STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3695
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 25, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 large capacity  ammunition
          feeding devices
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision e of section 265.20 of the penal law, as  added
     2  by chapter 98 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     3    e.  Subdivision eight of section 265.02 and sections 265.36 and 265.37
     4  of this chapter shall not apply to  a  qualified  retired  New  York  or
     5  federal law enforcement officer as defined in subdivision twenty-five of
     6  section  265.00  of this article, with respect to large capacity ammuni-
     7  tion feeding devices issued to such officer or purchased by such officer
     8  in the course of his or her official duties and owned by such officer at
     9  the time of his or her retirement or comparable  replacements  for  such
    10  devices,  if:  (i)  the  agency that employed the officer qualified such
    11  officer in the use of the weapon which accepts such device in accordance
    12  with applicable state or federal standards for active duty law  enforce-
    13  ment  officers  within twelve months prior to his or her retirement; and
    14  (ii) such retired officer meets, at his or her own expense, such  appli-
    15  cable  standards  for such weapon at least once within three years after
    16  his or her retirement date and at least once every three years thereaft-
    17  er, provided, however, that any such  qualified  officer  who  has  been
    18  retired for eighteen months or more on the effective date of this subdi-
    19  vision shall have eighteen months from such effective date to qualify in
    20  the use of the weapon which accepts such large capacity ammunition feed-
    21  ing  device  according  to  the provisions of this subdivision, notwith-
    22  standing that such officer did not qualify within three years after  his
    23  or  her  retirement date, provided that such officer is otherwise quali-
    24  fied and maintains compliance with the provisions of  this  subdivision.
    25  For purposes of this subdivision, a comparable replacement shall include
    26  a large capacity ammunition feeding device that is capable of holding up
    27  to sixteen rounds.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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