Senate Bill S6879

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to security in a place of entertainment and to the establishment of a matching grant program and tax credit

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S6879 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Consumer Protection
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Ren Art 40 §§900 & 901 to be Art 41 §§1000 & 1001, add Art 40 §§900 & 901, Gen Bus L; amd §§210-B & 606, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S1402

2015-S6879 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to security in a place of entertainment and to the establishment of a matching grant program and tax credit; requires the owner or operator of a place of entertainment to install metal detectors or have registered security guards use metal detecting wands at all entrances; establishes a matching grant program that would provide applicants with up to fifty percent of initial costs, up to five thousand dollars, in installing detectors and purchasing wands; establishes a tax credit for the hiring and retention of security guards for one year.

2015-S6879 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S6879 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6879

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 3, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to security  in  a
  place  of  entertainment  and to the establishment of a matching grant
  program; and to amend the tax law, in relation to establishing  a  tax
  credit for owners and operators of a place of entertainment

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

  Section 1. Article 40 and sections 900 and 901 of the general business
law, as renumbered by chapter 407 of the laws of  1973,  are  renumbered
article  41  and sections 1000 and 1001, respectively, and a new article
40 is added to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 40
                  SECURITY IN A PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT
SECTION 900. SECURITY IN A PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT.
        901. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM.
  S 900. SECURITY IN A PLACE  OF  ENTERTAINMENT.  1.  AS  USED  IN  THIS
SECTION,  "PLACE  OF ENTERTAINMENT" MEANS ANY PRIVATELY OWNED, LEASED OR
OPERATED ENCLOSED SHOPPING MALL OR ANY PRIVATELY OWNED, LEASED OR  OPER-
ATED LOCATION THAT HAS A PERMANENT MAXIMUM AGGREGATE SEATING CAPACITY OF
FIVE  HUNDRED  PERSONS  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT LIMITED TO A THEATER, INDOOR
STADIUM OR ARENA OR OTHER PLACE  WHERE  MOTION  PICTURES,  PERFORMANCES,
CONCERTS,  ATHLETIC GAMES OR CONTESTS ARE HELD FOR WHICH AN ENTRY FEE IS
CHARGED.
  2. THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT SHALL BE REQUIRED
TO INSTALL METAL DETECTORS OR  EMPLOY  AT  LEAST  TWO  SECURITY  GUARDS,
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVEN-A OF THIS CHAPTER, TO OPERATE METAL
DETECTING WANDS AT ALL ENTRANCES TO A PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT.
  3.  OWNERS  OR OPERATORS OF A PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT MAY QUALIFY FOR A
MATCHING GRANT PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE  HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE
AND/OR  A  TAX  CREDIT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED TEN-B AND SIX
HUNDRED SIX OF THE TAX LAW.
  S 901. MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  UNDER
THE JURISDICTION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURI-

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

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