STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           949

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes

        AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to the surrender of antique
          firearms, black powder rifles, black powder shotguns, or  muzzle-load-
          ing firearms following certain convictions

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

     1    Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 11 of section 400.00  of  the
     2  penal  law,  as  added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (c) In any instance in  which  a  person's  license  is  suspended  or
     5  revoked  under  paragraph  (a)  or  (b) of this subdivision, such person
     6  shall surrender such license to the appropriate licensing  official  and
     7  any  and all firearms, rifles, [or] shotguns,  antique  firearms,  black
     8  powder rifles, black powder shotguns, or muzzle-loading firearms,  owned
     9  or  possessed  by such person shall be surrendered to an appropriate law
    10  enforcement agency as provided in subparagraph (f) of paragraph  one  of
    11  subdivision  a  of  section  265.20  of  this chapter. In the event such
    12  license, firearm, shotgun, [or] rifle,  antique  firearm,  black  powder
    13  rifle,  black  powder  shotgun, or muzzle-loading firearm is not surren-
    14  dered, such items shall be removed  and  declared  a  nuisance  and  any
    15  police  officer  or  peace officer acting pursuant to his or her special
    16  duties is authorized to remove any and all such weapons.
    17    § 2. This act shall  take  effect  immediately,  and  shall  apply  to
    18  suspensions or revocations of licenses on or after such effective date.



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