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5124--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 6, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. CRESPO -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Economic Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
penalties for the provision, by a licensee, of an alcoholic beverage
to a person under the age of 21
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 9-b to read as follows:
9-B. "DEVICE CAPABLE OF DECIPHERING ANY ELECTRONICALLY READABLE
FORMAT" OR "DEVICE" MEANS ANY COMMERCIAL DEVICE OR COMBINATION OF
DEVICES USED AT A POINT OF SALE OR ENTRY THAT IS CAPABLE OF ACCURATELY
READING, TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE AUTHORITY, THE INFORMATION ENCODED
ON THE MAGNETIC STRIP OR BAR CODE OF A DRIVERS' LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER
IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO
ENSURE THE PRESENTER OF SUCH LICENSE OR CARD IS NOT UNDER THE AGE OF
TWENTY-ONE.
§ 2. Section 65 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ANY OTHER PENALTY AUTHORIZED BY LAW, A LICEN-
SEE FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION MAY, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE LICENSEE, BE ORDERED BY THE AUTHOR-
ITY TO PURCHASE A DEVICE CAPABLE OF DECIPHERING ANY ELECTRONICALLY READ-
ABLE FORMAT AND TO PROVIDE PROOF THAT SUCH DEVICE IS REGULARLY UTILIZED
TO ACCURATELY PERFORM TRANSACTION SCANS AT THE LICENSED PREMISES. SUCH
PURCHASE AND PROOF OF REGULAR USE OF A DEVICE MAY BE CONSIDERED BY THE
AUTHORITY, IN THE DISCRETION OF THE AUTHORITY, TO REDUCE OR MITIGATE
OTHER CIVIL FINES IMPOSED UPON THE LICENSEES FOR FUTURE VIOLATIONS OF
THIS SECTION.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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§ 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 65-b of the alcoholic
beverage control law, as amended by chapter 519 of the laws of 1999, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) ["A device] "DEVICE capable of deciphering any electronically
readable format" or "device" shall [mean any commercial device or combi-
nation of devices used at a point of sale or entry that is capable of
reading the information encoded on the magnetic strip or bar code of a
driver's license or non-driver identification card issued by the commis-
sioner of motor vehicles] BE DEFINED AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION NINE-B
OF SECTION THREE OF THIS CHAPTER;
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, that, effective immediately, any
rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act
on its effective date are authorized and directed to be added, amended
and/or repealed on or before such date.