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That the first conviction is a violation and, under Penal Law 70.15, (4).   "Violation.  A sentence of imprisonment for a violation shall be a definite sentence.  When such a sentence is imposed the  term  shall  be fixed by the court, and shall not exceed fifteen days."

Additional convictions are a CLASS  A MISDEMEANOR, under Penal Law 70.15, (1).  "Class  A  misdemeanor.   A  sentence of imprisonment for a class A misdemeanor shall be a definite  sentence.   When  such  a  sentence  is imposed  the  term shall be fixed by the court, and shall not exceed one year; provided, however, ..."

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    1  LOCATION THAT IS BOTH SEPARATE FROM THEIR AMMUNITION AND INACCESSIBLE TO
    2  CHILDREN AND ANY OTHER UNAUTHORIZED PERSON." 
    3    (3)  ANY  PERSON,  FIRM  OR  CORPORATION  WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE
    4  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A VIOLATION PUNISHABLE  AS
    5  PROVIDED IN THE PENAL LAW. ANY PERSON, FIRM, OR CORPORATION WHO FAILS TO
    6  COMPLY  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AFTER HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY
    7  CONVICTED OF A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF  A  CLASS  A
    8  MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN THE PENAL LAW. 

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    1  THE PROGRAM OPERATED BY THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE IN ACCORDANCE  WITH
    2  SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION. 
    3    (6) UPON RECEIPT OF THE SEALED CONTAINER, THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE
    4  SHALL  CAUSE TO BE ENTERED IN AN AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC DATABANK PERTINENT
    5  DATA AND OTHER BALLISTIC INFORMATION RELEVANT TO IDENTIFICATION  OF  THE
    6  SHELL CASING AND TO THE PISTOL OR REVOLVER FROM WHICH IT WAS DISCHARGED.
    7  THE AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC DATABANK WILL BE OPERATED AND MAINTAINED BY THE
    8  DIVISION  OF  STATE POLICE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS RULES AND REGULATIONS
    9  ADOPTED AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION  AND
   10  THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND
   11  FIREARMS TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY WITH NATIONAL BALLISTIC TECHNOLOGY. 
   12    (7)  ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION WHO KNOWINGLY VIOLATES ANY OF THE
   13  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A VIOLATION, PUNISHABLE AS
   14  PROVIDED IN THE PENAL LAW. ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION WHO KNOWINGLY
   15  VIOLATES ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AFTER HAVING BEEN  PREVI-
   16  OUSLY  CONVICTED  OF  A VIOLATION  OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A
   17  CLASS A MISDEMEANOR, PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN THE PENAL LAW. 
 

