Bill Text: NY A00495 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of a temporary carnival license; authorizes the liquor authority to issue temporary permits for a period not to exceed eighteen days to authorize the sale of beer and wine at festivals, carnivals, events, functions, gatherings or occasions within the hours fixed by or pursuant to subdivision five of section one hundred six of the alcoholic beverage control law, during which alcoholic beverages may lawfully be sold or served upon premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption in the community in which is located the premises in which such festival, carnival, event, function, gathering or occasion is held; provides that the fee for such permit shall be one hundred dollars.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to economic development [A00495 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A00495-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 495 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the issuance of temporary carnival licenses; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a 2 new section 97-b to read as follows: 3 § 97-b. Temporary carnival license. 1. The liquor authority is hereby 4 authorized to issue temporary permits for a period not to exceed eigh- 5 teen days to authorize the sale of beer and wine at associated events 6 leading up to festivals, carnivals and parades within the hours fixed by 7 or pursuant to subdivision five of section one hundred six of this chap- 8 ter, provided, however, the duration of the temporary carnival license 9 shall be measured over a period of six consecutive weeks, during which 10 such temporary carnival license shall only be valid on Friday, Saturday, 11 and Sunday of each week. The fee for such permit shall be one hundred 12 dollars. Such permit and the exercise of the privilege granted thereby 13 shall be subject to such rules of the liquor authority as it deems 14 necessary. 15 2. Such rules shall include procedures for revocation of a permit 16 based on complaints from a governmental agency, local police, or civic 17 association, and shall be developed in consultation with local communi- 18 ties, carnival associations and may include conditions specific to a 19 borough, county, or community board in the city of New York. 20 3. The liquor authority is hereby authorized to issue such temporary 21 permits to groups or organizations who are registered as festival, 22 carnival or parade participants or designated or acknowledged by the 23 prime sponsor of such festival, carnival or parade. The official prime EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05262-01-9A. 495 2 1 sponsor shall be the entity holding the permit or official documentation 2 authorizing such festival, carnival or parade. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after it shall 4 have become a law and shall expire five years after such effective date 5 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed. 6 Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule 7 or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effec- 8 tive date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such 9 effective date.