New York A 2508: Relates to authorizing a state monitor for the town of Oyster Bay

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A02508 Summary:

BILL NOA02508 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORColton (MS)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSRRivera

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Add §11-108, Gen Ob L

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Relates to liability for the manufacture, sale, leasing or other disposition of ammunition feeding devices and compensation for damages.

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BILL NOA02508 

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01/17/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 2508

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. RIVERA
 -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary

 AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to liability
 for the manufacture, sale, leasing or other disposition of ammunition
 feeding devices and compensation for damages

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

 1 Section 1. The general obligations law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 11-108 to read as follows:
 3 § 11-108. Liability for manufacture, sale, leasing or other disposi-
 4 tion of ammunition feeding devices. 1. As used in this section the term:
 5 (a) "large capacity ammunition feeding device" shall mean magazines,
 6 belts, feedstrips, drums, clips, or similar devices capable of being
 7 attached to or utilized with a rifle, shotgun or pistol as defined in
 8 section 265.00 of the penal law and which, in the case of a rifle or
 9 shotgun, has the capacity of, or can be readily restored or converted to
 10 accept, more than five cartridges, or in the case of a pistol has the
 11 capacity of, or can be readily restored or converted to accept, more
 12 than fifteen cartridges. The term shall also include any combination of
 13 parts from which such devices can be assembled;
 14 (b) "manufacturer" shall mean any person, corporation, firm, partner-
 15 ship or other entity that manufactures large capacity ammunition feeding
 16 devices; and
 17 (c) "dealer" shall mean any person, corporation, firm, partnership or
 18 other entity that sells, leases or in any manner disposes of a large
 19 capacity ammunition feeding device.
 20 2. A manufacturer or dealer may be held strictly liable in tort, with-
 21 out regard to fault or proof of defect, for all direct and consequential
 22 damages to any person injured in person, property or means of support,
 23 or killed, if the injury or death proximately results from the illegal
 24 discharge of a firearm to which a large capacity ammunition feeding

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03902-01-5

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 1 device was affixed thereto and utilized. In case of the death of either
 2 party, the liability established herein shall survive to or against such
 3 party's executor or administrator, and the amount so recovered by either
 4 spouse or child shall be such person's sole and separate property.
 5 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of this section,
 6 there shall be no basis for liability under this section if:
 7 (a) The individual injured or killed was engaged in a criminal act at
 8 the time of the individual's injury or death;
 9 (b) The manufacturer or dealer sold, leased, or otherwise disposed of
 10 the large capacity ammunition feeding device to a person or entity who
 11 was:
 12 (i) a member of the armed forces of the United States, when possession
 13 is authorized by law or regulation;
 14 (ii) an employee of a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency
 15 or other members of the criminal justice system, when possession is
 16 authorized by law or regulation.
 17 (c) The individual who discharged the firearm to which a large capaci-
 18 ty ammunition feeding device was affixed thereto and utilized:
 19 (i) is a member of the armed forces of the United States, whose
 20 possession is authorized by law or regulation;
 21 (ii) is an employee of a federal, state, or local law enforcement
 22 agency or other member of the criminal justice system, whose poss