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Jan 12, 2010 |
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Senate Bill S6442
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2009-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Codes
- Law Section:
- General Business Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §441, Gen Bus L; amd §130, ABC L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S1880
2009-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes penalties for persons who sell alcohol to persons under the age of twenty-one years; increases fines and length of imprisonment for the sale of alcoholic beverages without having the appropriate wine/beer/liquor license; increases penalties for sale to minors, loss of barbering license.
2009-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6442 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general business law and the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to establishing penalties for persons who sell alcohol to persons under the age of twenty-one years and increasing fines and length of imprisonment for the sale of alcoholic beverages without having the appropriate license PURPOSE : The purpose of this bill is to deter businesses from selling alcohols to persons under 21 years of age. Penalties associated with selling alcohol to minors and selling alcohol without a license have been increased to address this problem. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Adds a new subdivision (10) to section 441(a) of the general business law that expands the grounds for revocation of a barber's license to include selling, giving, or delivering alcohol to a person under 21 years of age. Section 2: Amends subdivision 1 of section 130 of the alcoholic beverage control law to increase penalties for those who manufacture or sell alcoholic beverages without having the appropriate license, or with a revoked or suspended license.
2009-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6442 I N S E N A T E January 12, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SCHNEIDERMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the general business law and the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to establishing penalties for persons who sell alcohol to persons under the age of twenty-one years and increas- ing fines and length of imprisonment for the sale of alcoholic bever- ages without having the appropriate license THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 441 of the general business law is amended by adding a new paragraph 10 to read as follows: 10. CONVICTION UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 260.20 OF THE PENAL LAW OR SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 65 OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 130 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 750 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: 1. Any person who manufactures for sale or sells alcoholic beverages, other than the illicit alcoholic beverages as defined in section one hundred fifty OF THIS CHAPTER, without having an appropriate license therefor, or whose license has been revoked, surrendered or cancelled, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon first conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not more than [two] THREE times the cost of a special on premises license in the county where the unlawful act took place or by imprisonment in a county jail or penitentiary for a term of not less than [thirty] SIXTY days nor more than one year or both and upon second conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not less than [two] THREE times and not more than [three] FOUR times the cost of a special on premises license in the county where the unlawful act took place or by imprisonment in a county jail or penitentiary for a term of not less than [thirty] SIXTY days nor more than one year or both and upon all subsequent convictions thereof shall be punished by a fine not less than [three] FOUR times and not more than [four] FIVE times the cost of a special on premises license in the county where the unlawful EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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