Bill Text: NY S04990 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the state liquor authority to invite municipalities or community boards to appear before the authority to present oral testimony prior to issuing certain liquor licenses to applicants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-03 - REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS [S04990 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S04990-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4990 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. DIAZ, HAMILTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Econom- ic Development and Small Business AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to requiring the state liquor authority to invite municipalities or community boards to appear before the authority to present oral testi- mony prior to issuing certain liquor licenses to applicants 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 7-a to read as follows: 3 7-a. Before the authority may issue a license pursuant to this 4 section, the authority shall invite the municipality or community board 5 to appear before the authority to present oral testimony regarding the 6 applicant. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07244-01-7