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S443Senate2015-2016 Session

Provides for the location and layout of premises of licensed retailers

Sponsor Patrick M. GallivanSD-59Affects Economy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Economic Development
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

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Primary sponsor
Patrick M. Gallivan

Senator · Senate District 59

Chair, Crime Victims, Crime And Correction

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History

  1. Referred to economic development
  2. Delivered to assembly
  3. Passed senateVote 61–0
  4. Ordered to third reading cal.1601
  5. Committee discharged and committed to rules
  6. Referred to investigations and government operations
  7. Referred to investigations and government operations

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Sponsor's memo

Title of bill

An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to provisions governing the location and layout of premises of licensed retailers

Purpose

This bill will provide more flexibility to business owners in designing the layout of a liquor store.

Summary of provisions

Section 1. Amends subdivisions 2 and 10 of section 105 of the alcoholic beverage control law, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 536 of the laws of 1966 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 10 as amended by chapter 679 of the laws of 1950 by no longer limiting a liquor store to two entrances and no longer limiting the location of a liquor store's primary entrance to the street level.

Section 2. Effective date.

Existing law

Current law requires that the entrances to a liquor store are at the street level and limits the number of entrances to two.

Justification

This is an archaic law that was put into place immediately after prohibition, when suspicions of criminal activity were warranted. Today, the sale of liquor is part of a mature and legitimate industry where such scrupulous regulations are no longer necessary. This bill ensures that liquor stores are still regulated, without strictly limiting the locations where entrepreneurs can chose to locate their stores.

Legislative history

2013-14: S.762 Committed to Rules

Fiscal implications

None.

Effective date

Immediately.

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