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Senate Bill S7935

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the reorganization of the alcoholic beverage control law; repealer

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2015-S7935 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §§55-a, 64, 64-a - 64-d & 81-a, §106 sub 9, amd ABC L, generally; amd §§270, 271 & 273, Exec L

2015-S7935 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the reorganization of the alcoholic beverage control law.

2015-S7935 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7935 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7935

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 26, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LANZA -- (at request of the Governor) -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Investigations and Government Operations

AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control  law  and  the  executive
  law, in relation to a reorganization of the alcoholic beverage control
  law;  and  to  repeal  certain  provisions  of  the alcoholic beverage
  control law relating thereto

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

  Section  1.  Section  10  of  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, as
amended by chapter 83 of the  laws  of  1995,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S 10. State liquor authority.  There shall continue to be in the exec-
utive  department  an  alcoholic  beverage control division, the head of
which shall be the state liquor authority [which]  WHOSE  MEMBERS  shall
consist of [three members, who shall be known as commissioners] A CHAIR-
MAN  AND  TWO COMMISSIONERS, all of whom shall be citizens and residents
of the state.  [The state alcoholic beverage control board  created  and
appointed pursuant to chapter one hundred eighty of the laws of nineteen
hundred thirty-three, as presently constituted, shall continue in exist-
ence  and  hereafter  shall  be known and designated as the state liquor
authority.] The terms "state alcoholic beverage control  board",  "state
board", "liquor authority", or "authority", wherever occurring in any of
the  provisions  of this chapter or of any other law, or in any official
books, records, instruments, rules or papers, shall hereafter  mean  and
refer to the state liquor authority provided for in this section.
  S  2.  Section 14 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by
chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  S 14. Vacancies; quorum. 1. In the event of a vacancy  caused  by  the
death,  resignation, removal or disability of any [member] COMMISSIONER,
the vacancy shall be filled by the governor by and with the  advice  and
consent of the senate for the unexpired term.
  2.  IN  THE  EVENT  OF  A  VACANCY  CAUSED  BY THE DEATH, RESIGNATION,
REMOVAL, OR DISABILITY OF THE CHAIRMAN, THE VACANCY SHALL BE  FILLED  BY

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

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