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                                         6524
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, KOLB, BARCLAY, BUTLER, HAWLEY, OAKS
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to pistol permit applications
         for military personnel
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4-a  of  section 400.00 of the penal law, as
    2  added by chapter 233 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
    3    4-a. Processing of license  applications.  Applications  for  licenses
    4  shall be accepted for processing by the licensing officer at the time of
    5  presentment.  Except  upon  written notice to the applicant specifically
    6  stating the reasons for any delay, in each case  the  licensing  officer
    7  shall  act  upon  any application for a license pursuant to this section
    8  within six months of the date of presentment of such an  application  to
    9  the  appropriate  authority.  Such  delay may only be for good cause and
   10  with respect to the  applicant.  In  acting  upon  an  application,  the
   11  licensing  officer shall either deny the application for reasons specif-
   12  ically and concisely stated in writing  or  grant  the  application  and
   13  issue  the  license  applied  for. HOWEVER, AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE
   14  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR ANY MEMBER OF AN ACTIVE OR  RESERVE  COMPO-
   15  NENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE ACTED UPON BY THE
   16  LICENSING  OFFICER WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE DATE OF PRESENTMENT OF SUCH
   17  AN APPLICATION TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY.
   18    S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 400.15  to  read
   19  as follows:
   20  S 400.15 RECIPROCITY FOR QUALIFIED MILITARY PERSONNEL.
   21    1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
   22  MEMBER OF AN ACTIVE OR RESERVE COMPONENT OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE
   23  UNITED  STATES  WHO  IS  DULY  LICENSED  TO CARRY A PISTOL OR FIREARM BY
   24  ANOTHER JURISDICTION WITHIN THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE ALLOWED TO  CARRY
   25  SUCH PISTOL OR FIREARM WITHIN NEW YORK STATE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOT TO
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  EXCEED NINETY DAYS, AND FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME AN APPLICATION IS PENDING
    2  UNDER SECTION FOUR HUNDRED OF THIS ARTICLE.
    3    2.  PERSONS  CARRYING  A  FIREARM UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
    4  SHALL BE REQUIRED TO: (A) CARRY THE OUT-OF-STATE  PERMIT  TOGETHER  WITH
    5  VALID  IDENTIFICATION  WHENEVER  THE  PERSON  IS  CARRYING THE PISTOL OR
    6  FIREARM AND (B) DISCLOSE TO ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT THE  PERSON
    7  HOLDS A VALID PERMIT AND IS CARRYING A PISTOL OR FIREARM WHEN APPROACHED
    8  OR  ADDRESSED  BY THE OFFICER, AND SHALL DISPLAY BOTH THE PERMIT AND THE
    9  PROPER IDENTIFICATION UPON THE REQUEST OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
   10    S 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
   11  have become law.