STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7045
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 3, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 allowing victims of domes-
          tic violence to carry or possess firearms without a license
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 400.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 18 to read as follows:
     3    18. Carrying or possessing a firearm with a valid order of protection.
     4  (a) The provisions of this section and article two hundred sixty-five of
     5  this chapter relating to the illegal carrying or possession of a firearm
     6  shall not apply to a person:
     7    (i) over the age of twenty-one years old;
     8    (ii) protected by an order of protection issued  due  to  such  person
     9  being  a  victim of a family offense, as described in subdivision one of
    10  section 530.11 of the criminal procedure law;
    11    (iii) who has an application pending for a license to carry or possess
    12  the firearm they are carrying or possessing;
    13    (iv) is carrying or possessing the firearm in a manner that  would  be
    14  legal if the license that is being applied for had been issued; and
    15    (v) has a good faith belief that they will be granted such license.
    16    (b)  Upon  a  person  applying  for  a  license  to carry or possess a
    17  firearm, such person may request a certified  copy  of  the  application
    18  upon  its  submission.  The certified copy shall contain a date which is
    19  forty-five days from the date of  the  application.  The  applicant  can
    20  return  to  where the application was submitted and request a new certi-
    21  fied copy of the application with a date forty-five days from  the  date
    22  of such request at any time before the license is issued or the applica-
    23  tion  is denied. The certified copy of the application will not be valid
    24  for use by the applicant under paragraph (c) of  this  subdivision  past
    25  the date listed on it.
    26    (c)  While a person allowed under this subdivision to carry or possess
    27  a firearm is carrying or possessing such firearm, they shall  carry  the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  order  of  protection and an unexpired certified copy of the application
     2  which allows for them to carry or possess the firearm as well  as  state
     3  issued  photo identification. Failure to do so is a violation punishable
     4  by a fine up to twenty-five dollars.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
     6  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.