§ 400.02 Statewide license and record database.
There shall be a statewide license and record database which shall be
created and maintained by the division of state police the cost of which
shall not be borne by any municipality. Records assembled or collected
for purposes of inclusion in such database shall not be subject to
disclosure pursuant to article six of the public officers law. Records
containing granted license applications shall be periodically checked by
the division of criminal justice services against criminal conviction,
mental health, and all other records as are necessary to determine their
continued accuracy as well as whether an individual is no longer a valid
license holder. The division of criminal justice services shall also
check pending applications made pursuant to this article against such
records to determine whether a license may be granted. All state
agencies shall cooperate with the division of criminal justice services,
as otherwise authorized by law, in making their records available for
such checks. The division of criminal justice services, upon determining
that an individual is ineligible to possess a license, or is no longer a
valid license holder, shall notify the applicable licensing official of
such determination and such licensing official shall not issue a license
or revoke such license and any weapons owned or possessed by such
individual shall be removed consistent with the provisions of
subdivision eleven of section 400.00 of this article. Local and state
law enforcement shall have access to such database, as otherwise
authorized by law, in the performance of their duties. Records assembled
or collected for purposes of inclusion in the database established by
this section shall be released pursuant to a court order.
