STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1796

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  exempting  the
          disclosure,  under  the freedom of information law, of the name of any
          police officer, peace officer, correction officer, or  retired  police
          officer, peace officer or correction officer issued a license to carry
          or possess a firearm

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public officers  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (r) to read as follows:
     3    (r)  is  information related to the issuance, pursuant to article four
     4  hundred of the penal law, of any license to carry  or  possess  firearms
     5  when  such license is issued to a police officer, as defined in subdivi-
     6  sion thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, a  peace
     7  officer,  as  defined  in  article  two of the criminal procedure law, a
     8  correction officer employed by the department of corrections and  commu-
     9  nity  supervision  or  a  county  or city operating a local correctional
    10  facility, or any person retired from active service as a police officer,
    11  peace  officer  or  correction  officer;  provided,  however,  that   no
    12  provision  of  this paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit the disclosure
    13  of such information to a law  enforcement  agency  for  the  purpose  of
    14  conducting an investigation or prosecution.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00264-01-1