S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4894 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN, CROUCH, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CERETTO, DUPREY, HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to waiving the fee for a license to carry a firearm for a retired agent or representative of a law enforcement agency or bureau of the United States government THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 400.00 of the penal law, as 2 amended by chapter 195 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 14. Fees. In the city of New York and the county of Nassau, the annual 5 license fee shall be twenty-five dollars for gunsmiths and fifty dollars 6 for dealers in firearms. In such city, the city council and in the coun- 7 ty of Nassau the Board of Supervisors shall fix the fee to be charged 8 for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and provide for 9 the disposition of such fees. Elsewhere in the state, the licensing 10 officer shall collect and pay into the county treasury the following 11 fees: for each license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, not 12 less than three dollars nor more than ten dollars as may be determined 13 by the legislative body of the county; for each amendment thereto, three 14 dollars, and five dollars in the county of Suffolk; and for each license 15 issued to a gunsmith or dealer in firearms, ten dollars. The fee for a 16 duplicate license shall be five dollars. The fee for processing a 17 license transfer between counties shall be five dollars. The fee for 18 processing a license or renewal thereof for a qualified retired police 19 officer as defined under subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the 20 criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired sheriff, undersheriff, or 21 deputy sheriff of the city of New York as defined under subdivision two 22 of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired 23 bridge and tunnel officer, sergeant or lieutenant of the triborough EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08121-01-5 A. 4894 2 1 bridge and tunnel authority as defined under subdivision twenty of 2 section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law, or a qualified retired 3 uniformed court officer in the unified court system, or a qualified 4 retired court clerk in the unified court system in the first and second 5 judicial departments, as defined in paragraphs a and b of subdivision 6 twenty-one of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law or a retired 7 correction officer as defined in subdivision twenty-five of section 2.10 8 of the criminal procedure law, OR A RETIRED AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF A 9 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR BUREAU OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT shall 10 be waived in all counties throughout the state. 11 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.