STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4895
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 3, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  DIAZ,  AVELLA,  LATIMER -- 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 firearms
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The penal law is amended by adding two new sections 265.50
     2  and 265.55 to read as follows:
     3  § 265.50 Aggravated sale of a firearm.
     4    A person is guilty of aggravated sale of a firearm  when  such  person
     5  knowingly  and  unlawfully  sells,  exchanges,  gives  or  disposes of a
     6  firearm to a person which he or she knows has been:
     7    1. used in the commission of a felony offense;
     8    2. stolen from its lawful owner; or
     9    3. defaced as defined by subdivision seven of section 265.00  of  this
    10  article.
    11    Aggravated sale of a firearm is a class D felony.
    12  § 265.55 Aggravated sale of a firearm to a minor.
    13    A  person  over  the age of eighteen is guilty of aggravated sale of a
    14  firearm to a minor when such  person  knowingly  and  unlawfully  sells,
    15  exchanges, gives or disposes of a firearm to a person who is, or who the
    16  defendant  believes  to  be less than eighteen years of age, which he or
    17  she knows has been:
    18    1. used in the commission of a felony offense;
    19    2. stolen from its lawful owner; or
    20    3. defaced as defined by subdivision seven of section 265.00  of  this
    21  article.
    22    Aggravated sale of a firearm to a minor is a class C felony.
    23    §  2.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 70.02 of the
    24  penal law, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013 and
    25  paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 368 of the laws of 2015, are amended
    26  to read as follows:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (b) Class C violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
     2  class  B felonies set forth in paragraph (a) of this subdivision; aggra-
     3  vated criminally negligent homicide as defined in section 125.11, aggra-
     4  vated manslaughter in the second degree as defined  in  section  125.21,
     5  aggravated  sexual  abuse  in  the  second  degree as defined in section
     6  130.67, assault on a peace officer, police officer, fireman or emergency
     7  medical services professional as defined in section 120.08, assault on a
     8  judge as defined in section 120.09, gang assault in the second degree as
     9  defined in section 120.06, strangulation in the first degree as  defined
    10  in  section  121.13, burglary in the second degree as defined in section
    11  140.25, robbery in the second degree as defined in section 160.10, crim-
    12  inal possession of a weapon in the second degree as defined  in  section
    13  265.03,  criminal  use  of  a firearm in the second degree as defined in
    14  section 265.08, criminal sale of a  firearm  in  the  second  degree  as
    15  defined  in section 265.12, criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a
    16  minor as defined in section 265.14, aggravated criminal possession of  a
    17  weapon  as  defined in section 265.19, aggravated sale of a firearm to a
    18  minor as defined in section 265.55, soliciting or providing support  for
    19  an  act  of  terrorism in the first degree as defined in section 490.15,
    20  hindering prosecution of terrorism in the second degree  as  defined  in
    21  section  490.30, and criminal possession of a chemical weapon or biolog-
    22  ical weapon in the third degree as defined in section 490.37.
    23    (c) Class D violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
    24  class C felonies set forth in paragraph (b); reckless assault of a child
    25  as defined in section 120.02, assault in the second degree as defined in
    26  section 120.05, menacing a police officer or peace officer as defined in
    27  section  120.18, stalking in the first degree, as defined in subdivision
    28  one of section 120.60, strangulation in the second degree as defined  in
    29  section  121.12, rape in the second degree as defined in section 130.30,
    30  criminal sexual act in the second degree as defined in  section  130.45,
    31  sexual abuse in the first degree as defined in section 130.65, course of
    32  sexual  conduct  against  a  child  in  the  second degree as defined in
    33  section 130.80, aggravated sexual abuse in the third degree  as  defined
    34  in  section  130.66,  facilitating  a  sex  offense  with  a  controlled
    35  substance as defined in section 130.90, labor trafficking as defined  in
    36  paragraphs  (a) and (b) of subdivision three of section 135.35, criminal
    37  possession of a weapon in the third degree  as  defined  in  subdivision
    38  five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten of section 265.02, criminal sale of
    39  a firearm in the third degree as defined in section 265.11, intimidating
    40  a  victim  or witness in the second degree as defined in section 215.16,
    41  soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism  in  the  second
    42  degree  as defined in section 490.10, and making a terroristic threat as
    43  defined in section 490.20, falsely reporting an incident  in  the  first
    44  degree  as  defined in section 240.60, placing a false bomb or hazardous
    45  substance in the first degree as defined in section  240.62,  placing  a
    46  false  bomb  or  hazardous  substance in a sports stadium or arena, mass
    47  transportation facility or enclosed shopping mall as defined in  section
    48  240.63, aggravated sale of a firearm as described in section 265.50, and
    49  aggravated unpermitted use of indoor pyrotechnics in the first degree as
    50  defined in section 405.18.
    51    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    52  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.