Bill Text: NY S03978 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3978 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that liquor stores may open at ten am on Sundays; further allows such stores to be open on December 25th, Christmas day.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S03978 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S03978-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3978
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 22, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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
          liquor store opening times on certain days
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 14 of section 105 of the alco-
     2  holic beverage control law, as amended by section 1 of part U of chapter
     3  63 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a) No premises licensed to sell liquor and/or wine  for  off-premises
     5  consumption shall be permitted to remain open:
     6    (i) On Sunday before [twelve] ten o'clock [post meridian] antemeridian
     7  and after nine o'clock post meridian.
     8    (ii) On any day between midnight and eight o'clock antemeridian.
     9    [(iii) On the twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas day.]
    10    In  any  community  where daylight saving time is in effect, such time
    11  shall be deemed the standard time for the purpose of this subdivision.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10123-01-9