[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Newstead as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-24-1997 by L.L. No. 1-1997
(Ch. 48, Art. I, of the 1988 Code)]
The purpose of this article is to restrict the discharge of firearms
on public property owned by the Town of Newstead within the Town of Newstead.
Commencing with the effective date of this article, it shall hereafter
be unlawful to discharge firearms on property owned by the Town of Newstead
located within the Town of Newstead except with the prior written
consent of the Town Board of the Town of Newstead, which consent must be specific
as to the individual authorized and firearms authorized. This provision shall
not apply to police officers and peace officers (including Clerks of the Court)
during the course of the performance of their duties.
Any person who discharges a firearm on Town property within the Town
of Newstead in violation of the provision of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to a fine not less than $100 and not more than $250
for the first offense and not less than $250 and not more than $500 for any
subsequent offense, by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
