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Assembly Bill A385

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Removes the limitation on the amount of additional bars permitted in any licensed premises

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2009-A385 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง100, ABC L

2009-A385 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the limitation on the amount of additional bars permitted in any licensed premises; allows any number of additional bars, counters or contrivances to be permitted upon the payment of a fee for each additional bar.

2009-A385 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   385

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. JOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry

AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
  removing  the  limitation  on  the  amount  of  bars  permitted in any
  licensed premises

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 100 of the alcoholic beverage
control law, as amended by chapter 614 of the laws of 1984,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  4. Alcoholic beverages may be sold to be consumed on the premises at a
bar,  counter  or  similar  contrivance.  Only  one such bar, counter or
contrivance shall be permitted in any licensed  premises,  [except  that
not more than two] AND ANY additional bars, counters or contrivances may
be  permitted  by the liquor authority for good cause shown to it, [and]
upon the payment to it of a fee, for each additional bar, equivalent  to
the  amount  of  the  annual license fee paid by the licensee and except
that if the licensed premises is a legitimate theatre or  concert  hall,
or  contiguous  to  and used in conjunction with a legitimate theatre or
concert hall, additional bars, counters or contrivances may be permitted
by the liquor authority upon payment to it  of  an  annual  fee  of  one
hundred  dollars for each such additional bar, counter or contrivance so
permitted, in addition to the annual license fee paid by  such  licensee
and except that if such licensed premises be located at a baseball park,
race  track, or either outdoor or indoor athletic field, facility, arena
or stadium, additional bars, counters or contrivances where  beer  shall
be  sold  at  retail for consumption on the premises may be permitted by
the liquor authority, upon payment to it of the  annual  fee  of  thirty
dollars for each such additional bar, counter or contrivance [so permit-
ted],  in  addition  to the amount of the annual license fee paid by the

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

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