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    1  TO  THE  GUN SHOW, AT ALL PLACES WHERE ADMISSION TICKETS TO THE GUN SHOW
    2  ARE SOLD AND NOT LESS THAN FOUR ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE  GROUNDS
    3  OF THE GUN SHOW; 
    4    (B)  NOTIFY  ALL FIREARM EXHIBITORS IN WRITING THAT A NATIONAL INSTANT
    5  CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO ALL  FIREARM  SALES
    6  OR TRANSFERS, INCLUDING SALES OR TRANSFERS OF RIFLES OR SHOTGUNS; AND 
    7    (C)  PROVIDE ACCESS AT THE GUN SHOW TO A FIREARM DEALER LICENSED UNDER
    8  FEDERAL LAW WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM  A  NATIONAL  INSTANT  CRIMINAL
    9  BACKGROUND  CHECK  WHERE THE SELLER OR TRANSFEROR OF A FIREARM, RIFLE OR
   10  SHOTGUN IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT  SUCH  A  CHECK  BY  (I)  REQUIRING
   11  FIREARM  EXHIBITORS  WHO  ARE FIREARM DEALERS LICENSED UNDER FEDERAL LAW
   12  AND WHO ARE AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND
   13  CHECK TO PROVIDE SUCH A CHECK AT COST OR  (II)  DESIGNATING  A  SPECIFIC
   14  LOCATION  AT  THE GUN SHOW WHERE A FIREARM DEALER LICENSED UNDER FEDERAL
   15  LAW WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL  BACKGROUND
   16  CHECK  WILL  BE  PRESENT  TO  PERFORM SUCH A CHECK AT COST.  ANY FIREARM
   17  DEALER LICENSED UNDER FEDERAL LAW WHO PERFORMS A NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMI-
   18  NAL BACKGROUND CHECK PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL PROVIDE THE SELLER
   19  OR TRANSFEROR OF THE FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN WITH A COPY OF THE UNITED
   20  STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO  AND  FIREARMS
   21  FORM  ATF  F 4473 AND SUCH DEALER SHALL MAINTAIN SUCH FORM AND MAKE SUCH
   22  FORM AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR  A  PERIOD
   23  OF TEN YEARS THEREAFTER. 
   24    2. WHENEVER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL BELIEVE FROM EVIDENCE SATISFAC-
   25  TORY  TO  HIM  OR  HER  THAT A GUN SHOW OPERATOR HAS VIOLATED ANY OF THE
   26  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY  BRING AN ACTION OR
   27  SPECIAL PROCEEDING IN THE SUPREME COURT FOR  A  JUDGMENT  ENJOINING  THE
   28  CONTINUANCE  OF  SUCH VIOLATION AND FOR A CIVIL PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT NOT
   29  TO EXCEED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS. IF IT SHALL APPEAR TO  THE  SATISFACTION
   30  OF  THE  COURT OR JUSTICE THAT THE DEFENDANT HAS VIOLATED ANY PROVISIONS
   31  OF THIS SECTION, NO PROOF SHALL BE REQUIRED THAT  ANY  PERSON  HAS  BEEN
   32  INJURED  THEREBY  NOR  THAT  THE  DEFENDANT  INTENTIONALLY VIOLATED SUCH
   33  PROVISION. IN SUCH ACTION PRELIMINARY RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED UNDER  ARTI-
   34  CLE  SIXTY-THREE OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES. IN CONNECTION WITH
   35  ANY SUCH PROPOSED APPLICATION, THE ATTORNEY  GENERAL  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO
   36  TAKE  PROOF, ISSUE SUBPOENAS AND ADMINISTER OATHS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED
   37  IN THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES. 
   38 S 897. SALE OF A FIREARM, RIFLE  OR  SHOTGUN  AT  A  GUN  SHOW.  1.  A
   39  NATIONAL  INSTANT  CRIMINAL  BACKGROUND  CHECK SHALL BE CONDUCTED AND NO
   40  PERSON SHALL SELL OR TRANSFER A FIREARM, RIFLE OR SHOTGUN AT A GUN SHOW,
   41  EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF 18 U.S.C. 922(T). 
   42    2. NO PERSON SHALL OFFER OR AGREE TO SELL OR TRANSFER A FIREARM, RIFLE
   43  OR SHOTGUN TO ANOTHER PERSON AT A GUN SHOW AND TRANSFER OR DELIVER  SUCH
   44  FIREARM,  RIFLE OR SHOTGUN TO SUCH PERSON OR PERSON ACTING ON HIS OR HER
   45  BEHALF THEREAFTER AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN THE GUN SHOW FOR THE  PURPOSE
   46  OF EVADING OR AVOIDING COMPLIANCE WITH 18 U.S.C. 922(T). 
   47    3.  ANY  PERSON  WHO  KNOWINGLY VIOLATES ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
   48  SECTION SHALL BE GUILTY OF A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE AS  PROVIDED
   49  FOR IN THE PENAL LAW. 

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    1  defined  in subdivision one of section 120.60, sexual abuse in the first
    2  degree as defined in section 130.65, course of sexual conduct against  a
    3  child  in  the  second  degree  as defined in section 130.80, aggravated
    4  sexual  abuse in the third degree as defined in section 130.66, criminal
    5  possession of a weapon in the third degree as defined in  {subdivisions}
    6  SUBDIVISION four, five {and}, six, SEVEN OR EIGHT of section 265.02, and
    7  intimidating  a  victim  or  witness  in the second degree as defined in
    8  section 215.16. 
    9    (d) Class E violent felony offenses: an attempt to commit any  of  the
   10  felonies  of  criminal  possession  of  a  weapon in the third degree as
   11  defined in {subdivisions} SUBDIVISION four, five {and},  six,  SEVEN  OR
   12  EIGHT  of section 265.02 as a lesser included offense of that section as
   13  defined in section 220.20 of the criminal procedure law. 

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    1    8. "Gunsmith" means any  person,  firm,  partnership,  corporation  or
    2  company  who engages in the business of repairing, altering, assembling,
    3  manufacturing,  cleaning,  polishing,  engraving  or  trueing,  or   who
    4  performs  any mechanical operation on, any firearm,  or machine-gun. 
    6    9.  "Dealer  in  firearms" means any person, firm, partnership, corpo-
    7  ration or company who engages in the business  of  purchasing,  selling,
    8  keeping  for  sale, loaning, leasing, or in any manner disposing of, any
    9  ASSAULT WEAPON, LARGE CAPACITY  AMMUNITION  FEEDING  DEVICE,  pistol  or
   10  revolver.

