Assembly Bill A2527

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Extends dram shop liability to cover persons who sell false forms of identification to persons under 21 years of age who cause injury or damages while intoxicated

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A2527 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2334
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
General Obligations Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-100, Gen Ob L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1871
2011-2012: A10368, S1025
2015-2016: A6656

2013-A2527 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends dram shop liability to cover persons who sell forms of false identification to persons under 21 years of age who cause injury or damages while intoxicated or whose ability is impaired.

2013-A2527 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2527

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Judiciary

AN ACT to amend the general obligations law, in relation to compensation
  for  injury  caused  by  the  illegal sale of alcoholic beverages to a
  person under the age of twenty-one years

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-100 of the general obligations
law, as amended by chapter 274 of the laws of 1985, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  1.  Any  person  who  shall  be  injured in person, property, means of
support or otherwise, by reason of the  intoxication  or  impairment  of
ability of any person under the age of twenty-one years, whether result-
ing  in his OR HER death or not, shall have a right of action to recover
actual damages against:
  (A) any person who knowingly causes such intoxication or impairment of
ability by unlawfully furnishing to or unlawfully assisting in procuring
alcoholic beverages for such INTOXICATED OR IMPAIRED person  with  know-
ledge  or reasonable cause to believe that such person was under the age
of twenty-one years[.]; OR
  (B) ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT DISTRIBUTES OR  MANUFACTURES  MORE  THAN
TEN FALSE IDENTIFICATION CARDS OR OTHER FORGED INSTRUMENTS, AS SUCH TERM
IS  DEFINED  IN SECTION 170.00 OF THE PENAL LAW, WHICH MISREPRESENTS THE
AGE AND/OR IDENTITY OF ANY PERSON, AND KNOWINGLY  SELLS  SUCH  CARDS  OR
INSTRUMENTS TO A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS, AND WHICH ARE
USED  TO UNLAWFULLY PROCURE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THAT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE
TO SUCH OTHER PERSON'S INTOXICATION OR  IMPAIRMENT  OF  ABILITY.  ACTUAL
KNOWLEDGE  OF  THE  SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THAT
CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE  INTOXICATION  OR  IMPAIRMENT  SHALL  NOT  BE
NECESSARY.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00977-01-3

              

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