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Mar 03, 2016 |
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Senate Bill S6879
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Consumer Protection Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
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:
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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
BILL NUMBER: S6879 TITLE OF BILL : 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 PURPOSE : Requires owners or operators of places of entertainment to install metal detectors or employ at least two security guards to operate metal detecting wands at all entrances and creates a matching grant and/or a tax credit for those SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of this bill amends the general business law by adding a new article 40, "Security in a Place of Entertainment. Section 900, subdivision 1 defines a "place of entertainment" as a privately owned, leased, or operated enclosed shopping mall or other 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.
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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