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Senate Bill S663

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Removes the requirement of the state liquor authority to have not more than two members of the authority belong to the same political party

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2025-S663 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7535
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, ABC L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8741, A10387

2025-S663 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the requirement of the state liquor authority to have not more than two members of the authority belong to the same political party.

2025-S663 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S663 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    663
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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
   removing  the  requirement  of  the state liquor authority to have not
   more than two members of the authority belong to  the  same  political
   party
 
   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] CHAIRPERSON of the state alcoholic
 beverage control board heretofore appointed and designated by the gover-
 nor  and the remaining members of such board heretofore appointed by the
 governor shall continue to serve as [chairman] CHAIRPERSON  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] CHAIRPERSON 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] CHAIRPERSON shall, when performing the work of  the  authority,  be
 compensated  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] CHAIRPERSON shall receive an
 annual salary established in section one hundred sixty-nine of the exec-
 utive law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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