What's happening
This bill requires applicants for a section 51-a alcohol license to notify the local municipality before filing their application.
Why it matters
Expands Local Awareness and Oversight. By requiring applicants for a section 51-a alcohol license to notify the local municipality, the bill gives local governments earlier notice and greater ability to monitor and potentially respond to new alcohol-related businesses in their communities.
Promotes Community Input. This change allows municipalities—and by extension, residents—more time to raise concerns or support about a new license application, potentially influencing whether or how a license is granted.
Aligns 51-a Licenses with Other Alcohol Licenses. Section 51-a license applicants will now face the same notification requirements as other types of alcohol license holders, creating consistency in the application process and ensuring all types of alcohol-serving establishments are subject to similar scrutiny.
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- Referred to economic development
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3695
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 30, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to requiring applicants for a license pursuant to section 51-a of the alcoholic beverage control law to notify the municipality in which the premises is located of the applicant's intent to file such application
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of subdivision 1 of section 110-b of the alcoholic beverage control law, paragraphs (a) and (b) as amended and paragraphs (c) and (d) as added by chapter 560 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as follows:
(a) for a license issued pursuant to section fifty-one-a, fifty-five, fifty-five-a, sixty-four, sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, sixty-four-d, eighty-one or eighty-one-a of this chapter;
(b) for a renewal under section one hundred nine of this [chapter] article of a license issued pursuant to section fifty-one-a, fifty-five, fifty-five-a, sixty-four, sixty-four-a, sixty-four-c, sixty-four-d, eighty-one or eighty-one-a of this chapter if the premises is located within the city of New York;
(c) for approval of an alteration under section ninety-nine-d of this chapter if the premises is located within the city of New York and licensed pursuant to section fifty-one-a, fifty-five, fifty-five-a, sixty-four, sixty-four-a, sixty-four-c, sixty-four-d, eighty-one or eighty-one-a of this chapter; or
(d) for approval of a substantial corporate change under section ninety-nine-d of this chapter if the premises is located within the city of New York and licensed pursuant to section fifty-one-a, fifty-five, fifty-five-a, sixty-four, sixty-four-a, sixty-four-c, sixty-four-d, eighty-one or eighty-one-a of this chapter.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06597-01-7
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