Chapter 6 - GUN OFFENDER REGISTRATION ACT

Section 10-601.

Section 10-601.

  § 10-601. Short  Title.  This  local  law  shall  be known as the "Gun
Offender Registration Act."

Section 10-602.

Section 10-602.

  § 10-602. Definitions.  For  purposes  of  this  chapter:  a.  "Career
education" shall have the meaning given in  subdivision  twenty-four  of
section two of the education law.
  b.  "Commissioner"  shall  mean the police commissioner of the city of
New York or his or her designee.
  c. "Department" shall mean the police department of the  city  of  New
York.
  d.  "Gun  offender"  shall mean any person who is convicted, after the
effective date of this act, of a gun offense as defined in subdivision e
of this section in a court in the city of  New  York.  Convictions  that
result  from or are connected with the same act, or result from offenses
committed at the same time, shall be counted for  the  purpose  of  this
chapter  as  one  conviction.  The  entry of a plea of guilty, a plea of
guilty where the gun offender does not accept responsibility, a plea  of
nolo  contendere,  or a verdict of guilty, shall constitute a conviction
for purposes of this chapter; provided, however, that any conviction set
aside pursuant to law, including any conviction for a gun  offense  that
has  been reversed upon appeal, is not a conviction for purposes of this
chapter. The term "gun offender" shall not include any  person  who  has
been pardoned for all gun offenses by the governor.
  e.  "Gun  offense" shall mean a conviction of criminal possession of a
weapon in the third degree in violation of subdivision 4, 5, 6, 7, or  8
of section 265.02 of the penal law or criminal possession of a weapon in
the second degree in violation of subdivision 3 of section 265.03 of the
penal law.
  f.  "Higher  education"  shall  have  the meaning given in subdivision
eight of section two of the education law.
  g. "Local correctional facility"  shall  have  the  meaning  given  in
paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision sixteen of section two of the correction
law.
  h. "Secondary education" shall have the meaning given  in  subdivision
seven of section two of the education law.
  i. "State correctional facility" shall mean a correctional facility as
defined  in  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  four of section two of the
correction law.

Section 10-603.

Section 10-603.

  §  10-603.  Duty  to  register  and to verify. a. A gun offender shall
register with the department at the time sentence is imposed on  a  form
prescribed by the department.
  b.  Registration  as  required  by  this  chapter  shall  consist of a
statement in writing signed by the gun offender giving such  information
as may be required under subdivision c of this section.
  c.  A  gun  offender  shall, to the extent required by the department,
provide the following information to the department:
  1. The gun offender's name, all aliases  used,  date  of  birth,  sex,
race,  height,  weight,  eye  color,  number  of any driver's license or
non-driver  photo  ID  card,  home  address  and/or  expected  place  of
residence.
  2.  A  photograph,  updated  during  the  period  of  registration  as
described in subdivision d of this section.
  3. A description of  the  offense  for  which  the  gun  offender  was
convicted, the date of conviction and the sentence imposed.
  4. The name and address of any institution of career education, higher
education or secondary education at which the gun offender is or expects
to  be  enrolled  or  attending, and whether such offender resides in or
will reside in a facility owned or operated by such institution.
  5. The gun offender's expected place of employment, including name and
phone number of supervisor and mailing address of employer.
  6. Any other information deemed pertinent by the department.
  d. First personal appearance.  A  gun  offender  who  is  required  to
register  shall personally appear at such office as the commissioner may
direct within forty-eight hours of (i) release, in  the  event  the  gun
offender  receives a sentence of imprisonment, or (ii) the time sentence
is imposed, if such sentence does  not  include  imprisonment,  for  the
purpose  of  personally  verifying  such  information as may be required
under subdivision c of this section with the department. The  department
may  at  such  time  photograph  the  gun offender. The commissioner may
require  the  gun  offender  to  provide  such  documentation   as   the
commissioner deems acceptable verifying such information.
  e.  For  a gun offender who is required to register under this chapter
and who is a resident of the City of New York, every  six  months  after
the  gun offender's initial registration date during the period in which
he or she is required to  register  under  this  chapter  the  following
applies:
  1.  Except  as  specified  in  paragraph 2 of this subdivision, within
twenty days of each six month anniversary of the gun offender's  initial
registration  date,  the  gun  offender  shall personally appear at such
office as the commissioner may direct for the purpose of verifying  such
information  as may be required under subdivision c of this section with
the department. The department may  at  such  time  photograph  the  gun
offender.  The commissioner may require the gun offender to provide such
documentation  as  the  commissioner  deems  acceptable  verifying  such
information.
  2.  If a gun offender required to register under this chapter who is a
resident of the City of New York is  confined  to  any  state  or  local
correctional facility, hospital or institution throughout the twenty-day
period  described  in paragraph 1 of this subdivision, such gun offender
shall personally appear as required by paragraph  1  within  forty-eight
hours  of  release.  The  department may at such time photograph the gun
offender.
  f. The department is authorized to maintain in the  registry  database
information other than that specified in subdivision c of this section.
  g. Any gun offender shall, within ten calendar days after establishing
residence in the city of New York or changing residences within the city

of  New  York,  personally appear at such office as the commissioner may
direct and there provide verification information as  required  by  this
chapter.  The  commissioner may require the gun offender to provide such
documentation  as the commissioner deems acceptable verifying the change
in residence.

Section 10-604.

Section 10-604.

  §  10-604.  Duration  of registration and verification. A gun offender
shall register and verify for a period of four years from  the  date  of
conviction  of  a  gun  offense,  if  the  conviction  does  not include
imprisonment, or for a period of four years from  the  date  of  release
after  conviction  of  a  gun  offense,  in  the  event the gun offender
receives a sentence of imprisonment.

Section 10-605.

Section 10-605.

  §  10-605.  Sharing  of  registration  information.  The department is
authorized to make the registry available to any  regional  or  national
government-operated registry of gun offenders for the purpose of sharing
information.  The  department  may  accept  files  from  any regional or
national registry of gun offenders. The department is also authorized to
make the registry available to other City agencies.

Section 10-606.

Section 10-606.

  §   10-606.   Cooperation  with  other  agencies.  The  department  is
authorized to cooperate with state and City agencies and  the  judiciary
to facilitate implementation of this chapter. Assistance and cooperation
in  the  implementation  of this chapter shall be provided by other City
departments and agencies upon request by the commissioner.

Section 10-607.

Section 10-607.

  §  10-607.  Regulations. The commissioner may make and promulgate such
rules and regulations and establish such forms as are necessary to carry
out the provisions of this chapter.

Section 10-608.

Section 10-608.

  §  10-608.  Penalties. Any violation by a gun offender of this chapter
or of rules  and  regulations  established  pursuant  to  this  chapter,
including  any  failure  to register or to verify pursuant in the manner
and within the time periods provided for in this  chapter,  shall  be  a
misdemeanor  punishable  by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars
or imprisonment of not more than one year or both.  Failure  to  receive
any form shall not excuse any violation of this chapter.