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Relates to the filing of approved applications for licenses for the possession of firearms
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Donna Lupardo
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BILL NUMBER:S5694
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to the filing of approved applications for licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms
Purpose
This bill amends the penal law to state that pistol permit applications and the supporting records are not public records and are not subject to FOIL, but certain statistical data is still available for release.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends Penal Law 400.00(5) to require that pistol permit applications and the supporting records are not public records and are not subject to FOIL. This section also removes all the opt-out provisions and changes the repository of such information from The State Police to the Division of Criminal Justice Services. Additionally, this Bill permits the release of statistical data about permit holders on a county by county basis but requires no identifying information about a registrant be disclosed.
Section 2 states that this act shall take effect the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
Existing law
Under current law, the name and address of an approved applicant for a firearms license is a public record and subject to Freedom of Information Law requests.
Justification
This bill is one in a series of proposed reforms to the SAFE Act. As we continue to work towards ameliorating unreasonable provisions of the SAFE Act, those provisions which are most onerous to law abiding citizens need to be addressed immediately. Pistol Permit holders should not have to take affirmative steps to protect their personal information that is on file New fork State in order for such information to be kept confidential. This Bill requires the State to keep such information confidential and not subject to release through Foil application.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect the first of November neat succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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