STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6652
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 3, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation  to  reciprocity  for  pistol
          permit applications for military personnel
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4-a of section 400.00  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  added by chapter 233 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
     3    4-a.  Processing  of  license  applications. Applications for licenses
     4  shall be accepted for processing by the licensing officer at the time of
     5  presentment. Except upon written notice to  the  applicant  specifically
     6  stating  the  reasons  for any delay, in each case the licensing officer
     7  shall act upon any application for a license pursuant  to  this  section
     8  within  six  months of the date of presentment of such an application to
     9  the appropriate authority. Such delay may only be  for  good  cause  and
    10  with  respect  to  the  applicant.  In  acting  upon an application, the
    11  licensing officer shall either deny the application for reasons  specif-
    12  ically  and  concisely  stated  in  writing or grant the application and
    13  issue the license applied for. An application for a license pursuant  to
    14  this  section  for  any  active member of the armed forces of the United
    15  States shall be acted upon by the licensing officer within sixty days of
    16  the date of submission of such an application to the appropriate author-
    17  ity provided such active member of the armed forces is duly licensed  to
    18  carry  a  pistol  or  firearm  by another jurisdiction within the United
    19  States. Nothing shall proscribe the issuing of  a  license  pursuant  to
    20  this  section  so  long  as the applicant who is an active member of the
    21  armed forces, submits the  appropriate  documentation  accompanying  the
    22  application and submits proof of a previously obtained license issued by
    23  another state.
    24    §  2.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 400.15 to read
    25  as follows:
    26  § 400.15 Reciprocity for qualified military personnel.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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