STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         907--A
            Cal. No. 912
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- reported  favora-
          bly  from  said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered
          to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to  the  Assembly,
          recalled,  vote  reconsidered,  restored to third reading, amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to designating the sheriff of
          the county of Albany as  a  licensing  officer  for  the  purposes  of
          firearms  and  authorizing the possession in the county of Albany of a
          pistol or revolver while attending  a  firearms  familiarity,  safety,
          loading  and  firing  course conducted by the office of the sheriff of
          such county; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
          expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision a of section 265.20 of the penal law is amended
     2  by adding a new paragraph 7-g to read as follows:
     3    7-g. Possession of a pistol or revolver by a person who has applied to
     4  the appropriate licensing officer in Albany  County  for  a  license  to
     5  possess  a  pistol or revolver and who appears to be eligible to receive
     6  such license pursuant to subdivision one of section 400.00 of this chap-
     7  ter and where such possession is: (i) of a pistol or revolver owned by a
     8  local law enforcement agency; and (ii) at a firearms  training  facility
     9  operated  by  such  agency  while  under  the  supervision, guidance and
    10  instruction of a police officer during a firearms  familiarity,  safety,
    11  loading  and  firing course conducted by such agency; provided, however,
    12  that this paragraph shall only apply in Albany County and only where the
    13  county opts by local law to require such a course before a person may be
    14  issued a license pursuant to section 400.00 of this chapter. Prior to  a
    15  course  being  conducted  by  a  law enforcement agency pursuant to this
    16  paragraph, such course shall be approved by the  superintendent  of  the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03831-03-7

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     1  state  police  and  shall be periodically reviewed by the superintendent
     2  for  compliance  with  applicable  rules  and  regulations.  Any  course
     3  conducted  pursuant  to  this  paragraph shall only be operated by a law
     4  enforcement  agency  and shall not be delegated or assigned to any third
     5  party persons or entities. The superintendent of the state police  shall
     6  promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of
     7  this  paragraph  including  standards  for  the  operation of a firearms
     8  familiarity, safety, loading and firing course. Nothing  in  this  para-
     9  graph  shall  be  read  to require approval of the superintendent of the
    10  state police for any firearms safety course operated by law  enforcement
    11  or  third party individuals or entities that does not include the handl-
    12  ing, loading or firing of a pistol or revolver.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    14  have become a law, and shall expire and be deemed repealed June 1, 2020.