STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5019
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 3, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer
          Protection
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business law, in relation to a firearm
          ballistic identification databank
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  396-ff to read as follows:
     3    §  396-ff.  Firearm  ballistic  identification  databank.  (1) For the
     4  purposes of this section, the following terms shall have  the  following
     5  meanings:
     6    (a)  "Manufacturer" means any person, firm or corporation possessing a
     7  valid federal license that permits such person, firm or  corporation  to
     8  engage  in the business of manufacturing firearms or ammunition therefor
     9  for the purpose of sale or distribution.
    10    (b) "Shell casing" means that part of ammunition capable of being used
    11  in a firearm that contains the primer and propellant powder to discharge
    12  the bullet or projectile.
    13    (c) "Firearm" means a pistol, revolver, or assault weapon  as  defined
    14  in  section 265.00 of the penal law, rifle, or other long-barreled weap-
    15  on.
    16    (2) Any manufacturer that ships, transports or delivers a  firearm  to
    17  any person in this state shall, in accordance with rules and regulations
    18  promulgated  by  the  division of state police, include in the container
    19  with such firearm a separate sealed container that encloses:
    20    (a) a shell casing of a bullet  or  projectile  discharged  from  such
    21  firearm; and
    22    (b)  any additional information that identifies such firearm and shell
    23  casing as required by such rules and regulations.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (3) A gunsmith or dealer in firearms licensed  in  this  state  shall,
     2  within  ten  days of the receipt of any firearm from a manufacturer that
     3  fails to comply with the provisions of this section, either  (a)  return
     4  such  firearm  to such manufacturer, or (b) notify the division of state
     5  police  of  such noncompliance and thereafter obtain a substitute sealed
     6  container through participation in  a  program  operated  by  the  state
     7  police as provided in subdivision four of this section.
     8    (4)  The  division  of state police shall no later than October first,
     9  two thousand twenty, promulgate rules and regulations for the  operation
    10  of  a program which provides a gunsmith or a dealer in firearms licensed
    11  in this state with a sealed container enclosing the items  specified  in
    12  subdivision two of this section. The program shall at a minimum:
    13    (a) be operational by January first, two thousand twenty-one;
    14    (b) operate in at least five regional locations within the state; and
    15    (c)  specify procedures by which such gunsmith or dealer is to deliver
    16  a firearm to the regional program location closest to his or  her  place
    17  of business for testing and prompt return of such firearm.
    18    (5)  A  gunsmith  or  dealer in firearms licensed in this state shall,
    19  within ten days of delivering to any person a firearm received  by  such
    20  gunsmith or dealer in firearms, forward to the division of state police,
    21  along  with  the  original  transaction  report  required by subdivision
    22  twelve of section 400.00 of the penal law, the sealed container  enclos-
    23  ing  the  shell  casing  from  such firearm either (a) received from the
    24  manufacturer, or (b) obtained through participation in the program oper-
    25  ated by the division of state police in accordance with subdivision four
    26  of this section.
    27    (6) Upon receipt of the sealed container, the division of state police
    28  shall cause to be entered in an automated electronic databank  pertinent
    29  data  and  other ballistic information relevant to identification of the
    30  shell casing and to the firearm from which it was discharged.  The auto-
    31  mated electronic databank will be operated and maintained by  the  divi-
    32  sion  of  state  police,  in  accordance  with its rules and regulations
    33  adopted after consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation  and
    34  the  United  States  Department  of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
    35  Firearms and Explosives to ensure compatibility with national  ballistic
    36  technology.
    37    (7)  Any person, firm or corporation who knowingly violates any of the
    38  provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation, punishable as
    39  provided in the penal law. Any person, firm or corporation who knowingly
    40  violates any of the provisions of this section after having been  previ-
    41  ously  convicted  of  a  violation  of this section shall be guilty of a
    42  class A misdemeanor, punishable as provided in the penal law.
    43    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    44  have become a law.