Senate Bill S2360

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to confidentiality of information contained in pistol license applications

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S2360 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1811
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S7911, A820

2011-S2360 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to confidentiality of information contained in pistol license; applications for pistol licenses and any information within the application, provided to law enforcement, to licensing officer or obtained for investigation of the applicant, shall be confidential.

2011-S2360 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S2360 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2360

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 19, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  SEWARD,  DeFRANCISCO,  JOHNSON,  LARKIN,  O'MARA,
  RANZENHOFER -- 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 confidentiality of infor-
  mation contained in an application for a pistol license

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  400.00  of the penal law, as
amended by chapter 332 of the laws  of  1994,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  5.  Filing  of approved applications. The application for any license,
if granted, shall be filed by the licensing officer with  the  clerk  of
the  county of issuance, except that in the city of New York and, in the
counties of Nassau and Suffolk, the licensing  officer  shall  designate
the  place  of filing in the appropriate division, bureau or unit of the
police department thereof, and in the county of Suffolk the county clerk
is hereby authorized to transfer all records or applications relating to
firearms to the licensing  authority  of  that  county.  [The  name  and
address  of  any  person to whom an application for any license has been
granted shall be a public record.] AN APPLICATION FOR A PISTOL  LICENSE,
AND  ALL  INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN SUCH APPLICATION, ALL INFORMATION
PROVIDED TO A LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICER  OR  THE  LICENSING  OFFICER  OR
OBTAINED  BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE COURSE OF AN INVESTIGATION
OF AN APPLICANT, ARE CONFIDENTIAL. ANY RECORD REGARDING AN APPLICANT  OR
LICENSEE  MAY  ONLY  BE  RELEASED  TO  A  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION OR PROSECUTION. Upon  application
by  a  licensee  who  has changed his place of residence such records or
applications shall be transferred to  the  appropriate  officer  at  the
licensee's  new place of residence. A duplicate copy of such application
shall be filed by the licensing officer  in  the  executive  department,
division  of state police, Albany, within ten days after issuance of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02237-01-1

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