STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2591
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to  the  trans-
          portation of weapons and ammunition
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 379 to read as follows:
     3    §  379.  Safety  requirements  for vehicle transporting weapons and/or
     4  ammunition. 1. All motor vehicles used to transport five or more weapons
     5  of any type, and ammunition sufficient for five or  more  weapons  shall
     6  have  a  separate  storage area secured by a padlock or combination lock
     7  and accessible only by removing  such  lock,  which  shall  be  of  such
     8  strength  to  resist being cut by any readily available tool. At no time
     9  shall ammunition and weapons be secured in the same storage area.
    10    2. The commissioner shall have the power to promulgate rules and regu-
    11  lations relating to the  transportation  of  weapons  and/or  ammunition
    12  consistent with this section.
    13    3.  The  transportation of weapons and/or ammunition not in compliance
    14  with this section or the rules and regulations promulgated  pursuant  to
    15  this  section  shall  be  punishable  by a fine of at least one thousand
    16  dollars and not more than five thousand dollars for each violation.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    18  ing the date on which it shall have become  a  law,  provided,  however,
    19  that  any rules and regulations necessary for the implementation of this
    20  act shall be promulgated on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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