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Senate Bill S515

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Prohibits the transfer of liquor licenses from one owner to subsequent owners of the same establishment, bar or club

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2013-S515 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง64, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1439
2011-2012: S1279

2013-S515 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the transfer of liquor licenses from one owner to subsequent owners of the same establishment, bar or club; grants new owners a forty-five day temporary license in which time such new owner shall apply for a new liquor license pursuant to section sixty-four of the alcoholic beverage control law.

2013-S515 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S515 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   515

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- 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
  prohibiting the transfer of liquor licenses to new owners

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

  Section 1. Section 64 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
  4-A. NO LICENSEE SHALL TRANSFER ANY INTEREST IN A LICENSE TO  ANY  NEW
OWNER  OF SUCH LICENSEE'S ESTABLISHMENT, BAR OR CLUB. SUCH LICENSE SHALL
TERMINATE AT THE TIME OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY IS  TRANSFERRED  TO  THE
NEW  OWNER.  SUCH  NEW  OWNER  SHALL  RECEIVE A FORTY-FIVE DAY TEMPORARY
LICENSE IN WHICH TIME SUCH PERSON SHALL APPLY FOR  A  PERMANENT  LICENSE
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01951-01-3

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