Bill Text: NY S00515 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the transfer of liquor licenses from one owner to subsequent owners of the same establishment, bar or club; grants new owners a forty-five day temporary license in which time such new owner shall apply for a new liquor license pursuant to section sixty-four of the alcoholic beverage control law.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS [S00515 Detail]
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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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515
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
opment and Small Business
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
prohibiting the transfer of liquor licenses to new owners
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 64 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
2 by adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
3 4-A. NO LICENSEE SHALL TRANSFER ANY INTEREST IN A LICENSE TO ANY NEW
4 OWNER OF SUCH LICENSEE'S ESTABLISHMENT, BAR OR CLUB. SUCH LICENSE SHALL
5 TERMINATE AT THE TIME OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED TO THE
6 NEW OWNER. SUCH NEW OWNER SHALL RECEIVE A FORTY-FIVE DAY TEMPORARY
7 LICENSE IN WHICH TIME SUCH PERSON SHALL APPLY FOR A PERMANENT LICENSE
8 PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
9 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
10 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01951-01-3
