| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to commerce, economic development and small business |
| Feb 19, 2009 |
referred to commerce, economic development and small business |
Senate Bill S2372
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee
Actions
2009-S2372 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
- Law Section:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§64, 64-a, 64-b, 64-c, 64-d & 105, rpld §64 sub 7 ¶(d), §64-a sub 7 ¶(b), §64-c sub 11 ¶(b), ABC L
2009-S2372 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that establishments that serve alcoholic beverages shall be at least five hundred feet, rather than two hundred feet, from a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship; provides that such five hundred foot distance shall be measured from any point on the structure of such buildings, rather than from the entrance.
2009-S2372 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2372
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the
distances of certain establishments from a school, church, synagogue
or other place of worship; and to repeal certain provisions of such
law relating thereto
PURPOSE :
The subject bill amends various sections of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Law to increase the distance from 200 to 500 feet that liquor
establishments must be from any school, church, synagogue or other
place of worship. The bill also makes it clear that the building
occupied by such school, church, synagogue or other place of worship
need not be the only entity occupying said building.
JUSTIFICATION :
Currently, more and more liquor licenses are being granted which
border on our schools, churches and synagogues causing disruption to
them. Moreover, many schools or places of worship are in buildings
with multiple uses. As the current law now stands such schools or
places of worship could have a bar right next to them and the 200 foot
barrier wouldn't apply since the building is not occupied exclusively
as a school or place of worship. The subject bill would correct this
oversight.
2009-S2372 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2372
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 19, 2009
___________
Introduced by Sen. PADAVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
opment and Small Business
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the
distances of certain establishments from a school, church, synagogue
or other place of worship; and to repeal certain provisions of such
law relating thereto
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 7 of section 64 of
the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 177 of the
laws of 1996, are amended to read as follows:
(a) on the same street or avenue and within [two] FIVE hundred feet of
a building occupied [exclusively] as a school, church, synagogue or
other place of worship or
(c) the measurements in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision are
to be taken in straight lines from the center of the nearest entrance of
the premises sought to be licensed to [the center of the nearest
entrance] ANY POINT of such school, church, synagogue or other place of
worship or to [the center of the nearest entrance] ANY POINT of each
such premises licensed and operating pursuant to the provisions of this
section; except, however, that no renewal license shall be denied
because of such restriction to any premises so located which were main-
tained as a bona fide hotel, restaurant, catering establishment or club
on or prior to December fifth, nineteen hundred thirty-three; and,
except that no license shall be denied to any premises at which a
license under this chapter has been in existence continuously from a
date prior to the date when a building on the same street or avenue and
within two hundred feet of said premises has been occupied exclusively
as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship; and except
that no license shall be denied to any premises, which is within five
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09422-01-9
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