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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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 the storage of firearms by
         collateral loan brokers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 400.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 16-c to read as follows:
    3    16-C. COLLATERAL LOAN BROKERS. ALL LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THIS  ARTI-
    4  CLE  COVERING  THE  OPERATION OF GUNSMITHS AND DEALERS IN FIREARMS SHALL
    5  HEREINAFTER APPLY TO ALL PERSONS, CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS,  OR  FIRMS
    6  THAT PAWN, PLEDGE, PURCHASE, OR SELL FIREARMS, AND CARRY ON THE BUSINESS
    7  OF COLLATERAL LOAN BROKERS.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01072-01-5