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                                   10669
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 24, 2020
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Woerner) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
   license and permit applications
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 110-c of the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  as
 added by chapter 340 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   §  110-c.  Public license query. 1. The authority shall make available
 to the public all  digitally  archived  information  pertaining  to  any
 conditions  it  imposes  on  the operation of a premises licensed by the
 authority pursuant to this chapter, including but not necessarily limit-
 ed to information pertaining to the  hours  during  which  the  licensed
 premises  is  allowed to operate, the maximum permitted occupancy of the
 licensed premises, and any special conditions imposed by  the  authority
 on the licensed premises.
   2.  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  MAKE  AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ITS PUBLIC
 WEBSITE A DAILY UPDATED LIST OF ALL OPEN LICENSE AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS
 RECEIVED BY THE AUTHORITY, IN THE ORDER THAT  THEY  ARE  RECEIVED.  SUCH
 LIST  SHALL  UTILIZE THE SERIAL, CERTIFICATE OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
 ASSIGNED BY THE AUTHORITY, AS PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED FOURTEEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE, TO PROVIDE THE APPLICANT WITH INFOR-
 MATION ON THE STATUS OF THEIR APPLICATION'S REVIEW.  SUCH  LIST  ON  THE
 AUTHORITY'S  PUBLIC  WEBSITE  SHALL  INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE
 FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE NAME AND COMPLETE ADDRESS OF  THE  APPLICANT;
 THE COUNTY OF THE APPLICANT; THE LICENSE TYPE AND CLASS THE APPLICANT IS
 SEEKING;  THE DATE SUCH APPLICATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IF ANY LICENSE
 OR PERMIT FEE HAS BEEN PAID; BASED ON THE DATE SUBMITTED,  AN  ESTIMATED
 TIMEFRAME,  IN  WEEKS,  FOR  AN APPLICATION FINAL DETERMINATION;  IF THE
 INITIAL TIMEFRAME NEEDS TO BE REVISED,  THEN  MODIFIED  TIMEFRAME  GOING
 FORWARD  SHALL  BE  POSTED  AND  DENOTED  IN THE SAME MANNER; AND IF THE
 AUTHORITY HAS ISSUED ANY TEMPORARY PERMIT OR LICENSE FOR THE APPLICANT'S
 PREMISES; AND THE FINAL DATE OF AN APPLICATIONS DETERMINATION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   3. THE AUTHORITY SHALL MAINTAIN A RECORD OF THE NUMBER OF LICENSES  OR
 PERMITS  APPLIED FOR AND THE LENGTH OF TIME REQUIRED FOR THE APPROVAL OR
 DENIAL OF SUCH LICENSES OR PERMITS ON ITS PUBLIC WEBSITE.  SUCH  RECORDS
 SHALL BE UPDATED AT LEAST MONTHLY BY THE AUTHORITY.
   4.  IF  AN APPLICANT'S ESTIMATED TIME FOR A FINAL APPLICATION DETERMI-
 NATION IS MODIFIED FROM THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE AS PROVIDED FOR IN  SUBDI-
 VISION  ONE  OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE, THEN THE
 AUTHORITY SHALL IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE APPLICANT.
   § 2. Section 114-a of the alcoholic beverage control law, as added  by
 chapter 361 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
   § 114-a. License or permit issuance and registration approval.  1. THE
 AUTHORITY  UPON  ACCEPTANCE OF ANY PAYMENT BY AN APPLICANT FOR A LICENSE
 OR PERMIT ISSUED UNDER THIS CHAPTER SHALL FURNISH SUCH APPLICANT WITH  A
 RECEIPT  WITHIN  FIFTEEN DAYS INDICATING THAT THE APPROPRIATE LICENSE OR
 PERMIT FEE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND PAID  IN  FULL.    SUCH  RECEIPT  SHALL
 INCLUDE THE DATE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH LICENSE OR PERMIT APPLICATION FEE
 AS  WELL  AS  AN ESTIMATED LENGTH OF TIME, BASED ON AN INITIAL REVIEW OF
 THE APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE OR PERMIT, NECESSARY FOR THE AUTHORITY  TO
 REVIEW  AND  PROCESS  SUCH  APPLICATION  AS REQUIRED FOR THE APPROVAL OR
 DENIAL OF SUCH LICENSE OR PERMIT.  SUCH RECEIPT SHALL INCLUDE  A  UNIQUE
 SERIAL,  CERTIFICATION OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER TO BE ASSIGNED BY THE
 AUTHORITY TO THE APPLICANT FOR QUERIES  ABOUT  SUCH  LICENSE  OR  PERMIT
 APPLICATION STATUS.
   2.  No  license or permit shall be issued and no registration approved
 pursuant to this chapter until such time as any check or draft submitted
 for payment of the required fee has been honored by the payor  financial
 institution,  provided,  however, that this provision shall not apply in
 the case of a certified check, bank officers' check or money order.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become a law; provided, however that section one of this act shall
 take effect one year after it shall have become a law.  Effective  imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.