| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2018 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S7748
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, G, IP, SC) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
Actions
2017-S7748 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6492
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §105, ABC L
2017-S7748 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7748
SPONSOR: MURPHY
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in
relation to authorizing licensees to sell liquor and/or wine for off-
premises consumption on Sundays
PURPOSE:
Summary of provisions: Section one amends the alcoholic beverage control
law so that wine and liquor stores can sell alcohol starting at 10am on
Sundays.
Section two is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
In September 2016 new legislation came into effect that updated New
York's 80-year old Alcohol Beverage Control Law to allow for the sale of
alcohol at restaurants and bars statewide beginning at 10am on Sundays.
Prior to the enactment of this legislation, state law prohibited the
2017-S7748 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7748
I N S E N A T E
February 15, 2018
___________
Introduced by Sen. MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
authorizing licensees to sell liquor and/or wine for off-premises
consumption on Sundays
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 14 of section 105 of the alco-
holic beverage control law, as amended by section 1 of part U of chapter
63 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
(a) No premises licensed to sell liquor and/or wine for off-premises
consumption shall be permitted to remain open:
(i) On Sunday before [twelve o'clock post meridian] TEN O'CLOCK ANTE-
MERIDIAN and after nine o'clock post meridian.
(ii) On any day between midnight and eight o'clock antemeridian.
(iii) On the twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas day.
In any community where daylight saving time is in effect, such time
shall be deemed the standard time for the purpose of this subdivision.
§ 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
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09596-02-7
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