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Senate Bill S5144

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the chair and commissioners of the state liquor authority to file certain disclosures

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2025-S5144 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8153
2021-2022: S4152
2023-2024: S8228

2025-S5144 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the chair and commissioners of the state liquor authority to file an annual statement of financial disclosure pursuant to section seventy-three-a of the public officers law.

2025-S5144 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5144 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5144
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring the chair and commissioners of the state liquor authority to
   file certain disclosures

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 11  of  the  alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  as
 amended  by  section  2  of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2011, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 11. Appointment of authority. The members of the authority shall  be
 appointed  by  the  governor  by  and with the advice and consent of the
 senate. Not more than two members of the authority shall belong  to  the
 same political party. The [chairman] CHAIR of the state alcoholic bever-
 age  control  board  heretofore appointed and designated by the governor
 and the remaining members of such  board  heretofore  appointed  by  the
 governor  shall continue to serve as [chairman] CHAIR and members of the
 authority until the expiration of the respective terms  for  which  they
 were  appointed.    Upon  the  expiration  of  such respective terms the
 successors of such [chairman] CHAIR and members shall  be  appointed  to
 serve  for  a  term  of three years each and until their successors have
 been appointed and qualified.  The commissioners, other than the [chair-
 man] CHAIR shall, when performing the work of the authority, be  compen-
 sated  at  a rate of two hundred sixty dollars per day, together with an
 allowance for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of
 their duties. The [chairman] CHAIR shall receive an annual salary estab-
 lished in section one hundred sixty-nine of the executive law.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE  CHAIR  AND  EACH
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FILE AN ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL
 DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVENTY-THREE-A OF  THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS
 LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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