Senate Bill S7389

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to alcohol in certain motion picture theatres

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


  • 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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2023-S7389 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3704
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§106 & 64-a, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7785
2019-2020: A1671
2021-2022: A31

2023-S7389 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to alcohol in certain motion picture theatres; authorizes a person holding a retail on-premises license for a movie theatre to allow the purchase of alcoholic beverages under certain circumstances.

2023-S7389 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7389 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7389
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
   and Government Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to alco-
   hol  in certain motion picture theatres, and providing for the expira-
   tion and repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  106  of  the  alcoholic  beverage control law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16. A PERSON HOLDING A RETAIL ON-PREMISES LICENSE FOR A MOVIE THEATRE,
 OTHER THAN A LICENSE FOR A MOVIE THEATRE THAT MEETS THE  DEFINITIONS  OF
 RESTAURANT AND MEALS, AND WHERE ALL SEATING IS AT TABLES WHERE MEALS ARE
 SERVED, SHALL:
   (A) FOR EVERY PURCHASE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, REQUIRE THE PURCHASER
 TO  PROVIDE  WRITTEN  EVIDENCE  OF  AGE AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION SIXTY-FIVE-B OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
   (B) ALLOW THE PURCHASE OF ONLY ONE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PER TRANSACTION;
 AND
   (C) NOT COMMENCE THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES UNTIL ONE HOUR  PRIOR
 TO  THE  START OF THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE, AND CEASE ALL SALES OF ALCO-
 HOLIC BEVERAGES AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE FINAL MOTION PICTURE.
   § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 64-a of the alcoholic  beverage  control
 law,  as  amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read
 as follows:
   6. No special on-premises license shall be granted except for premises
 in which the principal business shall be (a) the sale of food or  bever-
 ages at retail for consumption on the premises or (b) the operation of a
 legitimate  theatre, INCLUDING A MOTION PICTURE THEATRE THAT IS A BUILD-
 ING OR FACILITY WHICH IS REGULARLY USED AND KEPT OPEN PRIMARILY FOR  THE
 EXHIBITION  OF  MOTION  PICTURES  FOR  AT LEAST FIVE OUT OF SEVEN DAYS A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07692-01-3
              

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