S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10030 I N A S S E M B L Y May 2, 2012 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to authorizing the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at certain stadi- ums, arenas or places of entertainment at eleven a.m. on Sunday THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 106 of the alcoholic beverage 2 control law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 5. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold, offered for sale or given 5 away upon any premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail 6 for on-premises consumption, during the following hours: 7 (a) Sunday, from four ante meridiem to twelve noon. 8 (b) On any other day between four ante meridiem and eight ante meri- 9 diem. 10 Unless otherwise approved by the authority pursuant to subdivision 11 eleven of section seventeen of this chapter, where any rule has been 12 adopted in a county on or before April first, nineteen hundred ninety- 13 five, further restricting the hours of sale for alcoholic beverages, 14 such restricted hours shall be the hours, during which the sale of alco- 15 holic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption shall not be 16 permitted within such county. 17 Nor shall any person be permitted to consume any alcoholic beverages 18 upon any such premises later than one-half hour after the start of the 19 prohibited hours of sale provided for in this section. 20 NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, NO ALCOHOLIC BEVER- 21 AGES SHALL BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE OR GIVEN AWAY AT ANY STADIUM, ARENA 22 OR PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT HAVING A PERMANENT SEATING CAPACITY IN EXCESS 23 OF FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS, LICENSED TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT RETAIL 24 FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION ON SUNDAY, FROM FOUR ANTE MERIDIEM TO ELEVEN 25 ANTE MERIDIEM. 26 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15470-01-2