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                                         4330
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 4, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. LENTOL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CUSICK
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend  the  penal  law,  in  relation  to  the  possession  of
         disguised knives
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a  new
    2  subdivision 25 to read as follows:
    3    25.  "DISGUISED  KNIFE" MEANS ANY KNIFE WHICH IS DESIGNED TO APPEAR AS
    4  AN OBJECT OTHER THAN A KNIFE, SUCH AS A COMB, WRITING INSTRUMENT,  CIGA-
    5  RETTE  LIGHTER OR OTHER OBJECT COMMONLY CARRIED ON THE PERSON, AND WHICH
    6  INCLUDES A BLADE CONCEALED WITHIN SUCH OBJECT.
    7    S 2. Subdivisions 6, 7 and 8 of section 265.01 of the  penal  law,  as
    8  amended by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, are amended and a new subdivi-
    9  sion 9 is added to read as follows:
   10    (6)  He  OR  SHE  is  a  person who has been certified not suitable to
   11  possess a rifle or shotgun, as defined in subdivision sixteen of section
   12  265.00, and refuses to yield possession of such rifle  or  shotgun  upon
   13  the demand of a police officer. Whenever a person is certified not suit-
   14  able to possess a rifle or shotgun, a member of the police department to
   15  which  such  certification is made, or of the state police, shall forth-
   16  with seize any rifle or shotgun possessed by such  person.  A  rifle  or
   17  shotgun  seized  as herein provided shall not be destroyed, but shall be
   18  delivered to the  headquarters  of  such  police  department,  or  state
   19  police,  and  there  retained  until  the aforesaid certificate has been
   20  rescinded by the director or physician in charge, or  other  disposition
   21  of  such  rifle  or shotgun has been ordered or authorized by a court of
   22  competent jurisdiction[.]; OR
   23    (7) He OR SHE knowingly possesses a  bullet  containing  an  explosive
   24  substance designed to detonate upon impact[.]; OR
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    (8)  He  OR SHE possesses any armor piercing ammunition with intent to
    2  use the same unlawfully against another[.]; OR
    3    (9) HE OR SHE POSSESSES ANY DISGUISED KNIFE.
    4    S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    5  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.