Senate Bill S2912

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the siting of certain premises licensed to sell liquor for consumption on the premises

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S2912 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง64, 64-a, 64-b, 64-c & 105, ABC L

2009-S2912 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the siting of certain premises licensed to sell liquor for consumption on the premises; provides that required distances from schools and places of worship and from existing licensed premises shall be measured from the closest boundary lines instead of from the center of the entrances of such premises.

2009-S2912 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2912 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2912

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
  opment and Small Business

AN  ACT  to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the
  siting of certain premises licensed to sell liquor for consumption  on
  the premises

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraphs (c), (d) and (d-1) of subdivision 7  of  section
64  of  the  alcoholic  beverage  control law, paragraphs (c) and (d) as
amended by chapter 177 of the laws of 1996 and paragraph (d-1) as  added
by chapter 406 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
  (c) the measurements in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision are
to  be taken in straight lines from the [center of the nearest entrance]
POINT ON THE PROPERTY  BOUNDARY  LINE  of  the  premises  sought  to  be
licensed to [the center of the nearest entrance]  THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE
PROPERTY  BOUNDARY LINE of such school, church, synagogue or other place
of worship [or] to the [center of the nearest entrance] CLOSEST POINT ON
THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE OF SUCH SCHOOL, CHURCH,  SYNAGOGUE  OR  OTHER
PLACE  OF WORSHIP OR FROM THE POINT ON THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE OF THE
PREMISES SOUGHT TO BE LICENSED THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE PROPERTY  BOUNDARY
LINE  OF  A  PREMISES LICENSED AND OPERATING PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO
THE CLOSEST POINT ON THE BOUNDARY LINE of each  such  premises  licensed
and operating pursuant to the provisions of this section; except, howev-
er,  that no renewal license shall be denied because of such restriction
to any premises so located which were maintained as a bona  fide  hotel,
restaurant,  catering  establishment  or  club  on  or prior to December
fifth, nineteen hundred thirty-three; and, except that no license  shall
be denied to any premises at which a license under this chapter has been
in  existence continuously from a date prior to the date when a building
on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of  said  prem-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03666-02-9
              

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