STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6425
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 7, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the penal law, in relation to reciprocity for 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. An application for a license pursuant to
    14  this section for any active member of the armed  forces  of  the  United
    15  States shall be acted upon by the licensing officer within sixty days of
    16  the date of submission of such an application to the appropriate author-
    17  ity  provided such active member of the armed forces is duly licensed to
    18  carry a pistol or firearm by  another  jurisdiction  within  the  United
    19  States.  Nothing  shall  proscribe  the issuing of a license pursuant to
    20  this section so long as the applicant who is an  active  member  of  the
    21  armed  forces,  submits  the  appropriate documentation accompanying the
    22  application and submits proof of a previously obtained license issued by
    23  another state.
    24    § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 400.15  to  read
    25  as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  § 400.15 Reciprocity for qualified military personnel.
     2    1.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the contrary, any
     3  active member of the armed forces of  the  United  States  who  is  duly
     4  licensed to carry a pistol or firearm by another jurisdiction within the
     5  United  States  shall  be allowed to carry such pistol or firearm within
     6  New York state for a period of time not to exceed ninety days,  and  for
     7  the  period  of  time  an application is pending under section 400.00 of
     8  this article.
     9    2. Persons carrying a firearm under the  provisions  of  this  section
    10  shall  be  required  to: (a) carry the out-of-state permit together with
    11  valid military identification whenever the person is carrying the pistol
    12  or firearm and (b) disclose to any  law  enforcement  officer  that  the
    13  person  holds  a  valid  permit and is carrying a pistol or firearm when
    14  approached or addressed by the  officer,  and  shall  display  both  the
    15  permit  and the proper military identification upon the request of a law
    16  enforcement officer.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    18  have become a law.