STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2573--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 26, 2015
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  PARKER, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer
          Protection  --  recommitted to the Committee on Consumer Protection in
          accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  a  firearm
          ballistic identification databank
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  396-ff to read as follows:
     3    § 396-ff. Firearm  ballistic  identification  databank.  (1)  For  the
     4  purposes  of  this section, the following terms shall have the following
     5  meanings:
     6    (a) "Manufacturer" means any person, firm or corporation possessing  a
     7  valid  federal  license that permits such person, firm or corporation to
     8  engage in the business of manufacturing firearms or ammunition  therefor
     9  for the purpose of sale or distribution.
    10    (b) "Shell casing" means that part of ammunition capable of being used
    11  in a firearm that contains the primer and propellant powder to discharge
    12  the bullet or projectile.
    13    (c)  "Firearm"  means a pistol, revolver, or assault weapon as defined
    14  in section 265.00 of the penal law, rifle, or other long-barreled  weap-
    15  on.
    16    (2)  Any  manufacturer that ships, transports or delivers a firearm to
    17  any person in this state shall, in accordance with rules and regulations
    18  promulgated by the division of state police, include  in  the  container
    19  with such firearm a separate sealed container that encloses:
    20    (a)  a  shell  casing  of  a bullet or projectile discharged from such
    21  firearm; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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