STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3624

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 30, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  processing  of  firearms
          license  applications  for  victims  of  domestic  abuse who have been
          issued an order of protection

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4-a  of  section 400.00 of the penal law, as
     2  added by chapter 233 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
     3    4-a. (a) Processing of license applications. Applications for licenses
     4  shall be accepted for processing by the licensing officer at the time of
     5  presentment. Except upon written notice to  the  applicant  specifically
     6  stating  the  reasons  for any delay, in each case the licensing officer
     7  shall act upon any application for a license pursuant  to  this  section
     8  within  six  months of the date of presentment of such an application to
     9  the appropriate authority. Such delay may only be  for  good  cause  and
    10  with  respect  to  the  applicant.  In  acting  upon an application, the
    11  licensing officer shall either deny the application for reasons  specif-
    12  ically  and  concisely  stated  in  writing or grant the application and
    13  issue the license applied for.
    14    (b) In the event that an applicant is an individual  protected  by  an
    15  order of protection issued due to such person being a victim of a family
    16  offense, as described in subdivision one of section 530.11 of the crimi-
    17  nal  procedure law and the applicant presents the order of protection to
    18  the licensing officer on the date of presentment, the licensing  officer
    19  shall  act  upon  the application for a license pursuant to this section
    20  within fourteen calendar days of the date  of  presentment  of  such  an
    21  application to the appropriate authority.
    22    §  2.  On  the day this act become a law, the secretary of state shall
    23  send a copy of this law by mail to each county clerk in the state.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    25  section one of this act shall take effect on the fourteenth day after it
    26  shall have become a law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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