Bill Text: NY S01002 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Removes provisions requiring licensed premises to comply at all times with the regulations of the local department of health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS [S01002 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01002-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1002
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 8, 2015
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       Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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
         special license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on the  prem-
         ises
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 64-a  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
    2  control  law, as added by chapter 531 of the laws of 1964, is amended to
    3  read as follows:
    4    8. Every special on-premises licensee shall regularly keep food avail-
    5  able for sale to its customers for  consumption  on  the  premises.  The
    6  availability  of  sandwiches, soups or other foods, whether fresh, proc-
    7  essed, pre-cooked or  frozen,  shall  be  deemed  compliance  with  this
    8  requirement.  [The  licensed premises shall comply at all times with all
    9  the regulations of the local department of health.] Nothing contained in
   10  this subdivision, however, shall be construed to require that  any  food
   11  be  sold or purchased with any liquor, nor shall any rule, regulation or
   12  standard be promulgated or enforced requiring that the sale of  food  be
   13  substantial  or  that  the  receipts of the business other than from the
   14  sale of liquor equal any set percentage of  total  receipts  from  sales
   15  made therein.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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