S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3377 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 6, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to expanding the definition of immediate family to include siblings, grandparents and grandchildren as such term relates to the private sale or disposal of certain firearms THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 898 of the general business law, 2 as added by chapter 1 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1. In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and feder- 5 al law, all sales, exchanges or disposals of firearms, rifles or shot- 6 guns shall be conducted in accordance with this section unless such 7 sale, exchange or disposal is conducted by a licensed importer, licensed 8 manufacturer or licensed dealer, as those terms are defined in 18 USC S 9 [922] 921, when such sale, exchange or disposal is conducted pursuant to 10 that person's federal firearms license or such sale, exchange or 11 disposal is between members of an immediate family. For purposes of this 12 section, "immediate family" shall mean spouses, domestic partners, chil- 13 dren and step-children, SIBLINGS, GRANDPARENTS AND GRANDCHILDREN. 14 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08751-01-5