NY State Senate Bill 2017-S40

Senate Bill S40

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to acceptable forms of identification as evidence of age by any such person for the purchase of any alcoholic beverage

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2017-S40 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Alcoholism And Drug Abuse
Law Section:: Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §65-b, ABC L

2017-S40 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to acceptable forms of identification as evidence of age by any such person for the purchase of any alcoholic beverage.

2017-S40 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S40

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law,
in relation to acceptable forms of identification as evidence of age
by any such person for the purchase of any alcoholic beverage

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill expands the valid forms of identification that can be used
to purchase alcohol or enter an establishment licensed to sell alcohol
to include identification cards issued by municipalities of one
million or more.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

This bill amends paragraph 2(b) of Section 65-b of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Law of New York State. It adds a new item (iv) to the
list of acceptable forms of documentation: an identification card
issued by the municipal government of a city in this state having a
population of one million or more.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Although New York City's municipal identification cards, IDNYC, are
government issued and include an individual's date of birth, under
current law they are not a valid form of identification for purchasing

alcohol or entering an establishment with a license to sell alcohol.

For many city residents the municipal ID is their main form of ID.
And, for those residents lacking documentation of their legal status,
the municipal ID is typically their only form of ID. IDNYC is
therefore especially important to many of New York's vulnerable
communities, and its expanded use serves to increase its broader
legitimization.

The municipal ID cards already relied on for everything from getting
museum memberships to opening bank accounts. The seeming inconsistency
of where municipal IDs are and are not a valid form of identification
has resulted in confusion for many city residents and the loss of
sales for businesses.

This legislation will serve to expand and make more consistent the
acceptance of IDNYC.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

None

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2017-S40 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    40
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
   acceptable  forms  of  identification  as  evidence of age by any such
   person for the purchase of any alcoholic beverage
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 65-b of the alco-
 holic  beverage  control  law,  as amended by chapter 519 of the laws of
 1999, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) No licensee, or agent or employee of such licensee shall accept as
 written evidence of age by any such person for the purchase of any alco-
 holic beverage, any documentation  other  than:  (i)  a  valid  driver's
 license  or non-driver identification card issued by the commissioner of
 motor vehicles, the federal government,  any  United  States  territory,
 commonwealth or possession, the District of Columbia, a state government
 within  the  United States or a provincial government of the dominion of
 Canada[, or]; (ii) a valid passport issued by the United States  govern-
 ment or any other country[, or ]; (iii) an identification card issued by
 the  armed  forces  of the United States; OR (IV) AN IDENTIFICATION CARD
 ISSUED BY THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF A CITY  IN  THIS  STATE  HAVING  A
 POPULATION  OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.  Upon the presentation of such driv-
 er's license or non-driver identification card issued by a  governmental
 entity,  such licensee or agent or employee thereof may perform a trans-
 action scan as a precondition to the sale  of  any  alcoholic  beverage.
 Nothing  in  this section shall prohibit a licensee or agent or employee
 from performing such a transaction scan on any of  the  other  documents
 listed  in  this  subdivision  if  such  documents include a bar code or
 magnetic strip that [that] may be scanned by a device capable  of  deci-
 phering any electronically readable format.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04075-01-7

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