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
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