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Assembly Bill A2083

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Allows liquor licenses to be issued to certain premises within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship

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2017-A2083 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§105, 64 - 64-d, ABC L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A9038

2017-A2083 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows liquor licenses to be issued to certain premises within two hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship.

2017-A2083 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2083
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SKARTADOS, MONTESANO, LALOR, GOTTFRIED, BICHOTTE,
   PALMESANO  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. COOK, CROUCH, KEARNS --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
   allowing  liquor  licenses to be issued to certain premises within two
   hundred feet of a building occupied exclusively as a  school,  church,
   synagogue or other place of worship
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section  105  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
 control law is amended by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
   (D)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, THE AUTHORITY MAY ISSUE A RETAIL LICENSE FOR ON-PREMISES  CONSUMP-
 TION FOR A PREMISES WHICH SHALL BE WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF A BUILDING
 OCCUPIED  EXCLUSIVELY  AS  A SCHOOL, CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE OR OTHER PLACE OF
 WORSHIP, PROVIDED:
   (I) SUCH PREMISES CONSTITUTES A PREMISES  FOR  THE  SALE  OF  FOOD  OR
 BEVERAGES  AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES AND/OR AN OVERNIGHT
 LODGING FACILITY;
   (II) SUCH PREMISES IS WHOLLY LOCATED WITHIN A  MUNICIPALITY  HAVING  A
 POPULATION OF LESS THAN ONE MILLION PEOPLE;
   (III)  SUCH  PREMISES  IS  LOCATED  IN  A  COMMERCIAL RETAIL ZONE THAT
 PERMITS THE SALE OF LIQUOR; AND
   (IV) THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY  ENACTS  A  LOCAL  LAW  OR
 RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION FOR THE LICENSE.
   § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 64 of the alcoholic beverage control law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (e-9) to read as follows:
   (E-9) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION,  THE AUTHORITY MAY ISSUE A RETAIL LICENSE FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMP-
 TION FOR A PREMISES WHICH SHALL BE WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF A BUILDING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01538-01-7

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