Bill Text: NY S02567 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Increases the penalties for the illegal sale of alcoholic beverages without the appropriate license or permit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-25 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S02567 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S02567-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2567 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 25, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to penalties for violations thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 130 of the alcoholic beverage 2 control law, as amended by chapter 750 of the laws of 1982, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 1. Any person who manufactures for sale or sells alcoholic beverages, 5 other than the illicit alcoholic beverages as defined in section one 6 hundred fifty OF THIS CHAPTER, without having an appropriate license 7 therefor, or whose license has been revoked, surrendered or cancelled, 8 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon first conviction thereof 9 shall be punished by a fine [not more than two] THREE times the cost of 10 a special THREE YEAR on premises license in the county where the unlaw- 11 ful act took place or by imprisonment in a county jail or penitentiary 12 for a term of not less than thirty days nor more than one year or both 13 and upon [second conviction] ALL SUBSEQUENT CONVICTIONS thereof shall be 14 punished by a fine [not less than two times and not more than three] 15 FIVE times the cost of a special THREE YEAR on premises license in the 16 county where the unlawful act took place or by imprisonment in a county 17 jail or penitentiary for a term of not less than thirty days nor more 18 than one year or both [and upon all subsequent convictions thereof shall 19 be punished by a fine not less than three times and not more than four 20 times the cost of a special on premises license in the county where the 21 unlawful act took place or by imprisonment in a county jail or peniten- 22 tiary for a term of not less than thirty days nor more than one year or 23 both] provided, however, that in default of payment of any fine imposed, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06426-01-1 S. 2567 2 1 such person shall be imprisoned in a county jail or penitentiary for a 2 term of not less than thirty days. 3 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed- 4 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.