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S1032Senate2017-2018 SessionSame asA1267

Let Ulster Sheriff Issue Permits

Official title

“Authorizes the Ulster county sheriff to serve as an additional firearms licensing officer”

Sponsor John J. BonacicSD-42+2 co-sponsorsAffects Legal
Status
In Assembly Committee
Codes
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 5 of 7

In Assembly · Codes

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

  1. Expands local access and options for firearms licensing. By adding the Ulster County Sheriff as a licensing officer, residents may have more flexibility and potentially faster processing of firearms license applications, as they can now apply through either the sheriff or a judge/justice.

  2. Shifts power dynamics in local gun regulation. Including the sheriff—an elected law enforcement official—could change how firearms licensing decisions are made and interpreted, potentially reflecting different priorities or philosophies compared to the judiciary.

  3. May impact consistency and oversight. With both the sheriff and judges/justices authorized to issue licenses, there could be differences in how applications are reviewed or approved, which might lead to variations in licensing practices within Ulster County.

  4. Represents a localized change in New York’s broader firearms law framework. The amendment singles out Ulster County for this dual-officer structure, highlighting local needs or concerns about firearms licensing that may not apply uniformly across the state.

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Let Ulster Sheriff Issue Permits

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
John J. Bonacic

Senator · Senate District 42

Chair, JudiciaryChair, Racing, Gaming And Wagering

History

  1. Referred to codes
  2. Delivered to assembly
  3. Passed senateVote 60–1
  4. Ordered to third reading cal.1527
  5. Committee discharged and committed to rules
  6. Referred to codes
  7. Returned to senate
  8. Died in assembly
  9. Referred to codes
  10. Delivered to assembly
  11. Passed senateVote 63–0
  12. Ordered to third reading cal.1384
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  1. Committee discharged and committed to rules
  2. Referred to codes

Companion bill

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A1267Assembly

Let Ulster Sheriff Issue Permits

In Assembly Committee · Codes · Sponsor Kevin Cahill

Impact 3 · Low0% to pass

Full text

1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

1032

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

January 6, 2017

Introduced by Sens. BONACIC, AMEDORE, LARKIN -- 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 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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Sponsor's memo

Title of bill

An act to amend the penal law, in relation to adding Ulster county sheriff as an additional firearms licensing officer

Purpose

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Authorizes the Ulster County Sheriff to act as an additional firearms licensing officer.

Summary of provisions

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Section 1. Amends subdivision 10 of section 265.00 of the Penal Law, as amended by Chapter 210 of the Laws of 1999, to allow the Sheriff in Ulster County to act as an additional firearms licensing officer.

Section 2. Effective date

Justification

Allowing the Ulster County Sheriff to act as an additional firearms licensing officer should provide for an increase in the ability of Ulster County to process licensing applications. This legislation was introduced at the request of the Sheriff of Ulster County.

Legislative history

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S.1601 of 2016: Passed Senate, Died in Assembly Codes S.1601 of 2015: Passed Senate, Died in Assembly Codes S.4958 of 2014: Died in Senate Codes, Died in Assembly Codes S.4958 of 2013: Died in Senate Codes

Fiscal implications

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None

Effective date

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This act shall take effect immediately.

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