STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10916
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 29, 2018
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        Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  enacting  the
          "handgun trigger safety act"
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
     2  the "handgun trigger safety act".
     3    § 2. The general business law is amended by adding a new article 42 to
     4  read as follows:
     5                                 ARTICLE 42
     6                            PERSONALIZED HANDGUNS
     7  Section 1100. Definitions.
     8          1101. Development of personalized handgun technology.
     9          1102. Manufacturing of personalized handguns.
    10          1103. Division of criminal justice services oversight.
    11    § 1100. Definitions. For purposes of this article:
    12    1. "Personalized handgun" shall mean a handgun that:
    13    (a)  enables  only an authorized user of the handgun to fire the hand-
    14  gun; and
    15    (b) is manufactured in such  a  manner  that  the  firing  restriction
    16  described  in paragraph (a) of this subdivision is incorporated into the
    17  design of the handgun; is not sold as an accessory; and cannot be readi-
    18  ly removed or deactivated;
    19    2. "Qualified entity" shall mean:
    20    (a) a state or unit of local government;
    21    (b) a nonprofit or for-profit organization; or
    22    (c) an institution of higher education; and
    23    3. "Retrofitted personalized handgun" means a handgun  fitted  with  a
    24  device that:
    25    (a)  enables  only an authorized user of the handgun to fire the hand-
    26  gun; and
    27    (b) cannot be readily removed or deactivated.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    § 1101. Development of personalized handgun technology. The  secretary
     2  of  state  shall administer a grant program, with funding to be provided
     3  by the legislature, to provide grants  to  qualified  entities  for  the
     4  development and improvement of personalized handgun technology.
     5    §  1102.  Manufacturing  of personalized handguns. 1.  Notwithstanding
     6  any other provision of this section, all handguns manufactured for  sale
     7  in  the  state  of New York, whether for law enforcement or private use,
     8  shall be equipped with personalized handgun technology within five years
     9  of the effective date of this article.
    10    2. All handguns to be sold in the state of New  York  shall  meet  the
    11  requirements of a retrofitted personalized handgun or personalized hand-
    12  gun as defined in this article within ten years of the effective date of
    13  this article.
    14    3.  A  fund  shall  be established by the secretary of state to assist
    15  with the expenses of retrofitting handguns pursuant to  subdivision  two
    16  of this section.
    17    §  1103. Division of criminal justice services oversight. 1. The divi-
    18  sion of criminal justice services shall  monitor  the  progress  of  the
    19  development  and  improvement  of  personalized  handgun  technology  as
    20  provided in section eleven hundred one of this article and  enforce  the
    21  provisions of this article.
    22    2.  The division of criminal justice services shall recommend manufac-
    23  turing standards for the sale of personalized  handguns  and  incentives
    24  for the further development of such technology. The division of criminal
    25  justice  services  shall make such recommendations to the state legisla-
    26  ture on a yearly basis.
    27    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.