New York A 3840: Repeals certain provisions establishing a fee for background checks on certain firearm and ammunition purchases and amends the source of funds for the background check fund accordingly

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A03840 Summary:

BILL NOA03840 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01872

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SPONSORBlankenbush

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COSPNSRAngelino, Beephan, Bendett, Brabenec, Brown E, Buttenschon, DeStefano, DiPietro, Fitzpatrick,
 Friend, Gallahan, Gray, Hawley, Jensen, Lemondes, Manktelow, Miller, Morinello, Pirozzolo, Smullen,
 Tague, Simpson

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §228 sub 5, Exec L; amd §99-pp, St Fin L

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Repeals certain provisions establishing a fee for background checks on certain firearm and ammunition purchases; removes such fees as a source of funds for the background check fund.

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BILL NOA03840 

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01/30/2025referred to codes

01/07/2026referred to codes

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3840

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, ANGELINO, BEEPHAN, BENDETT, BRABE-
 NEC, E. BROWN, BUTTENSCHON, DeSTEFANO, DiPIETRO, FITZPATRICK, FRIEND,
 GALLAHAN, GRAY, HAWLEY, JENSEN, LEMONDES, MANKTELOW, MILLER, MORINEL-
 LO, PIROZZOLO, SMULLEN, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Codes

 AN ACT to repeal certain provisions of the executive law establishing a
 fee for background checks on certain firearm and ammunition purchases;
 and to amend the state finance law, in relation to the source of funds
 for the background check fund

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 228 of the executive law is
 2 REPEALED.
 3 § 2. Subdivisions 2 and 5 of section 99-pp of the state finance law,
 4 as added by chapter 371 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as
 5 follows:
 6 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the comp-
 7 troller, [pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred twenty-eight
 8 of the executive law and all other] consisting of moneys appropriated
 9 thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained
 10 in this section shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or
 11 bequests for the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and
 12 depositing them into the fund according to law.
 13 5. [(a)] Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the back-
 14 ground check fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the back-
 15 ground check fund and shall not be credited to any other fund.
 16 [(b) To the extent practicable, any such remaining funds shall be used
 17 to reduce the amount of the fee described in subdivision two of section
 18 two hundred twenty-eight of the executive law.]
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05499-01-5

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