STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3258
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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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:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (a)  enables  only an authorized user of the handgun to fire the hand-
     2  gun; and
     3    (b) cannot be readily removed or deactivated.
     4    §  1101. Development of personalized handgun technology. The secretary
     5  of state shall administer a grant program, with funding to  be  provided
     6  by  the  legislature,  to  provide  grants to qualified entities for the
     7  development and improvement of personalized handgun technology.
     8    § 1102. Manufacturing of personalized handguns.  1.    Notwithstanding
     9  any  other provision of this section, all handguns manufactured for sale
    10  in the state of New York, whether for law enforcement  or  private  use,
    11  shall be equipped with personalized handgun technology within five years
    12  of the effective date of this article.
    13    2.  All  handguns  to  be sold in the state of New York shall meet the
    14  requirements of a retrofitted personalized handgun or personalized hand-
    15  gun as defined in this article within ten years of the effective date of
    16  this article.
    17    3. A fund shall be established by the secretary  of  state  to  assist
    18  with  the  expenses of retrofitting handguns pursuant to subdivision two
    19  of this section.
    20    § 1103. Division of criminal justice services oversight. 1. The  divi-
    21  sion  of  criminal  justice  services  shall monitor the progress of the
    22  development  and  improvement  of  personalized  handgun  technology  as
    23  provided  in  section eleven hundred one of this article and enforce the
    24  provisions of this article.
    25    2. The division of criminal justice services shall recommend  manufac-
    26  turing  standards  for  the sale of personalized handguns and incentives
    27  for the further development of such technology. The division of criminal
    28  justice services shall make such recommendations to the  state  legisla-
    29  ture on a yearly basis.
    30    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.