S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4983
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 10, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BARCLAY, MONTESANO, CORWIN, FINCH, OAKS, HAWLEY,
         MALLIOTAKIS, McDONOUGH, WALTER --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
         ABINANTI,  ARROYO,  BUTLER,  COLTON,  GOODELL,  KOLB  -- read once and
         referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  prohibiting  individuals
         adjudicated as youthful offenders from possessing certain weapons
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
    2  "Nikki's law".
    3    S  2.    Section  265.01  of  the penal law is amended by adding a new
    4  subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
    5    (4-A) HE POSSESSES A RIFLE OR SHOTGUN AND HAS BEEN  ADJUDICATED  AS  A
    6  YOUTHFUL  OFFENDER  ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE
    7  LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND  FIFTEEN  WHICH  ADDED  THIS  SUBDIVISION  FOR  ANY
    8  OFFENSE  LISTED  UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER
    9  UNLESS SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF RELIEF  FROM  DISA-
   10  BILITIES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE OF THE CORRECTION LAW; OR
   11    S  3.  Subdivision  1 of section 400.00 of the penal law is amended by
   12  adding a new paragraph (c-1) to read as follows:
   13    (C-1) WHO HAS NOT BEEN ADJUDICATED AS A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER ON OR  AFTER
   14  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN
   15  WHICH ADDED THIS PARAGRAPH FOR ANY  OFFENSE  LISTED  UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE
   16  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER UNLESS SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN GRANTED
   17  A  CERTIFICATE  OF  RELIEF  FROM  DISABILITIES   PURSUANT   TO   ARTICLE
   18  TWENTY-THREE OF THE CORRECTION LAW;
   19    S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   20  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07871-01-5