File #: Int 0916-2023    Version: * Name: Outreach campaign on gun buy-back programs.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed (End of Session)
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 2/2/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to an outreach campaign on gun buy-back programs
Sponsors: Carlina Rivera , Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Kevin C. Riley, Shaun Abreu, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Sandra Ung
Council Member Sponsors: 6
Summary: This bill would require the Police Department to conduct an outreach campaign to inform the public about the department’s gun buy-back programs, whereby individuals may voluntarily and anonymously surrender to the department a working or non-working unloaded gun or parts thereof, in exchange for a sum of money to be determined by the department upon surrender. The Police Department would be required to consult with the Office to Prevent Gun Violence and relevant community organizations to conduct such outreach campaign. As part of the outreach campaign, the Police Department would be required to implement a media campaign that would be available on the internet, television, radio and in print, and would be required to maintain on its website and update as needed information about gun buy-back programs.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 916, 2. Int. No. 916, 3. February 2, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 2-2-23, 5. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - February 2, 2023

Int. No. 916

 

By Council Members Rivera, Salamanca, Riley, Abreu, Richardson Jordan, Ung and Hanks

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to an outreach campaign on gun buy-back programs

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 3 of title 10 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 10-317 to read as follows:

§ 10-317 Outreach on gun buy-back programs. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Department. The term “department” means the police department.

Gun. The term “gun” means a firearm, shotgun, rifle, assault weapon or antique firearm, as such terms are defined in section 10-301.

b. No later than 90 days after the effective date of the local law that added this section, the department, in consultation with the office to prevent gun violence and relevant community organizations, shall conduct an outreach campaign to inform the public about each gun buy-back program event held by the department, whereby individuals may voluntarily surrender a working or non-working unloaded gun or parts thereof to the department in exchange for monetary compensation. Such outreach campaign shall be conducted citywide, and shall prioritize the communities most at risk for gun violence, as determined by the office to prevent gun violence.

c. The department shall implement a media campaign to inform the public about the department’s gun buy-back programs. Such media campaign shall be available on the internet, television, radio and in print.

d. The department shall post on its website and update as necessary information about gun buy-back programs, which shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:

1. The dates and locations of any future gun buy-back program event to be held by the department;

2. The rules of any gun buy-back program, including that the department may not require individuals surrendering a gun or parts thereof to provide any identification or personally identifiable information, and that a person who surrenders a gun or parts thereof shall not be subject to criminal or civil penalties for unlawful possession of such gun or parts thereof surrendered, except as otherwise required by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations; and

3. The name and contact information of any community organization working with the department to inform the public about a gun buy-back program.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

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12/29/2022 2:00pm