S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7045 I N S E N A T E April 25, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- 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 authorizing the retail sale of alcoholic beverages at certain stadi- ums, arenas or places of entertainment at eleven a.m. on Sunday THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 106 of the alcoholic beverage 2 control law, as amended by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 5. No alcoholic beverages shall be sold, offered for sale or given 5 away upon any premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail 6 for on-premises consumption, during the following hours: 7 (a) Sunday, from four ante meridiem to twelve noon. 8 (b) On any other day between four ante meridiem and eight ante meri- 9 diem. 10 Unless otherwise approved by the authority pursuant to subdivision 11 eleven of section seventeen of this chapter, where any rule has been 12 adopted in a county on or before April first, nineteen hundred ninety- 13 five, further restricting the hours of sale for alcoholic beverages, 14 such restricted hours shall be the hours, during which the sale of alco- 15 holic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption shall not be 16 permitted within such county. 17 Nor shall any person be permitted to consume any alcoholic beverages 18 upon any such premises later than one-half hour after the start of the 19 prohibited hours of sale provided for in this section. 20 NOTWITHSTANDING PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, NO ALCOHOLIC BEVER- 21 AGES SHALL BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE OR GIVEN AWAY AT ANY STADIUM, ARENA 22 OR PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT HAVING A PERMANENT SEATING CAPACITY IN EXCESS 23 OF FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS, LICENSED TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT RETAIL 24 FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION ON SUNDAY, FROM FOUR ANTE MERIDIEM TO ELEVEN 25 ANTE MERIDIEM. 26 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15470-01-2