S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9282
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  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 of 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  WASHINGTON,  BOUNDED  AND
 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   ALL  THAT  CERTAIN PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN
 THE VILLAGE OF HUDSON FALLS, COUNTY OF WASHINGTON AND THE STATE  OF  NEW
 YORK, MORE PARTICULARLY BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
   BEGINNING  AT  A  POINT  IN  THE  WESTERLY  LINE OF MAIN STREET AT THE
 NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF THE LANDS CONVEYED TO C. BRUCE WETMORE AND  GARY
 C.  WILSON  BY  DEED  DATED  AUGUST 12, 1988 AND RECORDED IN BOOK 580 OF
 DEEDS AT PAGE 289; THENCE RUNNING SOUTH 75 DEGREES, 21  MINUTES  AND  12
 SECONDS  WEST  TO  AND  ALONG AND BEYOND THE FACE OF THE TWO STORY BRICK
 BUILDING ON THE PREMISES  DESCRIBED  HEREIN  BEING  ALSO  THE  NORTHERLY
 BOUNDS OF THE LANDS OF SAID WETMORE AND WILSON, A DISTANCE OF 77.00 FEET
 TO  THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LANDS OF WETMORE AND WILSON; THENCE
 RUNNING NORTH 14 DEGREES, 28 MINUTES AND 43 SECONDS WEST, A DISTANCE  OF
 28.22  FEET  ALONG  THE LANDS NOW OR FORMERLY OF ERSKINE ROGERS, JR., TO
 THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDS OF  THE  LANDS  OF  DRAKE  BROTHERS,  INC.;  THENCE
 RUNNING  NORTH  75  DEGREES,  21  MINUTES AND 47 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD15521-01-4
 S. 9282                             2
 
 LANDS TO AND ALONG AND BEYOND THE FACE OF THE TWO STORY  BRICK  BUILDING
 ON  THE  PREMISES  HEREIN  DESCRIBED,  A  DISTANCE  OF 77.00 FEET TO THE
 WESTERLY BOUNDS OF SAID MAIN STREET; THENCE RUNNING SOUTH 14 DEGREES, 28
 MINUTES  AND  43 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 28.20 FEET TO THE POINT AND
 PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   BEARINGS GIVEN IN THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION REFER TO THE MAGNETIC MERIDIAN
 AS OF NOVEMBER, 1970.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.