New York S 5274: Establishes procedures to disassemble and dispose of guns purchased by local municipalities and law enforcement agencies through a gun buyback program

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S05274 Summary:

BILL NOS05274 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05032

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SPONSORBAILEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §233, Exec L

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Establishes procedures to disassemble and dispose of guns, rifles and firearms purchased by local municipalities and law enforcement agencies through a gun buyback program, including the creation of a log and video recordings.

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BILL NOS05274 

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02/20/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5274

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the disposal
 of firearms acquired pursuant to a gun buyback program

 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 233 of the executive law, as added
 2 by chapter 139 of the laws of 2019, is amended and two new subdivisions
 3 6 and 7 are added to read as follows:
 4 5. For purposes of this section:
 5 (a) "agency" means the police force or department of any county, city,
 6 town, or village or a county sheriff; and
 7 (b) "guns, rifles, and firearms" shall include but not be limited to
 8 the barrel, trigger, grip, slide, stock, springs as well as parts of the
 9 gun, rifle, and firearm within the frame.
 10 6. All agencies participating in a gun buyback program authorized
 11 under this section shall dispose of all purchased guns, rifles, and
 12 firearms in the following manner:
 13 (a) Such guns, rifles, and firearms shall be disassembled and
 14 destroyed.
 15 (b) A video shall be made and stored of such disassembling and
 16 destruction of the guns, rifles, and firearms.
 17 (c) A log shall be created of all guns, rifles, and firearms processed
 18 by serial and case number. Such serial and case number shall be easily
 19 visible on the video of such disassembling and destruction of such guns,
 20 rifles, and firearms.
 21 (d) Such log and video shall be filed with the agency conducting such
 22 buyback program and with the department of criminal justice services.
 23 7. (a) No person shall sell or transfer, or modify for sale or trans-
 24 fer, any firearm, rifle, or shotgun acquired as part of a gun buyback
 25 program authorized under this section.
 26 (b) Any person who violates the provisions of this subdivision shall
 27 be guilty of a class E felony.
 28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03156-01-5

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