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Authorizes the county clerk to grant firearms license amendments in county of Westchester
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Robert Castelli
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Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to authorizing the county clerk to grant amendments to firearms licenses, under the Westchester county handgun record-keeping and accountability act
Purpose
This bill would authorizes the county clerk to grant firearms license amendments in county of Westchester.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill would amend subdivision 5 and 9 of section 400.00 of the penal law, to include the provision that in the County of Westchester the county clerk shall file a duplicate copy of a firearm application with the executive department, division of state police, in Albany, within ten days after issuance of the license.
Under the provisions of this bill, it would permit any person In the county of Westchester, who is licensed to carry or possess a pistol or revolver, to apply at any time to the county clerk for an amendment to such license to add one or more weapons or to remove one or more weapons, or to change their address held under the license.
Such amendment would be granted immediately by the Westchester county clerk and the amendment describing the changes involved would also be filed by the clerk, and at the division of the state police in Albany.
Justification
This bill would authorize the county clerk to grant firearms license amendments in the county of Westchester. Presently, each and every minor change to an existing license, such as adding an additional gun or changing the licensee's address, requires a complete amendment process.
This process consists of checks which duplicate those which were done upon issuance of the original license. As a result, a County Judge must take the time to review and sign off on each and every amendment, with such procedure taking up to six months to complete.
This bill would remove this unnecessary step for mere ministerial amendments, so as to improve the records of firearm licences, update the information and timeliness thereof, and free up the Courts to examine serious amendments that are not of a ministerial nature.
Prior legislative history
2008 - S.5152 - Referred to Codes
Fiscal implications
None noted.
Effective date
This act shall take immediately.
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