Bill Text: NY S03487 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Reduces the amount of fees for a licensed premises to have an additional bar, counter or contrivance permitted to sell alcoholic beverages.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S03487 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03487-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3487
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 4, 2013
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       Introduced  by Sens. RANZENHOFER, DeFRANCISCO, MAZIARZ -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Investigations and Government Operations
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, in relation to
         reducing the amount of fees charged to a licensed premises  for  addi-
         tional  bars,  counters  or  contrivances  permitted to sell alcoholic
         beverages
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 100 of the alcoholic beverage
    2  control law, as amended by chapter 614 of the laws of 1984,  is  amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    4. Alcoholic beverages may be sold to be consumed on the premises at a
    5  bar,  counter  or  similar  contrivance.  Only  one such bar, counter or
    6  contrivance shall be permitted in any licensed premises, except that not
    7  more than two additional bars, counters or contrivances may be permitted
    8  by the liquor authority for good cause shown to it, and upon the payment
    9  to it of a fee, for each additional bar,  equivalent  to  ONE  HALF  the
   10  amount of the annual license fee paid by the licensee and except that if
   11  the  licensed  premises  is  a  legitimate  theatre  or concert hall, or
   12  contiguous to and used in  conjunction  with  a  legitimate  theatre  or
   13  concert hall, additional bars, counters or contrivances may be permitted
   14  by  the  liquor  authority  upon  payment  to it of an annual fee of one
   15  hundred dollars for each such additional bar, counter or contrivance  so
   16  permitted,  in  addition to the annual license fee paid by such licensee
   17  and except that if such licensed premises be located at a baseball park,
   18  race track, or either outdoor or indoor athletic field, facility,  arena
   19  or  stadium,  additional bars, counters or contrivances where beer shall
   20  be sold at retail for consumption on the premises maybe permitted by the
   21  liquor authority, upon payment to it of the annual fee of thirty dollars
   22  for each such additional bar, counter or contrivance  so  permitted,  in
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 3487                             2
    1  addition  to  the amount of the annual license fee paid by the licensee,
    2  and except that temporary portable bars, counters or contrivances  shall
    3  be  permitted  in a ballroom, meeting room or private dining-room on the
    4  licensed  premises  of  a  hotel, restaurant or club during such time as
    5  said ballroom, meeting room or private dining-room is used for a private
    6  dinner, entertainment, meeting or similar affair to which members of the
    7  general public are not admitted.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    9  have  become  a  law and shall apply to all license applications, amend-
   10  ments or renewals submitted after such date.
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