22. "ASSAULT WEAPON" MEANS ... (E) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE: ... (IV)  A RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR PISTOL, OR A REPLICA OR A DUPLICATE THEREOF, SPECIFIED IN APPENDIX A TO SECTION 922 OF 18 U.S.C. AS SUCH  WEAPON  WAS MANUFACTURED  ON  OCTOBER FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE. ... (V) A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE, A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN OR A  SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOL  OR  ANY OF THE WEAPONS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION LAWFULLY POSSESSED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER FOURTEENTH, NINETEEN  HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR. 

23. "LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE" MEANS A MAGAZINE, BELT, DRUM,  FEED STRIP, OR SIMILAR DEVICE, MANUFACTURED AFTER SEPTEMBER THIR TEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR ...
(Section 28, this act shall take effect on the first day of November next succeeding the date on  which  it  shall  have  become  a  law;)
(Section  26.  Nothing  in  this act shall be construed to prohibit a municipality or other unit of local government from adopting or maintaining  a stricter  standard ...by local law or ordinance.)

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    1    (VI) SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, AND M-12; 
    2    (VII) STEYR AUG; 
    3    (VIII) INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9 AND TEC-22; AND 
    4    (IX)  REVOLVING  CYLINDER SHOTGUNS, SUCH AS (OR SIMILAR TO) THE STREET
    5  SWEEPER AND STRIKER 12; 
    6    (E) PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE: (I) ANY RIFLE,
    7  SHOTGUN OR PISTOL THAT (A) IS MANUALLY OPERATED BY BOLT, PUMP, LEVER  OR
    8  SLIDE ACTION; (B) HAS BEEN RENDERED PERMANENTLY INOPERABLE; OR (C) IS AN
    9  ANTIQUE FIREARM AS DEFINED IN 18 U.S.C. 921(A)(16); 
   10    (II)  A  SEMIAUTOMATIC  RIFLE THAT CANNOT ACCEPT A DETACHABLE MAGAZINE
   11  THAT HOLDS MORE THAN FIVE ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION; 
   12    (III) A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN THAT CANNOT HOLD MORE THAN  FIVE  ROUNDS
   13  OF AMMUNITION IN A FIXED OR DETACHABLE MAGAZINE; 
   14    (IV)  A RIFLE, SHOTGUN OR PISTOL, OR A REPLICA OR A DUPLICATE THEREOF,
   15  SPECIFIED IN APPENDIX A TO SECTION 922 OF 18 U.S.C. AS SUCH  WEAPON  WAS
   16  MANUFACTURED  ON  OCTOBER FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-THREE. THE MERE
   17  FACT THAT A WEAPON IS NOT LISTED IN APPENDIX A SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
   18  MEAN THAT SUCH WEAPON IS AN ASSAULT WEAPON; OR 
   19    (V) A SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE, A SEMIAUTOMATIC SHOTGUN OR A  SEMIAUTOMATIC
   20  PISTOL  OR  ANY OF THE WEAPONS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
   21  SION LAWFULLY POSSESSED PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER FOURTEENTH, NINETEEN  HUNDRED
   22  NINETY-FOUR. 
   23 23. "LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE" MEANS A MAGAZINE, BELT,
   24  DRUM,  FEED STRIP, OR SIMILAR DEVICE, MANUFACTURED AFTER SEPTEMBER THIR-
   25  TEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR, THAT HAS A CAPACITY  OF,  OR  THAT
   26  CAN  BE READILY RESTORED OR CONVERTED TO ACCEPT, MORE THAN TEN ROUNDS OF
   27  AMMUNITION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH  TERM  DOES  NOT  INCLUDE  AN
   28  ATTACHED  TUBULAR  DEVICE  DESIGNED  TO ACCEPT, AND CAPABLE OF OPERATING
   29  ONLY WITH, .22 CALIBER RIMFIRE AMMUNITION.

