STATE OF NEW YORK
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1140
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, AKSHAR, AMEDORE, MARCHIONE, RITCHIE, YOUNG
-- 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 expanding the
definition of immediate family to include siblings, grandparents and
grandchildren as such term relates to the private sale or disposal of
certain firearms
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 898 of the general business law,
2 as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and feder-
5 al law, all sales, exchanges or disposals of firearms, rifles or shot-
6 guns shall be conducted in accordance with this section unless such
7 sale, exchange or disposal is conducted by a licensed importer, licensed
8 manufacturer or licensed dealer, as those terms are defined in 18 USC §
9 [922] 921, when such sale, exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to
10 that person's federal firearms license or such sale, exchange or
11 disposal is between members of an immediate family. For purposes of this
12 section, "immediate family" shall mean spouses, domestic partners, chil-
13 dren and step-children, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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