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                                   8921
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2024
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 Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Economic Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, in relation to
   authorizing the establishment of a liaison between  the  state  liquor
   authority  and  local  community  boards,  and  the New York alcoholic
   beverage control problem premises task force

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a
 new section 110-d to read as follows:
   § 110-D. COMMUNITY LIAISON. 1. THE AUTHORITY IS AUTHORIZED  TO  DESIG-
 NATE A COMMUNITY LIAISON FOR EACH COMMUNITY BOARD LOCATED IN THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK.
   2.  THE  COMMUNITY  LIAISON,  UPON REQUEST OF A COMMUNITY BOARD, SHALL
 ENSURE THAT SUCH BOARD RECEIVES ALL OR A SELECT NUMBER OF  NOTIFICATIONS
 OF RELEVANT LICENSE AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS, HEARING NOTICES AND LICENSE
 OR  PERMIT  APPLICATION  DISPOSITIONS RELATED TO LICENSE OR PERMIT ISSU-
 ANCE, RENEWAL, MODIFICATIONS OR ALTERATIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED UNDER  THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
   3. THE COMMUNITY LIAISON SHALL:
   (A)  ATTEND A MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY BOARD, UPON THE REQUEST OF SUCH
 BOARD, FOR WHICH HE OR SHE IS ACTING AS THE LIAISON;
   (B) ATTEND, AT LEAST ONCE EACH YEAR, UPON THE REQUEST OF EACH COMMUNI-
 TY BOARD, A MEETING OF SUCH BOARD, TO HELP  BUILD  A  KNOWLEDGEABLE  AND
 MEANINGFUL  RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN  THE  AUTHORITY AND SUCH BOARD, AND TO
 UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES FACED BY THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY;
   (C) SUBMIT REPORTS TO THE AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO ISSUES OR CONCERNS
 RAISED BY SUCH BOARD; AND
   (D) UPON REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY BOARD, NOTIFY SUCH BOARD OF REGULAR-
 LY SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE AUTHORITY THAT COULD BE OF INTEREST TO SUCH
 BOARD AND PROVIDE AN AGENDA FOR SUCH MEETING AT LEAST FIFTEEN DAYS PRIOR
 TO THE MEETING.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 2.  Section 131 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as  added  by
 section  1  of  part  J of chapter 56 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
 read as follows:
   §  131.  New  York  alcoholic  beverage  control problem premises task
 force. 1. There is hereby created within  the  authority  the  New  York
 alcoholic  beverage  control  problem  premises  task force (hereinafter
 "task force"), which shall consist of  employees  of  the  authority  as
 designated  by  the members of the authority, provided however, that the
 task force shall include at least one investigator EACH from the  Albany
 office,  [one  investigator  from] the Buffalo office, and [one investi-
 gator from] the New York city office.
   2. In any case where the  authority  receives  notification  from  the
 mayor,  chief of police, police commissioner, sheriff, or local legisla-
 tive body of any city, town or village which  certifies  that  continued
 operation  of an on-premises establishment poses [a] AN ACTUAL OR POTEN-
 TIALLY significant threat to  the  public  health,  safety,  or  welfare
 [requiring] OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY THAT REQUIRES immediate action,
 the  authority  shall  assign  responsibility for conducting an investi-
 gation concerning such premises to the task force. In the  city  of  New
 York,  the  community board established pursuant to section twenty-eight
 hundred of the New York city charter with jurisdiction over the area  in
 which such premises is located shall be considered the appropriate local
 legislative body.
   3. Not more than fourteen calendar days after receipt by the authority
 of  a  notification  as  provided  in this section, the task force shall
 commence an investigation into the operation of the  establishment.  The
 task  force  shall  complete  its  investigation and the authority shall
 commence a disciplinary hearing proceeding pursuant to this chapter  for
 revocation  or other appropriate action within forty-five calendar days,
 unless the task force determines in written findings that MORE  TIME  IS
 NEEDED  TO  SATISFACTORILY COMPLETE SUCH INVESTIGATION OR THAT no disci-
 plinary charges are warranted. SUCH EXTENSION OF TIME FOR COMPLETION  OF
 THE  INVESTIGATION SHALL BE FOR NO MORE THAN SIXTY CALENDAR DAYS. A copy
 of any such determination shall be sent to the mayor, chief  of  police,
 police  commissioner,  sheriff,  or  local legislative body of the city,
 town or village that filed the  notification  with  the  authority.  The
 authority  shall notify the mayor, chief of police, police commissioner,
 sheriff, or local legislative body of the city,  town  or  village  that
 filed  the notification to the authority of the final disposition of the
 disciplinary proceeding within ten business days of  the  completion  of
 this process.
   §  3.    This  act  shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day
 after it shall have become a law.