What's happening
This bill adds the Ulster County Sheriff as an additional firearms licensing officer alongside judges or justices in Ulster County.
Why it matters
Expands local authority over firearms licensing. By designating the Ulster County Sheriff as an additional licensing officer, the bill gives residents an alternative to judges or justices when applying for firearms licenses, potentially streamlining the process or changing how applications are evaluated.
May affect consistency of firearms licensing decisions. Introducing the sheriff as a licensing authority could result in different standards or practices compared to those used by judges or justices, which may impact who is granted or denied a firearms license.
Increases local accountability and potentially responsiveness. Allowing the elected sheriff—a public official directly accountable to county residents—to issue licenses could make the process more responsive to local concerns or priorities regarding firearm ownership.
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Let Ulster Sheriff Issue Permits
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History
- Referred to codes
- Referred to codes
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Let Ulster Sheriff Issue Permits
In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor John J. Bonacic
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1267
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 11, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL, LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to adding Ulster county sheriff as an additional firearms licensing officer
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 265.00 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 210 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
10. "Licensing officer" means in the city of New York the police commissioner of that city; in the county of Nassau the commissioner of police of that county; in the county of Suffolk the sheriff of that county except in the towns of Babylon, Brookhaven, Huntington, Islip and Smithtown, the commissioner of police of that county; for the purposes of section 400.01 of this chapter the superintendent of state police; in the county of Ulster the sheriff of that county as well as judges or justices of a court of record having an office in the county of Ulster; and elsewhere in the state a judge or justice of a court of record having his office in the county of issuance.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01334-01-7
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