§ 10-602 Definitions.
AC § 10-602
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. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2006/029.
