STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3651

                               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 allowing rifles, shotguns,
          and firearms on college and university campuses

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

     1    Section 1. Section 265.01-a of the penal law, as separately amended by
     2  chapters 138 and 354 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 265.01-a Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.
     4    A  person  is  guilty  of  criminal  possession  of a weapon on school
     5  grounds when he or she knowingly has in his or her possession  a  rifle,
     6  shotgun,  or  firearm  in or upon a building or grounds, used for educa-
     7  tional purposes, of any school[,  college,  or  university,  except  the
     8  forestry lands, wherever located, owned, maintained or held in trust for
     9  the  benefit  of  the  New  York  State  College of Forestry at Syracuse
    10  University, now known as the State University of  New  York  college  of
    11  environmental  science and forestry,] or upon a school bus as defined in
    12  section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and  traffic  law,  without
    13  the  written  authorization  of  such educational institution; provided,
    14  however no school, as defined  in  subdivision  ten  of  section  eleven
    15  hundred  twenty-five  of  the  education  law,  shall issue such written
    16  authorization to any teacher,  school  administrator,  or  other  person
    17  employed  at  the  school  who  is  not  primarily  employed as a school
    18  resource officer, police officer, peace officer, or security  guard  who
    19  has  been  issued  a special armed guard registration card as defined in
    20  section eighty-nine-f of the general business law, regardless of whether
    21  the person is employed directly by such school  or  by  a  third  party.
    22  This  section  shall  not  apply  to  college or university buildings or
    23  grounds.
    24    Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds is a class E felony.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    26  ing the date on which it 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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