S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          991
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  RANZENHOFER,  LARKIN,  SEWARD  --  read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Codes
       AN  ACT  to amend the penal law, in relation to possession of a rifle or
         shotgun at a shooting range by a person between the ages  of  ten  and
         twelve
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended
    2  by adding a new paragraph 7-g to read as follows:
    3    7-G. POSSESSION, AT AN  INDOOR  OR  OUTDOOR  SHOOTING  RANGE  FOR  THE
    4  PURPOSE  OF  LOADING  AND  FIRING, OF A RIFLE OR SHOTGUN, THE PROPELLING
    5  FORCE OF WHICH IS GUNPOWDER BY A PERSON UNDER TWELVE YEARS  OF  AGE  BUT
    6  NOT UNDER TEN, UNDER THE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION, GUIDANCE AND INSTRUCTION
    7  OF  (A) A DULY COMMISSIONED OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY, AIR
    8  FORCE, MARINE CORPS OR COAST GUARD, OR OF  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD  OF  THE
    9  STATE  OF  NEW YORK; OR (B) A DULY QUALIFIED ADULT CITIZEN OF THE UNITED
   10  STATES WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED A CERTIFICATE AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN SMALL ARMS
   11  PRACTICE ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY, NAVY,  AIR  FORCE  OR  MARINE
   12  CORPS,  OR  BY  THE  ADJUTANT  GENERAL OF THIS STATE, OR BY THE NATIONAL
   13  RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION  DULY  ORGAN-
   14  IZED  UNDER  THE  LAWS  OF  THIS  STATE; OR (C) A PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR A
   15  PERSON OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN DESIGNATED IN WRITING BY SUCH PARENT  OR
   16  GUARDIAN  WHO  SHALL  HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION IN RESPONSIBLE
   17  HUNTING,  INCLUDING  SAFETY,  ETHICS,  AND  LANDOWNER   RELATIONS-HUNTER
   18  RELATIONS,  ISSUED OR HONORED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSER-
   19  VATION; OR (D) AN AGENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION
   20  APPOINTED  TO  CONDUCT COURSES IN RESPONSIBLE HUNTING PRACTICES PURSUANT
   21  TO ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION LAW,  PROVIDED  THAT
   22  THE PERSON PROVIDING GUIDANCE MAY PROVIDE SUPERVISION TO ONLY ONE PERSON
   23  BETWEEN  THE  AGE  OF  TEN  AND SIXTEEN AT ANY ONE TIME, AND THE FIREARM
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 991                              2
    1  BEING LOADED AND FIRED MAY BE LOADED WITH NO  MORE  THAN  ONE  SHELL  OR
    2  CARTRIDGE AT ANY TIME.
    3    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law.