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                                         6521
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, KOLB, BARCLAY, BUTLER, HAWLEY, OAKS
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to exempting military person-
         nel from the large capacity ammunition feeding device ban
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 265.00 of the penal law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 26 to read as follows;
    3    26. "QUALIFIED MILITARY PERSONNEL" MEANS ANY MEMBER IN  GOOD  STANDING
    4  OF  THE  ORGANIZED  MILITIA OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF ANY ACTIVE OR
    5  RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
    6    S 2. Section 265.20 of the penal law is amended by adding a new subdi-
    7  vision f to read as follows:
    8    F. SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION 265.02 AND SECTIONS 265.36 AND  265.37
    9  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO QUALIFIED MILITARY PERSONNEL AS
   10  DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-SIX OF SECTION  265.00  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
   11  BOTH  ON AND OFF DUTY, WITH RESPECT TO LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING
   12  DEVICES ISSUED TO SUCH MILITARY PERSONNEL.
   13    S 3. 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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