Bill Text: NY S06179 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Permits a retail tobacco business licensed to sell liquor on the premises to allow smoking in the same area where the liquor is sold when: (a) the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption does not exceed 10% of the receipts of the business; (b) the business was in existence prior to 1947; and (c) the smoking area is not open to the general public and is used exclusively by members and guests of a club sponsored by the retail tobacco business.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-09 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S06179 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S06179-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6179
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                  September 21, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
         permitting  a  retail  tobacco business licensed to sell liquor on the
         premises to allow smoking in the same area where the liquor is sold
         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 10 to read as follows:
    3    10.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION, SUCH PREMISES
    4  THAT IS WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF A RETAIL TOBACCO BUSINESS,  AS  DEFINED
    5  IN  SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-N OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, MAY
    6  HOLD A LICENSE TO SELL LIQUOR AT RETAIL FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE  PREMISES
    7  AND  SERVE FOOD IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH LICENSE AS LONG AS THE FOLLOWING
    8  CONDITIONS ARE MET TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE AUTHORITY: (A) THE SALE OF
    9  LIQUOR OR OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION AT  SUCH
   10  RETAIL  TOBACCO BUSINESS SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF THE RECEIPTS OF
   11  THE RETAIL SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ACCESSORIES  AT  SUCH  PREMISES;
   12  (B)  ONLY  A RETAIL TOBACCO BUSINESS, OR THE SUCCESSOR TO SUCH BUSINESS,
   13  THAT WAS IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO NINETEEN HUNDRED  FORTY-SEVEN  MAY  APPLY
   14  FOR  SUCH A LICENSE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY SELL LIQUOR AT RETAIL FOR ON-PREM-
   15  ISES CONSUMPTION; AND (C) SUCH SMOKING AREA THAT  IS  THE  PREMISES  FOR
   16  ON-PREMISES  CONSUMPTION  OF  LIQUOR  SHALL  NOT  BE OPEN TO THE GENERAL
   17  PUBLIC AND MUST BE EXCLUSIVELY USED ONLY BY MEMBERS AND GUESTS  OF  SUCH
   18  MEMBERS  OF  A CLUB ASSOCIATED WITH AND SPONSORED BY SUCH RETAIL TOBACCO
   19  BUSINESS. SUCH CLUB MAY ALSO CONDUCT  LECTURES,  SEMINARS,  AND  SPECIAL
   20  EVENTS  FOR  ITS  MEMBERS ON SUCH PREMISES. SUCH APPLICATION SHALL BE IN
   21  SUCH FORM AND SHALL CONTAIN SUCH INFORMATION AS SHALL BE REQUIRED BY THE
   22  AUTHORITY AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CHECK OR  DRAFT  IN  THE  AMOUNT
   23  REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR SUCH LICENSE. THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL SUPER-
   24  SEDE  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-R OF THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14275-01-9
       S. 6179                             2
    1  PUBLIC HEALTH LAW WITH RESPECT TO ANY REGULATIONS OR LOCAL LAWS  ADOPTED
    2  BY A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE AND SHALL PERMIT SUCH
    3  RETAIL  TOBACCO BUSINESS TO HAVE A LICENSE TO SELL LIQUOR OR OTHER ALCO-
    4  HOLIC  BEVERAGES  FOR  ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION, SERVE FOOD IN COMPLIANCE
    5  WITH SUCH LICENSE, AND TO SMOKE IN SUCH INDOOR AREAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    7  have  become  a  law.  The state liquor authority shall be authorized to
    8  promulgate rules and regulations prior to such effective date to  imple-
    9  ment the provisions of this act.
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