Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 31, 2013 |
signed chap.188 |
Jul 19, 2013 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 05, 2013 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.837 substituted for s3978 |
Jun 05, 2013 |
substituted by a3869 |
Jun 04, 2013 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 03, 2013 |
2nd report cal. |
May 30, 2013 |
1st report cal.837 |
Mar 04, 2013 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S3978
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3869 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2013-S3978 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3869
- Law Section:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง110 & 109, ABC L
2013-S3978 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3978 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to requiring license and renewal applicants to indicate the type of establishment to be operated and prohibiting any form of exotic dancing at licensed establishment premises PURPOSE: To amend the alcoholic beverage control law to require license and renewal applicants to adequately describe the type of establishment to be operated, as well as to 1:4provide notice to community boards of the type of business that is seeking a liquor license in their community. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends subdivision 1 of section 110 of the alcoholic beverage control law to include a statement indicating the type of establishment to be operated at the premises. Such statement shall indicate the occurrence of topless entertainment and/or exotic dancing whether topless or otherwise, including, but not limited to, pole dancing and lap dancing, at the establishment. JUSTIFICATION: Throughout the state, so called "bikini bars" are opening and offering pole and lap-dances from women in their underwear or bikinis. Under current law, an owner may open an establishment that includes exotic dancing, provided these dancers are not topless, without notification on their alcoholic beverage license. This loophole has been exploited to pull the wool over the community's
2013-S3978 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3978 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 4, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to requiring license and renewal applicants to indicate the type of establishment to be operated and prohibiting any form of exotic danc- ing at licensed establishment premises THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of subdivision 1 of section 110 of the alcoholic beverage control law are relettered paragraphs (g), (h) and (i) and a new paragraph (f) is added to read as follows: (F) A STATEMENT INDICATING THE TYPE OF ESTABLISHMENT TO BE OPERATED AT THE PREMISES. SUCH STATEMENT SHALL INDICATE THE OCCURRENCE OF TOPLESS ENTERTAINMENT AND/OR EXOTIC DANCING WHETHER TOPLESS OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, POLE DANCING AND LAP DANCING, AT THE ESTABLISHMENT. S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 110 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 114 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 6. The authority may in its discretion waive the submission of any category of information described in this section for any category of license or permit, provided that it shall not be permitted to waive the requirement for submission of any such category of information solely for an individual applicant or applicants AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT NO WAIVER OF PARAGRAPH (F) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE. S 3. Subdivision 1 of section 109 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 396 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07483-02-3
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