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    1    1. Any person who  manufactures  or  causes  to  be  manufactured  any
    2  machine-gun, ASSAULT WEAPON, LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE or
    3  disguised gun is guilty of a class D felony. Any person who manufactures
    4  or causes to be manufactured any switchblade knife, gravity knife, pilum
    5  ballistic  knife, metal knuckle knife, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, metal
    6  knuckles, Kung Fu star, chuka stick, sandbag, sandclub or  slungshot  is
    7  guilty of a class A misdemeanor. 
    8    2. Any person who transports or ships any machine-gun, firearm silenc-
    9  er,  ASSAULT  WEAPON  OR  LARGE  CAPACITY  AMMUNITION  FEEDING DEVICE or
   10  disguised gun, or who transports or ships as merchandise  five  or  more
   11  firearms,  is  guilty  of a class D felony. Any person who transports or
   12  ships as merchandise any firearm, OTHER THAN AN ASSAULT WEAPON,  switch-
   13  blade  knife,  gravity  knife,  pilum ballistic knife, billy, blackjack,
   14  bludgeon, metal knuckles, Kung Fu star, chuka stick, sandbag  or  slung-
   15  shot is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. 
   16    3.  Any  person who disposes of any machine-gun, ASSAULT WEAPON, LARGE
   17  CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE or firearm silencer is  guilty  of  a
   18  class D felony. Any person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, or
   19  conceals  a  machine-gun,  firearm,  LARGE  CAPACITY  AMMUNITION FEEDING
   20  DEVICE, rifle or shotgun which has  been  defaced  for  the  purpose  of
   21  concealment or prevention of the detection of a crime or misrepresenting
   22  the  identity  of  such  machine-gun, firearm, LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION
   23  FEEDING DEVICE, rifle or shotgun is guilty of a class D felony. 
   24    4. Any person who disposes of  any  of  the  weapons,  instruments  or
   25  appliances  specified  in  subdivision  one  of section 265.01, except a
   26  firearm, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor, and he is guilty of a class
   27  D felony if he has previously been convicted of any crime.
   28    5. Any person who disposes of any of the weapons, instruments,  appli-
   29  ances  or  substances  specified  in  section 265.05 to any other person
   30  under the age of sixteen years is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. 
   31    6. Any person who wilfully defaces  any  machine-gun,  LARGE  CAPACITY
   32  AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICE or firearm is guilty of a class D felony. 
   33    7. Any person, other than a wholesale dealer, or gunsmith or dealer in
   34  firearms   duly   licensed  pursuant  to  section  400.00,  lawfully  in
   35  possession of a firearm, who disposes of the same without first  notify-
   36  ing  in  writing the licensing officer in the city of New York and coun-
   37  ties of Nassau and Suffolk and elsewhere  in  the  state  the  executive
   38  department,  division  of  state police, Albany, is guilty of a class A
   39  misdemeanor. 

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    1  on,  instrument  or  appliance is found in an automobile which is being
    2  operated for hire by a duly licensed driver in the due, lawful and prop-
    3  er pursuit of his OR HER trade, then such presumption shall not apply to
    4  the  driver;  or  (c) if the weapon so found is a pistol or revolver and
    5  one of the occupants, not present  under  duress,  has  in  his  OR  HER
    6  possession a valid license to have and carry concealed the same.

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    1  revolver,  other  than  AN  ASSAULT  WEAPON OR a disguised gun, shall be
    2  issued to (a) have and possess in his dwelling  by  a  householder;  (b)
    3  have  and possess in his place of business by a merchant or storekeeper;
    4  (c)  have  and carry concealed while so employed by a messenger employed
    5  by a  banking  institution  or  express  company;  (d)  have  and  carry
    6  concealed by a justice of the supreme court in the first or second judi-
    7  cial  departments, or by a judge of the New York city civil court or the
    8  New York city criminal court; (e) have and  carry  concealed  while  so
    9  employed by a regular employee of an institution of the state, or of any
   10  county,  city,  town  or  village,  under  control  of a commissioner of
   11  correction of the city or any warden, superintendent or head  keeper  of
   12  any state prison, penitentiary, workhouse, county jail or other institu-
   13  tion  for the detention of persons convicted or accused of crime or held
   14  as witnesses in criminal cases, provided that application is made there-
   15  for by such commissioner, warden, superintendent  or  head  keeper;  (f)
   16  have  and  carry  concealed,  without  regard  to employment or place of
   17  possession, by any person when proper  cause  exists  for  the  issuance
   18  thereof;  and (g) have, possess, collect and carry antique pistols which
   19  are defined as follows: (i) any single shot, muzzle loading pistol  with
   20  a  matchlock,  flintlock,  percussion  cap,  or similar type of ignition
   21  system manufactured in or before l898, which is not designed  for  using
   22  rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition; and (ii) any repli-
   23  ca of any pistol described in clause (i) hereof if such replica-- 
   24    (1)  is  not  designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional
   25  centerfire fixed ammunition, or 
   26    (2) uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which  is
   27  no  longer  manufactured  in  the United States and which is not readily
   28  available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade. 

