Senate Bill S5544

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring the chair of the state liquor authority to make certain quarterly reports

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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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2023-S5544 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10288
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §18, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8152, A9882
2021-2022: S4153, A8204
2025-2026: S104

2023-S5544 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the chair of the state liquor authority to make quarterly reports to the governor and the legislature of the authority's enforcement activities for the preceding quarter.

2023-S5544 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5544 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5544
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
   requiring  the  chair  of  the  state liquor authority to make certain
   quarterly reports

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 18 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 16 to read as follows:
   16.  (A) TO MAKE QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE
 OF THE AUTHORITY'S ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES  FOR  THE  PRECEDING  QUARTER.
 SUCH  REPORT  SHALL  BE  MADE WITHIN TWENTY-FIVE DAYS OF THE END OF EACH
 QUARTER AND POSTED TO THE AUTHORITY'S WEBSITE AND THE STATE'S OPEN  DATA
 PORTAL,  IN  A  MACHINE-READABLE FORMAT. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE:  (I)
 INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS AGGREGATED STATEWIDE,  AS  WELL
 AS  DISAGGREGATED  BY  COUNTY,  SENATE  AND ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS, (II) THE
 CONDUCT OR COMPLAINT THAT RESULTED IN SUCH INSPECTIONS,  (III)  INFORMA-
 TION  ON THE DURATION OF INSPECTIONS, INCLUDING THE TIME EACH INSPECTION
 COMMENCES AND THE AVERAGE TIME SPENT INSIDE EACH ESTABLISHMENT, (IV) ANY
 SUMMONSES ISSUED, AND THE AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCH  SUMMONSES,  AND
 FINES  OR  PENALTIES INCURRED AS A RESULT, AND (V) INFORMATION ON ESTAB-
 LISHMENT CLOSURES AS A RESULT  OF  SUMMONSES  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO  SUCH
 INSPECTIONS, INCLUDING THE AVERAGE DURATION OF SUCH CLOSURES.
   (B)  NO INFORMATION THAT IS OTHERWISE REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED PURSUANT
 TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE REPORTED IN A MANNER THAT WOULD VIOLATE ANY
 APPLICABLE PROVISION OF FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL  LAW  RELATING  TO  THE
 PRIVACY OF INFORMATION.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law, provided, however that
 the amendments to section 18 of the alcoholic beverage control law  made
 by  section  one  of  this  act  shall not affect the expiration of such
 section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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