STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7596
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 11, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the penal law and the general business law, in  relation
          to  establishing  a  waiting period before a firearm, shotgun or rifle
          may be delivered to a person
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  12  of  section  400.00 of the penal law, as
     2  amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     3    12. Records required of gunsmiths and dealers in firearms. Any  person
     4  licensed  as  gunsmith  or  dealer  in firearms shall keep a record book
     5  approved as to form, except in the city of New York, by the  superinten-
     6  dent of state police. In the record book shall be entered at the time of
     7  every  transaction  involving  a firearm the date, name, age, occupation
     8  and residence of any person from whom a firearm is received or to whom a
     9  firearm is delivered, and the calibre, make, model, manufacturer's  name
    10  and  serial number, or if none, any other distinguishing number or iden-
    11  tification mark on such firearm. Before  delivering  a  firearm  to  any
    12  person, the licensee shall require him to produce either a license valid
    13  under  this  section  to  carry  or possess the same, or proof of lawful
    14  authority as an exempt person pursuant to section 265.20 of this chapter
    15  and either (a) the National Instant  Criminal  Background  Check  System
    16  (NICS) or its successor has issued a "proceed" response to the licensee,
    17  or  (b)  ten  business  days  have  elapsed  since the date the licensee
    18  contacted NICS to initiate a national instate criminal background  check
    19  and  NICS has not notified the licensee that the transfer of the firearm
    20  to such person should be denied.    In  addition,  before  delivering  a
    21  firearm  to  a  peace  officer,  the licensee shall verify that person's
    22  status as a peace officer with  the  division  of  state  police.  After
    23  completing  the  foregoing,  the  licensee  shall  remove and retain the
    24  attached coupon and enter in the record book the date of  such  license,
    25  number,  if  any,  and name of the licensing officer, in the case of the
    26  holder of a license to carry or possess, or the shield or other  number,
    27  if  any,  assignment  and  department, unit or agency, in the case of an
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  exempt person. The original transaction report shall be forwarded to the
     2  division of state police within ten days of delivering a firearm to  any
     3  person,  and  a duplicate copy shall be kept by the licensee. The super-
     4  intendent  of  state  police  may  designate  that  such record shall be
     5  completed and transmitted in electronic form. A dealer may be granted  a
     6  waiver  from  transmitting such records in electronic form if the super-
     7  intendent determines that such dealer is incapable of such  transmission
     8  due  to  technological  limitations  that  are not reasonably within the
     9  control of the dealer, or other exceptional  circumstances  demonstrated
    10  by  the  dealer, pursuant to a process established in regulation, and at
    11  the discretion of the superintendent. Records assembled or collected for
    12  purposes of inclusion in the database created pursuant to section 400.02
    13  of this article shall not be subject to disclosure pursuant  to  article
    14  six  of  the public officers law. The record book shall be maintained on
    15  the premises mentioned and described in the license and shall be open at
    16  all reasonable hours for inspection by any peace officer, acting  pursu-
    17  ant  to his special duties, or police officer. In the event of cancella-
    18  tion or revocation of the license for gunsmith or dealer in firearms, or
    19  discontinuance of business by a licensee,  such  record  book  shall  be
    20  immediately  surrendered  to  the  licensing  officer in the city of New
    21  York, and in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, and  elsewhere  in  the
    22  state to the executive department, division of state police.
    23    §  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 400.20 to read
    24  as follows:
    25  § 400.20 Waiting period in connection with the sale  or  transfer  of  a
    26             rifle or shotgun.
    27    When a national instant criminal background check is required pursuant
    28  to  state  or  federal  law to be conducted through the National Instant
    29  Criminal Background Check System (NICS) or its successor  in  connection
    30  with  the  sale  or transfer of a rifle or shotgun to any person, before
    31  delivering a rifle or shotgun to such person, either (a) NICS has issued
    32  a "proceed" response to the seller or transferor, or  (b)  ten  business
    33  days  shall  have  elapsed  since  the  date  the  seller  or transferor
    34  contacted NICS to initiate a national instant criminal background  check
    35  and  NICS has not notified the seller or transferor that the transfer of
    36  the rifle or shotgun to such person should be denied.
    37    § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 897 of  the  general  business  law,  as
    38  added by chapter 189 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    39    1. A national instant criminal background check shall be conducted and
    40  no  person  shall  sell or transfer a firearm, rifle or shotgun at a gun
    41  show, except in accordance with the  provisions  of  18  U.S.C.  922(t),
    42  provided  that  before  delivering  a  firearm,  rifle or shotgun to any
    43  person, either (a) the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
    44  (NICS) or its successor has issued a "proceed" response to the seller or
    45  transferor, or (b) ten business days shall have elapsed since  the  date
    46  the  seller  or transferor contacted NICS to initiate a national instant
    47  criminal background check and  NICS  has  not  notified  the  seller  or
    48  transferor  that  the  transfer of the firearm, rifle or shotgun to such
    49  person should be denied.
    50    § 4. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 898 of the general business  law,
    51  as  added  by  chapter  1  of  the  laws of 2013, are amended to read as
    52  follows:
    53    1.  In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and feder-
    54  al law, all sales, exchanges or disposals of firearms, rifles  or  shot-
    55  guns  shall  be  conducted  in  accordance with this section unless such
    56  sale, exchange or disposal is conducted by a licensed importer, licensed

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     1  manufacturer or licensed dealer, as those terms are defined in 18 USC  §
     2  922,  when such sale, exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to that
     3  person's federal firearms license or such sale, exchange or disposal  is
     4  between  members  of  an  immediate  family.  When  a  sale, exchange or
     5  disposal is conducted pursuant to a person's federal  firearms  license,
     6  before  delivering a firearm, rifle or shotgun to any person, either (a)
     7  the National Instant Criminal Background  Check  System  (NICS)  or  its
     8  successor has issued a "proceed" response to the federal firearms licen-
     9  see,  or  (b)  ten  business  days shall have elapsed since the date the
    10  federal firearms licensee contacted NICS to initiate a national  instant
    11  criminal background check and NICS has not notified the federal firearms
    12  licensee  that  the  transfer  of  the firearm, rifle or shotgun to such
    13  person should be denied.  For purposes of this section, "immediate fami-
    14  ly" shall mean spouses, domestic partners, children and step-children.
    15    2. Before any sale, exchange or disposal pursuant to this  article,  a
    16  national instant criminal background check must be completed by a dealer
    17  who  consents  to  conduct such check, and upon completion of such back-
    18  ground check, shall complete a document, the  form  of  which  shall  be
    19  approved  by  the  superintendent  of  state police, that identifies and
    20  confirms that such check was performed.  Before a dealer who consents to
    21  conduct a national instant criminal background check delivers a firearm,
    22  rifle or shotgun to any person,  either  (a)  NICS  issued  a  "proceed"
    23  response  to  the  dealer,  or  (b) ten business days shall have elapsed
    24  since the date the dealer contacted NICS to initiate a national  instant
    25  criminal  background check and NICS has not notified the dealer that the
    26  transfer of the firearm, rifle or  shotgun  to  such  person  should  be
    27  denied.
    28    §  5.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    29  have become a law.