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    1  license, as the case may be, shall be presumptive evidence  that  he  OR
    2  SHE is not duly licensed. 

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    1  KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN USED IN  SUCH  CRIME,  SUCH  AGENCY  SHALL  SUBMIT  A
    2  REQUEST  TO  THE NATIONAL TRACING CENTER OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
    3  OF TREASURY, BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS TO TRACE THE  MOVE-
    4  MENT  OF  SUCH GUN AND SUCH FEDERAL AGENCY SHALL BE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE
    5  THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE  AND  THE  LOCAL  LAW
    6  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  WITH THE RESULTS OF SUCH A TRACE.  THIS SUBDIVISION
    7  SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE THE SOURCE OF A GUN IS ALREADY KNOWN  TO  A  LOCAL
    8  LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. 

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   1  alcohol,  tobacco  and  firearms,  the  National  Law  Enforcement   and
    2  Correction  Technology  Lab  located  in  Rome, New York, and such other
    3  private and public entities as  the  superintendent  deems  appropriate,
    4  conduct  a  comprehensive study of the availability and effectiveness of
    5  existing technology for the use of personalized firearms, commonly known
    6  as "smart guns" which may only be fired by  the  authorized  user.  Such
    7  study,  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited to, an examination of the
    8  availability and effectiveness of personalized firearms that incorporate
    9  within their design, and as part of their original manufacture, technol-
   10  ogy which limits their operational use and an examination of the  avail-
   11  ability  and  effectiveness  of technology to transform non-personalized
   12  firearms into personalized firearms. Such technology may involve a vari-
   13  ety of systems, such as mechanical or electronic systems, which restrict
   14  the operation of the firearm  through  radio  frequency  tagging,  touch
   15  memory,  remote  control,  fingerprint, magnetic encoding or other auto-
   16  mated user identification systems. In addition, the superintendent shall
   17  examine and evaluate reports and studies conducted on the use of person-
   18  alized firearms. 
   19    The superintendent of the division of state police shall,  in  collab-
   20  oration  with  the  United  States  Secretary of the Treasury, bureau of
   21  alcohol,  tobacco  and  firearms,  the  National  Law  Enforcement   and
   22  Correction  Technology  Lab  located  in  Rome, New York, and such other
   23  public or private entities  as  the  superintendent  deems  appropriate,
   24  formulate the necessary testing procedures for personalized firearms and
   25  test  such firearms and prototypes of firearms or observe the testing of
   26  firearms and prototypes of firearms, to evaluate the  effectiveness  and
   27  safety  of  such  firearms,  including, but not limited to, whether such
   28  personalized firearms effectively preclude or prevent  the  personalized
   29  characteristics of such firearms from being deactivated. 
   30    A report, with recommendations, shall be submitted to the governor and
   31  the  legislature not later than October 1, 2001. As part of such report,
   32  the superintendent of the division of state police shall make  recommen-
   33  dations  as  to  the feasibility or desirability of requiring the use of
   34  personalized  firearm  technology   for   all   firearms   manufactured,
   35  possessed,  sold,  offered  for  sale,  received,  transferred, shipped,
   36  transported or distributed within this state, including whether,  or  to
   37  what extent the use of personalized firearm technology may not be appro-
   38  priate for certain categories of firearms. For purposes of this section,
   39  the  terms: (a) "authorized user" means the person who lawfully owns the
   40  firearm or a person to whom the  owner  has  given  express  consent  to
   41  lawfully use the firearm; and (b) "firearm" means a pistol or revolver. 

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    1    1.  Sections  one through three, six through nineteen and twenty-three
    2  and twenty-four of this act shall take effect on the first day of Novem-
    3  ber next succeeding the date on  which  it  shall  have  become  a  law;
    4  provided,  further,  however, that effective immediately the division of
    5  state  police  is  authorized  and directed to promulgate such rules and
    6  regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of sections
    7  three and four of this act; provided, further, that  the  amendments  to
    8  subdivision  3  of section 265.00 of the penal law made by section eight
    9  of this act shall apply to offenses committed in  violation  of  article
   10  265  or  400 of the penal law on or after the first day of November next
   11  succeeding the date on which this act shall have become a law; and 
   12    2.  The gun trafficking interdiction program and  gun  tracer  program
   13  contained  in  section twenty-one of this act shall take effect November
   14  1, 2000, provided further, however, that the superintendent of the divi-
   15  sion of state police is authorized and directed  to  immediately  adopt,
   16  amend  and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and
   17  desirable to effectuate the purposes of sections twenty-one and  twenty-
   18  two of this act.