owners  of
          firearms to obtain liability insurance
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The insurance law is amended by adding a new  section  2353
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  2353.  Firearm  owners  insurance policies. 1.   Any person in this
     4  state who shall own a firearm shall, prior to such ownership, obtain and
     5  continuously maintain a policy of liability insurance in an  amount  not
     6  less  than one million dollars specifically covering any damages result-
     7  ing from any negligent or willful acts involving the use of such firearm
     8  while it is owned by such person. Failure  to  maintain  such  insurance
     9  shall  result  in the immediate revocation of such owner's registration,
    10  license and any other privilege to own such firearm.
    11    2. For purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed  to  be  the
    12  owner  of a firearm if such firearm is lost or stolen until such loss or
    13  theft is reported to the police department or sheriff which  has  juris-
    14  diction  in  the  county,  town,  city  or  village  in which such owner
    15  resides.
    16    3. Any person who owns a firearm on the effective date of this section
    17  shall obtain the insurance required by this section within  thirty  days
    18  of such effective date.
    19    4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any peace officer
    20  who is authorized to carry a firearm.
    21    5.  The  department  is  hereby  authorized and directed to promulgate
    22  rules and regulations necessary to carry  out  the  provisions  of  this
    23  section.
    24    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    25  have become a law, provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
    26  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    27  for the implementation of this act on its effective date  is  authorized
    28  to be made and completed on or before such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07324-01-7