Assembly Bill A3491

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing a class E felony for the sale to a minor of an alcoholic beverage containing a stimulant when such sale is made by a licensee of the state liquor authority

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A3491 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §65, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5170
2013-2014: A5874
2015-2016: A8442
2017-2018: A3854

2019-A3491 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a class E felony for the sale to a minor of an alcoholic beverage containing a stimulant when such sale is made by a licensee of the state liquor authority.

2019-A3491 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3491
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, AUBRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   ARROYO, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Economic
   Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, in relation to
   providing enhanced penalties for licensees who sell certain  alcoholic
   beverages to persons under the age of twenty-one years
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 65 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A. ANY LICENSEE, OR ITS AGENT OR EMPLOYEE, WHO  SELLS,  DELIVERS  OR
 GIVES  AWAY,  OR  CAUSES,  PERMITS  OR PROCURES TO BE SOLD, DELIVERED OR
 GIVEN AWAY TO ANY PERSON, ACTUALLY OR APPARENTLY, UNDER THE AGE OF TWEN-
 TY-ONE YEARS, ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE THAT   CONTAINS MORE THAN  TWO  PER
 CENTUM  OF  ALCOHOL BY VOLUME, IN COMBINATION WITH MORE THAN FIVE MILLI-
 GRAMS PER OUNCE OF CAFFEINE OR ANY OTHER STIMULANT  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO, GUARANA, GINSENG OR TAURINE THAT HAS AN EQUIVALENT EFFECT AS
 SUCH  QUANTITY  OF  CAFFEINE,  SHALL  BE  GUILTY  OF A CLASS E FELONY AS
 DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07452-01-9

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