STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1655

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 13, 2023
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        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 requiring application  for
          a  license  to  carry or possess a pistol or revolver to be acted upon
          within 180 days of the receipt thereof

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

     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 3 of section 400.00 of the
     2  penal law, as amended by chapter 212 of the laws of 2022, is amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (a)  (i)  Applications  shall  be  made  and renewed, in the case of a
     5  license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver or to purchase or  take
     6  possession  of  a  semiautomatic  rifle, to the licensing officer in the
     7  city or county, as the case may be,  where  the  applicant  resides,  is
     8  principally  employed  or  has his or her principal place of business as
     9  merchant or storekeeper; and, in the case of a license  as  gunsmith  or
    10  dealer  in  firearms, to the licensing officer where such place of busi-
    11  ness is located. Blank applications shall, except in  the  city  of  New
    12  York,  be  approved as to form by the superintendent of state police. An
    13  application shall state the full name, date of birth, residence, present
    14  occupation of each person or individual signing the same, whether or not
    15  he or she is a citizen of the United States, whether or not  he  or  she
    16  complies  with each requirement for eligibility specified in subdivision
    17  one of this section and such other facts as may be required to show  the
    18  good  character,  competency  and integrity of each person or individual
    19  signing the application. An application shall be signed and verified  by
    20  the  applicant.  Each individual signing an application shall submit one
    21  photograph of himself or herself and a duplicate for each required  copy
    22  of the application. Such photographs shall have been taken within thirty
    23  days  prior  to filing the application. In case of a license as gunsmith
    24  or dealer in firearms, the photographs submitted  shall  be  two  inches

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05599-01-3

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     1  square,  and the application shall also state the previous occupation of
     2  each individual signing the same and the location of the place  of  such
     3  business,  or  of the bureau, agency, subagency, office or branch office
     4  for  which  the license is sought, specifying the name of the city, town
     5  or village, indicating the street and number and otherwise  giving  such
     6  apt description as to point out reasonably the location thereof. In such
     7  case,  if the applicant is a firm, partnership or corporation, its name,
     8  date and place of formation, and principal place of  business  shall  be
     9  stated.  For  such  firm or partnership, the application shall be signed
    10  and verified by each individual composing or intending  to  compose  the
    11  same, and for such corporation, by each officer thereof.
    12    (ii)  In the case of each application for the issuance or renewal of a
    13  license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, the licensing  officer
    14  shall  provide written notice to the applicant of the approval or denial
    15  of such application within one hundred eighty days of the receipt of the
    16  application by the appropriate county or city. In the event such  notice
    17  is not provided within one hundred eighty days, the county or city shall
    18  provide  to  the  applicant, a refund of all fees and charges associated
    19  with the submission of the application, unless the  failure  to  provide
    20  timely  notice  was due to a factor or factors beyond the control of the
    21  city or county and the licensing officer.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    23  have become a law.