STATE OF NEW YORK
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4442
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 11, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. GIANARIS, ADDABBO, BAILEY, BROOKS, CARLUCCI, COMRIE,
MAYER, SEPULVEDA, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the division
of criminal justice services and the division of state police to
publish quarterly reports providing information related to firearms
used in the commission of crimes in the state of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 837-t
2 to read as follows:
3 § 837-t. Reporting on firearms used in the commission of a crime. 1.
4 The division, in conjunction with the division of state police, shall
5 publish quarterly reports on their respective websites beginning October
6 first, two thousand nineteen, with information related to firearms used
7 in the commission of crimes in the state of New York, including but not
8 limited to, the county and state of origin of the firearm, the county
9 and state where the firearm was purchased, whether the firearm was
10 purchased by the perpetrator of the crime or by another individual, and
11 whether the perpetrator had a license to possess such firearm.
12 2. Each political subdivision, municipality, commission, agency,
13 office, department, board and division in the state, to the extent not
14 inconsistent with other provisions of law, shall cooperate fully with
15 the division and shall furnish the division with information and assist-
16 ance as may be required in the performance of its function under this
17 section.
18 § 2. 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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