{"id":24818,"date":"2022-01-29T14:11:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T19:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24818"},"modified":"2022-01-29T14:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T19:11:03","slug":"bill-to-raise-westchester-license-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24818","title":{"rendered":"Bill to raise Westchester license fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A home rule bill has been introduced allowing Westchester to set it&#8217;s own fees for firearms licenses.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2021\/A7939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A-7939<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/bills\/2021\/s6659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">S-6659<\/a><\/strong>, Provides that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westchesterlegislators.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">legislative body of the county of Westchester<\/a> shall fix the fee to be charged for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and provide for the disposition of such fees.<\/p>\n<p>Justification statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em>Westchester County has requested the ability to set these terms at the county level consistent with the treatment given in state law to Nassau and Suffolk Counties.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That means a few hundred dollars at least.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D24818&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24818\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24818\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=24818\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A home rule bill has been introduced allowing Westchester to set it&#8217;s own fees for firearms licenses. A-7939\/S-6659, Provides that the legislative body of the county of Westchester shall fix the fee to be charged for a license to carry or possess a pistol or revolver and provide for the disposition of such fees. 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