STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6784

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       May 8, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to the manufacture
          of firearms

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

     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new article
     2  39-H to read as follows:
     3                                ARTICLE 39-H
     4                          MANUFACTURERS OF FIREARMS
     5  Section 899-aaaa. Identification of firearms.
     6          899-bbbb. Manufacture of firearms using three-dimensional print-
     7                 ers.
     8          899-cccc. Record keeping.
     9    § 899-aaaa. Identification of firearms. Any person who holds  a  valid
    10  gunsmith  license  pursuant  to section 400.00 of the penal law, and who
    11  manufactures any firearm using three-dimensional printers, shall  ensure
    12  that  each manufactured firearm shall be inscribed with a unique identi-
    13  fying number, and that each such number shall  be  registered  with  the
    14  division  of  state police. Any gunsmith located in the city of New York
    15  or the counties of Nassau or Suffolk shall  also  register  the  firearm
    16  with the licensing officer in such city or county.
    17    §  899-bbbb. Manufacture of firearms using three-dimensional printers.
    18  No person shall use a three-dimensional printer to create  any  firearm,
    19  rifle,  or shotgun, or any piece or part thereof, unless such person has
    20  a valid gunsmith license issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the  penal
    21  law. Any person using a three-dimensional printer to create any firearm,
    22  rifle, shotgun, or piece or part thereof, must ensure that such creation
    23  complies  with  all  applicable local, state, and federal laws and regu-
    24  lations.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07559-01-3

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     1    § 899-cccc. Record keeping. Any  gunsmith  who  creates  any  firearm,
     2  rifle,  shotgun, or piece or part thereof using three-dimensional print-
     3  ers, shall  maintain  a  detailed  and  accurate  record  of  each  such
     4  creation,  including  a  description  of the firearm, rifle, shotgun, or
     5  piece  or part thereof, the date of its creation, the unique identifying
     6  number required pursuant to section eight  hundred  ninety-nine-aaaa  of
     7  this article, and any person or firm to whom the item was transferred.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     9  it shall have become a law.