S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11121
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 24, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
permitting certain members of the state liquor authority or officers,
deputies, assistants, inspectors or employees thereof to be a member
of a community board of education
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 16 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as
amended by chapter 731 of the laws of 1971, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 16. Disqualification of members and employees of authority. No
member of the authority or any officer, deputy, assistant, inspector or
employee thereof shall have any interest, direct or indirect, either
proprietary or by means of any loan, mortgage or lien, or in any other
manner, in or on any premises where alcoholic beverages are manufactured
or sold; nor shall [he] THEY have any interest, direct or indirect, in
any business wholly or partially devoted to the manufacture, sale,
transportation or storage of alcoholic beverages, or own any stock in
any corporation which has any interest, proprietary or otherwise, direct
or indirect, in any premises where alcoholic beverages are manufactured
or sold, or in any business wholly or partially devoted to the manufac-
ture, sale, transportation or storage of alcoholic beverages, or receive
any commission or profit whatsoever, direct or indirect, from any person
applying for or receiving any license or permit provided for in this
chapter, or hold any other public office in the state or in any poli-
tical subdivision except upon the written permission of the liquor
authority, such member of the authority or officer, deputy, assistant,
inspector or employee thereof may hold the public office of notary
public or member of a community board of education [in the city school
district of the city of New York]. [Any one] ANYONE who violates any of
the provisions of this section shall be removed.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15621-01-6
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