S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4709
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 8, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         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
   24  bridge and tunnel authority  as  defined  under  subdivision  twenty  of
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  section  2.10  of  the  criminal  procedure  law, or a qualified retired
    2  uniformed court officer in the unified  court  system,  or  a  qualified
    3  retired  court clerk in the unified court system in the first and second
    4  judicial  departments,  as  defined in paragraphs a and b of subdivision
    5  twenty-one of section 2.10 of the criminal procedure law  or  a  retired
    6  correction officer as defined in subdivision twenty-five of section 2.10
    7  of the criminal procedure law, OR A RETIRED AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF A
    8  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY OR BUREAU OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT shall
    9  be waived in all counties throughout the state.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.