NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7309

Senate Bill S7309

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Directs the state comptroller to study fines issued in the city of New York by the state liquor authority to certain establishments during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to finance
Jul 28, 2021	referred to rules

2021-S7309 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: State Finance

2021-S7309 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the state comptroller to study fines issued in the city of New York by the state liquor authority to establishments selling alcohol for consumption on the premises during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency; requires an examination of the total number and amount of fines issued to establishment owners in each borough by race.

2021-S7309 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7309 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7309
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to direct the state comptroller to study fines and fees issued in
   the city of New York by the state liquor authority  to  establishments
   selling  alcohol  for  consumption on the premises during the COVID-19
   state disaster  emergency;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  such
   provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The state comptroller shall conduct a study of fines and
 fees issued in the city of New York by the  state  liquor  authority  to
 establishments  selling  alcohol  for consumption on the premises during
 the COVID-19 state disaster emergency.
   2. For the purposes of this act:
   (a) "COVID-19 state disaster emergency" shall  mean  the  time  period
 during  which  executive  order  202 of 2020 was in effect, beginning on
 March 7, 2020 and ending on June 25, 2021.
   (b) "Fine or fee" shall mean any  monetary  or  regulatory  punishment
 issued  by the state liquor authority, including the suspension or revo-
 cation of a liquor license, for a violation of any  executive  order  or
 orders  issued  by the governor during the COVID-19 state disaster emer-
 gency.
   (c) "Racial demographics" shall mean the total  percentage  of  people
 identifying as a racial or ethnic minority, and the percentage of people
 identifying as a non-racial or ethnic minority.
   (d)  "Racial or ethnic minority" shall mean any individual identifying
 as one or more of the following: Black  or  African-American,  Asian  or
 Pacific Islander, or Hispanic or Latino.
   (e)  "Non-racial or ethnic minority" shall mean any individual identi-
 fying as White and not identifying as any racial or ethnic minority.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11952-02-1

 S. 7309                             2
 
   3. Such study shall examine, at a minimum, the following  in  each  of
 the five boroughs in the city of New York:
   (a)  the total racial demographics of owners of establishments selling
 alcohol for consumption on the premises;
   (b) the number and total dollar amount of  fines  or  fees  issued  to
 establishments owned by a racial or ethnic minority; and
   (c)  the  number  and  total  dollar amount of fines or fees issued to
 establishments owned by a non-racial or ethnic minority.
   4. The state liquor authority shall cooperate  with  the  state  comp-
 troller  to  ensure  that  the  state comptroller is able to fulfill the
 requirements of this study.
   5. The study shall be completed and a report with any  recommendations
 shall  be  submitted  to  the  governor,  the temporary president of the
 senate, and the speaker of the  assembly  within  eight  months  of  the
 effective date of this act.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed 1 year after such date.

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