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SECTION 65-E
Posting of signs relating to human trafficking
Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) CHAPTER 3-B, ARTICLE 5
§ 65-e. Posting of signs relating to human trafficking. 1. The
authority shall require any person with a license to sell alcoholic
beverages for consumption on the premises who indicated, pursuant to
paragraph (f) of subdivision one of section one hundred ten of this
chapter, that topless entertainment and/or exotic dancing, whether
topless or otherwise, including but not limited to, pole dancing and lap
dancing, would occur at the establishment, to display one or more signs
or posters designated by the authority. Any sign or poster so designated
shall meet the following specifications:

(a) Each sign or poster shall include information on human trafficking
and the toll free telephone number of the National Human Trafficking
hotline. The authority shall make any designated sign or poster
available for download from its website or from one or more links posted
on its website or on the website of the office of temporary and
disability assistance as provided in section four hundred
eighty-three-ff of the social services law.

(b) (i) Any sign or poster must be at least eight and one-half inches
wide and eleven inches high.

(ii) If the National Human Trafficking hotline toll free number
changes, the authority shall notify each licensee that is subject to the
posting requirement of this section of the change and shall require the
display of one or more signs or posters with the new toll free number
within thirty days of such notification.

(iii) At a minimum, the licensee shall be required to display a
bilingual version of the sign or poster in English and Spanish or to
display one sign or poster in English and one sign or poster in Spanish.
A licensee may be required to display signs or posters in other
languages as determined by the authority.

(c) Any person with a license to sell alcoholic beverages for
consumption on the premises that is subject to the posting requirement
of this section shall display, in an upright position and in a
conspicuous place where it can be easily read by clientele and employees
of the establishment, any sign or poster required by the authority.

2. Any person with a license to sell alcoholic beverages for
consumption on the premises that is subject to the posting requirement
of this section who violates the provisions of this section shall be
subject to a civil penalty, not to exceed one hundred dollars for each
day of violation.