STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4947

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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 the manufacture
          of firearms

          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 article
     2  39-H to read as follows:
     3                                ARTICLE 39-H
     4                          MANUFACTURERS OF FIREARMS
     5  Section 899-aaaa. Identification of firearms.
     6          899-bbbb. Manufacture of firearms using three-dimensional print-
     7                 ers.
     8          899-cccc. Record keeping.
     9    §  899-aaaa.  Identification of firearms. Any person who holds a valid
    10  gunsmith license pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal  law,  and  who
    11  manufactures  any firearm using three-dimensional printers, shall ensure
    12  that each manufactured firearm shall be inscribed with a unique  identi-
    13  fying  number,  and  that  each such number shall be registered with the
    14  division of state police. Any gunsmith located in the city of  New  York
    15  or  the  counties  of  Nassau or Suffolk shall also register the firearm
    16  with the licensing officer in such city or county.
    17    § 899-bbbb. Manufacture of firearms using three-dimensional  printers.
    18  No  person  shall use a three-dimensional printer to create any firearm,
    19  rifle, or shotgun, or any piece or part thereof, unless such person  has
    20  a  valid gunsmith license issued pursuant to section 400.00 of the penal
    21  law. Any person using a three-dimensional printer to create any firearm,
    22  rifle, shotgun, or piece or part thereof, must ensure that such creation
    23  complies with all applicable local, state, and federal  laws  and  regu-
    24  lations.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09326-01-1

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     1    §  899-cccc.  Record  keeping.  Any  gunsmith who creates any firearm,
     2  rifle, shotgun, or piece or part thereof using three-dimensional  print-
     3  ers,  shall  maintain  a  detailed  and  accurate  record  of  each such
     4  creation, including a description of the  firearm,  rifle,  shotgun,  or
     5  piece  or part thereof, the date of its creation, the unique identifying
     6  number required pursuant to section eight  hundred  ninety-nine-aaaa  of
     7  this article, and any person or firm to whom the item was transferred.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     9  it shall have become a law.