S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7707
I N S E N A T E
January 7, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. RYAN -- 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
license applications
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 of section 110-c of the alcoholic
beverage control law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending
the alcoholic beverage control law relating to license and permit appli-
cations, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5764 and A. 597,
are amended to read as follows:
2. The authority shall make available to the public on its [public]
website a daily updated list OR LISTS of all [open] PENDING license [and
permit] applications [received by the authority, in the order that they
are received]. Such list shall [utilize] INCLUDE the serial, certificate
or other identifying number assigned by the authority[, as provided by
subdivision one of section one hundred fourteen-a of this article, to
provide the applicant with information on the status of their applica-
tion's review. Such list on the authority's public website shall
include, but not be limited to, the following information:]; THE STATUS
OF THE APPLICATION; the name [and] OF THE APPLICANT; THE complete
address, INCLUDING COUNTY, of the [applicant] APPLIED FOR PREMISES; [the
county of the applicant;] the license type and class the applicant is
seeking; the date such application [has been] WAS received [and if any
license or permit fee has been paid]; based on the date submitted, an
estimated timeframe, [in weeks] SPECIFIED AS A DATE, for [an application
final] A determination ON THE APPLICATION. FOR ANY UNREASONABLE DELAY
THAT IS CAUSED SOLELY BY AN ACTION OF THE AUTHORITY, THIS TIMEFRAME WILL
BE UPDATED; [if the initial timeframe needs to be revised, then modi-
fied timeframe going forward shall be posted and denoted in the same
manner; and] if the authority has issued any temporary permit [or
license] for the [applicant's] premises RELATED TO THE CURRENT APPLICA-
TION; and the final date of an applications determination.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01294-02-2
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3. The authority shall maintain a record of the number of licenses [or
permits] applied for and the length of time required for the approval or
denial of such licenses [or permits] on its public website. Such records
shall be updated at least monthly by the authority.
4. [If an applicant's estimated time for a final application determi-
nation is modified from the original estimate as provided for in subdi-
vision one of section one hundred fourteen-a of this article, then the
authority shall immediately notify the applicant] THE AUTHORITY SHALL,
WHERE FEASIBLE AND RESOURCES PERMITTING, DEVELOP OR CAUSE TO BE DEVEL-
OPED UP-GRADES TO THEIR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS THAT WILL ENABLE
GREATER TRANSPARENCY FOR APPLICANTS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR APPLICATION
STATUS AND ESTIMATED PROCESSING TIMES FOR FINAL DETERMINATION ON A
LICENSE APPLICATION.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 114-a of the alcoholic beverage control
law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the alcoholic
beverage control law relating to license and permit applications, as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5764 and A. 597, is amended to
read as follows:
1. The authority upon [acceptance of any payment by an applicant for a
license or permit issued under this chapter] RECEIVING AN APPLICATION
AND APPROPRIATE PAYMENT shall [furnish such], TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE,
PROVIDE THE applicant with a receipt within [fifteen] TWENTY-FIVE BUSI-
NESS days [indicating that the appropriate license or permit fee has
been accepted and paid in full]. Such receipt shall include the date of
acceptance of such [license or permit] application [fee] as well as an
estimated length of time[, based on an initial review of the application
for a license or permit,] necessary for the authority to review and
[process] MAKE A DETERMINATION ON such application [as required for the
approval or denial of such license or permit]. Such receipt shall
include a unique serial, certification or other identifying number [to
be assigned by the authority to the applicant for queries about such
license or permit application status].
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the alcoholic beverage
control law relating to license and permit applications, as proposed in
legislative bills numbers S. 5764 and A. 597, takes effect.