Bill Text: NY A00567 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Revises procedures regarding the issuance of both retail and special retail liquor licenses for on-premises consumption for premises located within 500 feet of 3 or more existing premises in cities, towns and villages of twenty thousand or more; provides that the written notice which the authority must give to the municipality or community board of the hearing (which the authority must hold before issuing a regular (non-special) license must be mailed at least 30 days in advance of the hearing; imposes a parallel 30 day hearing notice requirement regarding the hearing which must be held regarding special retail licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-18 - advanced to third reading cal.374 [A00567 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Economic Development
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, in relation to
         procedures associated with issuing retail and special retail  licenses
         to  sell liquor for on-premises consumption regarding premises located
         within five hundred feet of three or more existing premises in cities,
         towns and villages having a population of twenty thousand or more
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Paragraph (f) of subdivision 7 of section 64 of the alco-
    2  holic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 185  of  the  laws  of
    3  2012, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (f)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subdivi-
    5  sion, the authority may issue a license pursuant to this section  for  a
    6  premises which shall be within five hundred feet of three or more exist-
    7  ing  premises  licensed  and  operating  pursuant  to  this  section and
    8  sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c,  and/or  sixty-four-d
    9  of this article if, after consultation with the municipality or communi-
   10  ty  board,  it  determines  that  granting  such license would be in the
   11  public interest. Before it may issue any  such  license,  the  authority
   12  shall  conduct  a  hearing, upon notice to the applicant and the munici-
   13  pality or community board, and shall state and file in  its  office  its
   14  reasons  therefor.  The hearing may be rescheduled, adjourned or contin-
   15  ued, and the authority shall give notice to the applicant and the  muni-
   16  cipality  or  community  board  of  any  such  rescheduled, adjourned or
   17  continued hearing. Before the authority issues  any  said  license,  the
   18  authority  or  one or more of the commissioners thereof may, in addition
   19  to the hearing required by this paragraph, also conduct a public meeting
   20  regarding said license, upon notice to the  applicant  and  the  munici-
   21  pality  or  community  board.  The  public  meeting  may be rescheduled,
   22  adjourned or continued, and the  authority  shall  give  notice  to  the
   23  applicant  and  the municipality or community board of any such resched-
   24  uled, adjourned or continued public meeting. Notice to the  municipality
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  or  community board shall mean written notice mailed by the authority to
    2  such municipality or community board at least [fifteen] THIRTY  days  in
    3  advance  of  any  hearing scheduled pursuant to this paragraph. Upon the
    4  request  of the authority, any municipality or community board may waive
    5  the [fifteen] THIRTY day notice requirement.  No  premises  having  been
    6  granted  a license pursuant to this section shall be denied a renewal of
    7  such license upon the grounds that such premises are within five hundred
    8  feet of a building or buildings  wherein  three  or  more  premises  are
    9  licensed   and   operating   pursuant   to  this  section  and  sections
   10  sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or  sixty-four-d  of  this
   11  article.
   12    S  2.  Paragraph (d) of subdivision 7 of section 64-a of the alcoholic
   13  beverage control law, as amended by chapter 185 of the laws of 2012,  is
   14  amended to read as follows:
   15    (d)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph
   16  (a) of this subdivision, the authority may issue a license  pursuant  to
   17  this  section  for a premises which shall be within five hundred feet of
   18  three or more existing premises licensed and operating pursuant to  this
   19  section  and  sections  sixty-four,  sixty-four-b,  sixty-four-c, and/or
   20  sixty-four-d of this article if, after  consultation  with  the  munici-
   21  pality  or  community  board,  it  determines that granting such license
   22  would be in the public interest. Before it may issue any  such  license,
   23  the  authority shall conduct a hearing, upon notice to the applicant and
   24  the municipality or community board, and shall state  and  file  in  its
   25  office  its  reasons  therefor.  Notice to the municipality or community
   26  board shall mean written notice mailed by the authority to such  munici-
   27  pality  or  community board at least [fifteen] THIRTY days in advance of
   28  any hearing scheduled pursuant to this paragraph. Upon  the  request  of
   29  the  authority,  any  municipality  or  community  board  may  waive the
   30  [fifteen] THIRTY day notice requirement. The hearing may be rescheduled,
   31  adjourned or continued, and the  authority  shall  give  notice  to  the
   32  applicant  and  the municipality or community board of any such resched-
   33  uled, adjourned or continued hearing. Before the  authority  issues  any
   34  said  license, the authority or one or more of the commissioners thereof
   35  may, in addition to the hearing required by this paragraph, also conduct
   36  a public meeting regarding said license, upon notice  to  the  applicant
   37  and  the  municipality  or  community  board.  The public meeting may be
   38  rescheduled, adjourned or continued, and the authority shall give notice
   39  to the applicant and the municipality or community  board  of  any  such
   40  rescheduled,  adjourned  or continued public meeting. No premises having
   41  been granted a license pursuant  to  this  section  shall  be  denied  a
   42  renewal  of  such license upon the grounds that such premises are within
   43  five hundred feet of a building or buildings wherein three or more prem-
   44  ises are licensed and operating pursuant to this  section  and  sections
   45  sixty-four,  sixty-four-b,  sixty-four-c,  and/or  sixty-four-d  of this
   46  article.
   47    S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   48  have  become  a  law  and  shall  apply to all applications for a retail
   49  license, or special retail  license,  for  on-premises  consumption  for
   50  premises within five hundred feet of existing licensed premises that are
   51  pending before or filed with the state liquor authority on or after such
   52  effective date. Effective immediately any rules or regulations necessary
   53  or  convenient to implement the provisions of this act are authorized to
   54  be promulgated on or before such effective date.
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