STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4737

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 14, 2023
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        Introduced  by Sens. SEPULVEDA, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to  directing  the  state
          police to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations regarding the
          flagging  for  further review of bulk purchases of firearms or ammuni-
          tion

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

     1    Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 236 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  236.  Bulk purchases of firearms or ammunition.  In addition to the
     4  requirements of the statewide license and record  database  outlined  in
     5  section  400.02 of the penal law, the superintendent shall establish and
     6  maintain within the division a central repository of information regard-
     7  ing firearms or ammunition purchased  in  bulk  which  requires  further
     8  review.  For the purposes of this section, the term "firearms or ammuni-
     9  tion  purchased  in  bulk"  shall  refer to unusually large purchases of
    10  firearms, rifles, shotguns, or ammunition, as determined by  the  super-
    11  intendent.   The superintendent shall adopt and promulgate any necessary
    12  rules and regulations prescribing reporting procedures for any purchases
    13  of firearms or ammunition purchased in bulk by credit card, debit  card,
    14  PayPal,  e-wallet,  e-check, Lyra or any other payment system, including
    15  the form for reporting such information.  The superintendent shall adopt
    16  and promulgate any  necessary  rules  and  regulations  prescribing  the
    17  review  of  information  contained  in the central repository created by
    18  this section for the purpose of investigating potential criminal  activ-
    19  ity.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09333-01-3