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Senate Bill S6442

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties for sale of alcohol to minors and increases penalties for the sale of alcohol without the appropriate license

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2009-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §441, Gen Bus L; amd §130, ABC L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S1880

2009-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes penalties for persons who sell alcohol to persons under the age of twenty-one years; increases fines and length of imprisonment for the sale of alcoholic beverages without having the appropriate wine/beer/liquor license; increases penalties for sale to minors, loss of barbering license.

2009-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6442

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 12, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. SCHNEIDERMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the general business  law  and  the  alcoholic  beverage
  control  law,  in  relation  to establishing penalties for persons who
  sell alcohol to persons under the age of twenty-one years and increas-
  ing fines and length of imprisonment for the sale of alcoholic  bever-
  ages without having the appropriate license

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

  Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 441 of the general business  law
is amended by adding a new paragraph 10 to read as follows:
  10.  CONVICTION  UNDER  SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 260.20 OF THE PENAL
LAW OR SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 65 OF THE ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGE  CONTROL
LAW.
  S  2.  Subdivision  1 of section 130 of the alcoholic beverage control
law, as amended by chapter 750 of the laws of 1982, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  1.  Any person who manufactures for sale or sells alcoholic beverages,
other than the illicit alcoholic beverages as  defined  in  section  one
hundred  fifty  OF  THIS  CHAPTER, without having an appropriate license
therefor, or whose license has been revoked, surrendered  or  cancelled,
shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, and upon first conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not more than [two] THREE times the cost  of
a  special on premises license in the county where the unlawful act took
place or by imprisonment in a county jail or penitentiary for a term  of
not  less  than  [thirty]  SIXTY days nor more than one year or both and
upon second conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not less than
[two] THREE times and not more than [three] FOUR times  the  cost  of  a
special  on  premises  license in the county where the unlawful act took
place or by imprisonment in a county jail or penitentiary for a term  of
not  less  than  [thirty]  SIXTY days nor more than one year or both and
upon all subsequent convictions thereof shall be punished by a fine  not
less  than  [three]  FOUR  times and not more than [four] FIVE times the
cost of a special on premises license in the county where  the  unlawful

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

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