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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 26, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, KOLB, BARCLAY, BUTLER, HAWLEY, OAKS
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting military person-
  nel from the large capacity ammunition feeding device ban

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 26 to read as follows;
  26. "QUALIFIED MILITARY PERSONNEL" MEANS ANY MEMBER IN  GOOD  STANDING
OF  THE  ORGANIZED  MILITIA OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF ANY ACTIVE OR
RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
  S 2. Section 265.20 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
vision f to read as follows:
  F. SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION 265.02 AND SECTIONS 265.36 AND  265.37
OF  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO QUALIFIED MILITARY PERSONNEL AS
DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION  265.00  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
BOTH  ON AND OFF DUTY, WITH RESPECT TO LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING
DEVICES ISSUED TO SUCH MILITARY PERSONNEL.
  S 3. 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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