STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8609

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 21, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to allowing  certain  firearm
          licensees to open carry

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 2 of  section  400.00  of  the
     2  penal  law, as amended by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (f) have and possess, and carry openly or concealed, without regard to
     5  employment or place of possession subject to the restrictions  of  state
     6  and federal law, by any person; and
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
     8  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
     9  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
    10  sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
    11  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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