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- Referred to investigations and government operations
- Referred to investigations and government operations
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Requires the state liquor authority to make available on its automated public license query website and database information pertaining to any conditions it imposes
In Senate Committee · Investigations And Government Operations · Sponsor Deborah Glick
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Title of bill
An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to requiring the state liquor authority to make available on its automated public license query website and database information pertaining to any conditions it imposes on a licensed premises
Purpose
To insure that the State Liquor Authority (SLA) maintains on its website public information regarding the method of operations of establishments under its jurisdiction.
Summary of provisions
Section One of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new section 110-c to create a public license query website and database which, in addition to the information currently available to the public on such website, contain information pertaining to any conditions it imposes on premises holding a license issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter, including but not limited to information pertaining to the hours during which the licensed premises is allowed to operate, the maximum permitted occupancy of the licensed premises and any special conditions imposed by the authority on the licensed premises.
Justification
On-premises licenses issued by the State Liquor Authority list details of the "Method of Operation" of the premises, including: days and hours of operation, whether live music or dancing is permitted, if the premises includes an outside area, etc. Disturbingly, there is no repository of information where members of the public can access this Method of Operation information. As a result, local residents, businesses and other interested parties have no way of determining the specifics of an SLA on-premises license, for example, what hours the establishment is permitted to stay open or whether anything other than background music - such as a disc jockey - is permitted. The only option for the public to learn this information is through filing a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request, which is a time consuming and lengthy process.
Equally troubling is that local police precincts do not have the details of SLA on-premises licenses either. This means that when the police answer a complaint about a noisy bar, there is no way for an officer to determine whether the establishment is in compliance with its on-premises license terms, such as hours of operation or whether it can have a DJ.
The State Liquor Authority has recently taken measures to become more transparent by listing the identity of license holders in local communities on a publicly available website. The next step is to require that the relevant information about these licenses be publicly available on the SLA website as well, and to maintain a continuously updated database.
Legislative history
S.3077 of 2013-2014 (Hoylman): Advanced to Third Reading (2013)/Died in Investigations (2014) A.6073 of 2013-2014 (Glick): Passed Assembly
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become law.
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