NY State Senate Bill S55

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 04, 2019	signed chap.340
Oct 01, 2019	delivered to governor
May 30, 2019	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.406 substituted for a4315
Mar 19, 2019	referred to economic development delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 14, 2019	advanced to third reading
Mar 13, 2019	2nd report cal.
Mar 12, 2019	1st report cal.267
Jan 09, 2019	referred to investigations and government operations

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Mar 19, 2019 - floor Vote

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Mar 12, 2019 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

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S55 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4315
Law Section:: Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:: Add §110-c, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S3077, A6073
2015-2016: S343, A4067
2017-2018: S99, A3677

S55 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state liquor authority to make available to the public information pertaining to any conditions it imposes on a licensed premises.

S55 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S55

SPONSOR: HOYLMAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in
relation to requiring the state liquor authority to make available to
the public information pertaining to any conditions it imposes on a
licensed premises

 
PURPOSE:

To ensure that the State Liquor Authority (SLA) maintains on its website
public information regarding the method of operations of establishments
under its jurisdiction.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section One of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a
new section 110-c to 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 limited 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.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

On-premises licenses issued by the State Liquor Authority list details
of the "Method of Operation" of the premises, including: days and hours
of operation, whether live music or dancing is permitted, if the prem-
ises includes an outside area, etc. Disturbingly, there is no repository
of information-where members of the public can access this Method of
Operation information. As a result, local residents, businesses and,
other interested parties have no way of determining the specifics of an
SLA on-premises license, for example, what hours the establishment is
permitted to stay open or whether anything other than background music
such as a disc jockey - is permitted. The only option for the public to
learn this information is through filing a Freedom of Information Law
(FOIL) request, which is a time consuming and lengthy process.

Equally troubling is that local police precincts do not have the details
of SLA on-premises licenses either. This means that when the police
answer e complaint about a noisy bar, there is no way for an officer to
determine whether the establishment is in compliance with its on-premis-
es license terms, such as hours of operation or whether it can have a
DJ.

The State Liquor Authority has recently taken measures to become more
transparent by listing the identity of license holders in local communi-
ties on a publicly available website. The next step is to require that
the relevant information about these licenses be publicly available on
the SLA website as well, and to maintain a continuously updated data-
base.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.0099-A of 2017-2018 (Hoylman): Died in IGO
A.3677 of 2017-2018 (Glick): Died in Economic Development (2017)/Died on
Third Reading (2018)
S.343 of 2015-2016 (Hoylman): Died in Investigations & Government Oper-
ations A.4067 of 2015-2016 (Glick): Died in Economic Development
(2015)/Passed Assembly (2016)
S.3077 of 2013-2014 (Hoylman): Advanced to Third Reading (2013)/Died in
Investigations (2014)
A.6073 of 2013-2014 (Glick): Passed Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.

S55 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                   55

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN, BRESLIN, STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
  gations and Government Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, in relation to
  requiring the state liquor authority to make available to  the  public
  information  pertaining  to  any  conditions  it imposes on a licensed
  premises

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

  Section  1.  The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a
new section 110-c to read as follows:
  § 110-C. PUBLIC LICENSE QUERY. THE AUTHORITY SHALL MAKE  AVAILABLE  TO
THE  PUBLIC  ALL DIGITALLY ARCHIVED INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ANY CONDI-
TIONS IT IMPOSES ON THE OPERATION OF A PREMISES LICENSED BY THE AUTHORI-
TY PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, INCLUDING BUT NOT  NECESSARILY  LIMITED  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. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04160-01-9

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Mar 19, 2019 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 19, 2019

Mar 12, 2019 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Mar 12, 2019

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S55 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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Mar 19, 2019 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Mar 19, 2019

Mar 12, 2019 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Mar 12, 2019

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Neil D. Breslin

Toby Ann Stavisky

S55 (ACTIVE) - Details

S55 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S55 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S55 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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