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                                         5748
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 6, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. McKEVITT, GRAF, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. McDONOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to mandatory dispositions and
         commission of a felony offense while in possession of a firearm
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The penal law is amended by adding a new section 60.14 to
    2  read as follows:
    3  S 60.14 MANDATORY DISPOSITIONS; COMMISSION OF A FELONY OFFENSE WHILE  IN
    4            POSSESSION OF A FIREARM.
    5    WHEN A PERSON IS CONVICTED OF A FELONY OFFENSE THAT HAS BEEN COMMITTED
    6  WHILE  IN  THE  POSSESSION  OR  ACCOMPANIMENT  OF A FIREARM, THE COURT'S
    7  SENTENCE OF SUCH DEFENDANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  ARTICLE
    8  SEVENTY  OF  THIS TITLE SHALL INCLUDE A MANDATORY ADDITIONAL SENTENCE OF
    9  IMPRISONMENT FOR FIVE YEARS.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   11  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD09508-01-3