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                                   8508
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2024
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 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- 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 an
   exemption for certain property from the prohibition of  alcohol  sales
   within a certain distance from a church

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of  section  64  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
 control  law  is  amended  by  adding  a new paragraph (e-16) to read as
 follows:
   (E-16) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION,  THE  AUTHORITY  MAY  ISSUE  A  RETAIL  LICENSE  FOR ON-PREMISES
 CONSUMPTION FOR A PREMISES WHICH SHALL BE  LOCATED  WITHIN  TWO  HUNDRED
 FEET  OF  A  BUILDING  OCCUPIED AS A CHURCH, SYNAGOGUE OR OTHER PLACE OF
 WORSHIP, PROVIDED SUCH PREMISES CONSTITUTE A PREMISES FOR  THE  SALE  OF
 FOOD  OR  BEVERAGES  AT  RETAIL  FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES LOCATED
 WHOLLY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE  COUNTY  OF  SARATOGA,  BOUNDED  AND
 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   ALL  THAT  CERTAIN  TRACT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND
 BEING IN THE CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, COUNTY OF SARATOGA AND  STATE  OF
 NEW YORK, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   COMMENCING AT A POINT IN THE NORTHERLY LINE OF WASHINGTON STREET WHERE
 THE  DIVISION LINE BETWEEN THE LAND HEREBY DESCRIBED AND THE LAND NOW OR
 LATE OF PETER V. WIGGINS MEETS THE SAID  NORTHERLY  LINE  OF  WASHINGTON
 STREET  AND  RUNNING  THENCE  WESTERLY  ALONG THE SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF
 WASHINGTON STREET ONE HUNDRED TEN (110') FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE  DIVI-
 SION  LINE BETWEEN THE LAND HEREBY DESCRIBED AND THE LAND NOW OR LATE OF
 EDWARD R. STEVENS THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF  THE  SAID
 NOW  OR  LATE  OF EDWARD R. STEVENS ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE FEET AND SIX
 INCHES MORE OR LESS TO THE LINE OF THE LAND OF THE UNITED STATES  HOTEL,
 THENCE  EASTERLY  ALONG  THE  LINE  OF  LAND OF THE UNITED STATES HOTEL,
 THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE LINE OF THE UNITED STATES  HOTEL  ONE  HUNDRED
 TWELVE FEET MORE OR LESS AND THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 S. 8508                             2
 
 SAID  LAND OF LATE PETER V. WIGGINS TWO HUNDRED FEET MORE OR LESS TO THE
 NORTHERLY LINE OF WASHINGTON STREET AT THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   BEING  THE  SAME  PREMISES DESCRIBED IN AN EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FROM THE
 UNIVERSAL BAPTIST CHURCH OF  SARATOGA  SPRINGS,  NEW  YORK  TO  SARATOGA
 SPRINGS UNIVERSAL PRESERVATION HALL, DATED JANUARY 26, 2004 AND RECORDED
 IN  THE SARATOGA COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE ON FEBRUARY 25, 2004 IN BOOK 1674
 OF DEEDS AT PAGE 268.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.