Bill Text: NY A00754 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the issuance of a temporary carnival license; authorizes the liquor authority to issue temporary permits for a period not to exceed eighteen days to authorize the sale of beer and wine at festivals, carnivals, events, functions, gatherings or occasions within the hours fixed by or pursuant to subdivision five of section one hundred six of the alcoholic beverage control law, during which alcoholic beverages may lawfully be sold or served upon premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises consumption in the community in which is located the premises in which such festival, carnival, event, function, gathering or occasion is held; provides that the fee for such permit shall be one hundred dollars.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-30 - held for consideration in economic development [A00754 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00754-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           754
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PERRY, RAIA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Economic Development
        AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation  to  the
          issuance  of temporary carnival licenses; and providing for the repeal
          of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a
     2  new section 97-b to read as follows:
     3    § 97-b. Temporary carnival license. 1. The liquor authority is  hereby
     4  authorized  to  issue temporary permits for a period not to exceed eigh-
     5  teen days to authorize the sale of beer and wine  at  associated  events
     6  leading up to festivals, carnivals and parades within the hours fixed by
     7  or pursuant to subdivision five of section one hundred six of this chap-
     8  ter,  provided,  however, the duration of the temporary carnival license
     9  shall be measured over a period of six consecutive weeks,  during  which
    10  such temporary carnival license shall only be valid on Friday, Saturday,
    11  and  Sunday  of  each week. The fee for such permit shall be one hundred
    12  dollars.  Such permit and the exercise of the privilege granted  thereby
    13  shall  be  subject  to  such  rules  of the liquor authority as it deems
    14  necessary.
    15    2. Such rules shall include procedures  for  revocation  of  a  permit
    16  based  on  complaints from a governmental agency, local police, or civic
    17  association, and shall be developed in consultation with local  communi-
    18  ties,  carnival  associations  and  may include conditions specific to a
    19  borough, county, or community board in the city of New York.
    20    3. The liquor authority is hereby authorized to issue  such  temporary
    21  permits  to  groups  or  organizations  who  are registered as festival,
    22  carnival or parade participants or designated  or  acknowledged  by  the
    23  prime  sponsor  of such festival, carnival or parade. The official prime
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 754                              2
     1  sponsor shall be the entity holding the permit or official documentation
     2  authorizing such festival, carnival or parade.
     3    §  2. This act shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after it shall
     4  have become a law and shall expire five years after such effective  date
     5  when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed;
     6  provided,  however,  that  effective immediately the liquor authority is
     7  hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the purpose of
     8  implementing the provisions of this act  on  or  before  such  effective
     9  date.