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A07921 Summary:

BILL NOA07921
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06196
 
SPONSORMagnarelli
 
COSPNSRSalka, Barclay
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §265.01-a, Pen L
 
Relates to possession of firearms on property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF.
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A07921 Actions:

BILL NOA07921
 
05/28/2019referred to codes
06/04/2019reported referred to rules
06/12/2019reported
06/12/2019rules report cal.202
06/12/2019ordered to third reading rules cal.202
06/17/2019substituted by s6196
 S06196 AMEND= MAY
 05/22/2019REFERRED TO CODES
 05/29/20191ST REPORT CAL.984
 05/30/20192ND REPORT CAL.
 06/03/2019ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
 06/05/2019PASSED SENATE
 06/05/2019DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
 06/05/2019referred to codes
 06/17/2019substituted for a7921
 06/17/2019ordered to third reading rules cal.202
 06/17/2019passed assembly
 06/17/2019returned to senate
 10/01/2019DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
 10/04/2019SIGNED CHAP.354
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A07921 Committee Votes:

CODES Chair:Lentol DATE:06/04/2019AYE/NAY:22/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules
LentolAyeRaAye
SchimmingerAyeGiglioAye
PretlowAyeMontesanoAye
CookAyeMorinelloAye
CymbrowitzAyePalumboAye
O'DonnellAyeGarbarinoAye
LavineAye
PerryAye
ZebrowskiAye
AbinantiAye
WeprinAye
MosleyAye
HevesiAye
FahyAye
SeawrightAye
RosenthalAye

RULES Chair:Gottfried DATE:06/12/2019AYE/NAY:27/0 Action: Favorable
HeastieExcusedKolbAye
GottfriedAyeCrouchAye
LentolAyeFinchAye
GanttExcusedBarclayAye
NolanAyeRaiaAye
WeinsteinAyeHawleyAye
OrtizAyeGiglioAye
PretlowAyeMalliotakisAye
CookAye
GlickAye
AubryAye
EnglebrightAye
DinowitzAye
ColtonAye
MagnarelliAye
PerryAye
PaulinAbsent
TitusExcused
Peoples-StokesAye
BenedettoAye
LavineAye
LupardoAye
ZebrowskiAye

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A07921 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A07921 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A7921
 
SPONSOR: Magnarelli
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the penal law, in relation to possession of firearms on property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF   PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to restore hunting rights and the use of firearms on certain SUNY ESF property.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends Section 265.01a of the Penal Law pertaining to criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds. The bill adds the language "held in trust" when describing exemptions under this provision of the law. Section 2 establishes the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: In the fall of 2013, SUNY ESF announced that it would ban hunting on 5,300 acres of its property in the North Country. This land had been regularly used by SUNY ESF's students and faculty for research as well as utilized as a popular location for small and big game hunters. SUNY ESF's announcement was due to the firearm possession changes that were created under the NY SAFE Act. Under the SAFE Act, penalties were added for possessing a rifle, shotgun or firearm in or upon a building or grounds, used for educational purposes. While the law provided an exemption for land owned by SUNY ESF, it did not contain an exemption for property that is held in trust for SUNY ESF which includes 5,300 acres in the Adirondacks. Without mention of "land held in trust," under the law, an individual who possesses a shotgun, rifle or firearm on these premises in the Adirondacks could face a Class E Felony. As a result, SUNY ESF made the decision to announce the hunting ban for its Adirondack properties to prevent the potential for hunters and outdoor sports enthusiasts to be charged with felony under the SAFE Act. This legislation makes the technical changes in existing law to once again open up these areas for hunting of big and small game. Additionally, SUNY ESF researchers use firearms to conduct forest research. They use shotguns to safely collect tree samples from the tops of tree canopies. This method has been employed at ESF properties like Huntington Forest for over 25 years without a single reported incident of injury or unauthorized firearm use, thanks to several precautionary measures taken by field researchers and property managers. Among many other uses, data provided from canopy leaf sampling at Huntington Forest has been instrumental in measuring and monitoring the negative impacts of acid rain pollution on forest resources in places like the Adiron- dacks, as mandated by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2017-18: 5.3716 PASSED SENATE/A.4482 Ref to Codes 2015-16: 5.6318 Ref to Codes/A.1126 Ref to Codes   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: 30 days after enactment.
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A07921 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7921
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 28, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to possession of firearms  on
          property owned by or held in trust for SUNY ESF
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 265.01-a of the penal law, as added by chapter 1 of
     2  the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 265.01-a[.] Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.
     4    A person is guilty of  criminal  possession  of  a  weapon  on  school
     5  grounds  when  he or she knowingly has in his or her possession a rifle,
     6  shotgun, or firearm in or upon a building or grounds,  used  for  educa-
     7  tional  purposes,  of  any  school,  college,  or university, except the
     8  forestry lands, wherever located, owned [and], maintained [by]  or  held
     9  in  trust  for  the benefit of the New York State College of Forestry at
    10  Syracuse University, now known as  the  State  University  of  New  York
    11  college  of  environmental science and forestry, or upon a school bus as
    12  defined in section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic law,
    13  without the written authorization of such educational institution.
    14    Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds is a class E felony.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    16  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11964-01-9
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A07921 LFIN:

 NO LFIN
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A07921 Chamber Video/Transcript:

6-17-19Video (@ 01:53:07)Transcript pdf Transcript html
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