senate Bill S3072

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires a 120-day warning period for violations at certain veterans' organization facilities

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 30, 2018 referred to veterans' affairs
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Feb 28, 2018 advanced to third reading
Feb 27, 2018 2nd report cal.
Feb 13, 2018 1st report cal.515
Jan 03, 2018 referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
returned to senate
died in assembly
Jun 14, 2017 referred to veterans' affairs
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 08, 2017 advanced to third reading
Mar 07, 2017 2nd report cal.
Mar 06, 2017 1st report cal.309
Jan 19, 2017 referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs

Votes

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Feb 12, 2018 - Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs committee Vote

S3072
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committee
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Aye
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Nay
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Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee Vote: Feb 12, 2018

Mar 6, 2017 - Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs committee Vote

S3072
13
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committee
13
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee Vote: Mar 6, 2017

S3072 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2795
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add §397-b, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6414, A9708
2013-2014: S2962, A2493
2015-2016: S2495, A909
2019-2020: S3106, A1810
2021-2022: S351
2023-2024: S1811

S3072 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a 120-day warning period for violations at congressionally chartered veterans' organization facilities.

S3072 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S3072 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  3072

                       2017-2018 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 19, 2017
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to requiring a one
  hundred twenty-day warning period for certain  violations  at  certain
  veterans' organization facilities

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

  Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
397-b to read as follows:
  § 397-B. WARNING PERIOD FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS  AT  CERTAIN  VETERANS'
ORGANIZATION  FACILITIES.  1.  BEFORE  ANY  MONETARY FINES ARE ISSUED OR
APPLIED BY ANY MUNICIPAL OR HEALTH AGENCY TO THE OWNER  OR  OPERATOR  OF
ANY PLACE, POST, FACILITY OR HALL OWNED OR OPERATED BY A CONGRESSIONALLY
CHARTERED  VETERANS'  GROUP, A WARNING PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS
SHALL TAKE PLACE DURING WHICH TIME SUCH GROUP SHALL BE ABLE TO CURE SUCH
VIOLATION.  IF, AT THE END OF SUCH ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-DAY  PERIOD,  SUCH
VIOLATION  CONTINUES,  THEN  A  MONETARY  FINE  MAY BE ISSUED OR APPLIED
PROVIDED, THAT AFTER SUCH ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-DAY PERIOD, SUCH  VETERANS'
ORGANIZATION  MAY  REQUEST  AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO CURE SUCH VIOLATION.
SUCH REQUEST SHALL BE MADE IN WRITING AND  SHALL  INCLUDE  PROOF  OF  AN
ATTEMPT  TO  CURE  SUCH VIOLATION WITHIN SUCH PERIOD.  THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SECTION SHALL NOT: (A)  APPLY  TO  ANY  IMMINENT  LIFE  THREATENING
BUILDING  CODE  OR HEALTH CODE VIOLATION WHICH NECESSITATES AN EMERGENCY
CLOSURE OF A FACILITY; OR (B) BE CONSTRUED TO APPLY  TO  OR  EFFECT  ANY
VIOLATION OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW MADE BY A FACILITY.
  2.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CONGRESSIONALLY CHAR-
TERED VETERANS' GROUP" SHALL MEAN ANY  VETERANS'  GROUP  THAT  HAS  BEEN
CHARTERED  BY  THE  UNITED  STATES CONGRESS UNDER TITLE 36 OF THE UNITED
STATES CODE.
  § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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