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Senate Bill S7126

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Imposes a fine or duty to buy and use an identification scanner upon alcoholic beverage licensee found to have given such a beverage to a person under 21

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

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2011-S7126 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10273
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3, 65 & 65-b, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A2515
2015-2016: A6710

2011-S7126 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Imposes a fine or duty to buy and use an identification scanner upon alcoholic beverage licensee found to have given such a beverage to a person under 21.

2011-S7126 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7126 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7126

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 30, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- 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
  penalties  for  the provision, by a licensee, of an alcoholic beverage
  to a person under the age of 21

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

  Section  1. Section 3 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 9-b to read as follows:
  9-B.  "DEVICE  CAPABLE  OF  DECIPHERING  ANY  ELECTRONICALLY  READABLE
FORMAT"  OR  "DEVICE"  MEANS  ANY  COMMERCIAL  DEVICE  OR COMBINATION OF
DEVICES USED AT A POINT OF SALE OR ENTRY THAT IS CAPABLE OF READING  THE
INFORMATION  ENCODED  ON  THE  MAGNETIC  STRIP OR BAR CODE OF A DRIVERS'
LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER  OF
MOTOR VEHICLES.
  S  2.  Section  65 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8. AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ANY  OTHER  PENALTY  AUTHORIZED  BY  LAW,  ANY
LICENSEE  FOUND  TO  HAVE  VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
THIS SECTION MAY BE ORDERED BY THE AUTHORITY:
  (A) TO PAY A CIVIL PENALTY OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR TO PURCHASE AND
UTILIZE A DEVICE CAPABLE  OF  DECIPHERING  ANY  ELECTRONICALLY  READABLE
FORMAT  UPON  THE LICENSED PREMISE, UPON THE FIRST SUCH VIOLATION DURING
ANY FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME; AND
  (B) TO PAY A CIVIL PENALTY OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, OR TO PAY A CIVIL
PENALTY OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS AND PURCHASE AND UTILIZE A DEVICE  CAPA-
BLE  OF DECIPHERING ANY ELECTRONICALLY READABLE FORMAT UPON THE LICENSED
PREMISES, UPON THE SECOND SUCH VIOLATION DURING ANY FIVE YEAR PERIOD  OF
TIME.
  S  3.  Subdivision 1 of section 65-b of the alcoholic beverage control
law, as amended by chapter 519 of the laws of 1999, is amended  to  read
as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14622-01-2

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