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A4530Assembly2019-2020 Session

Bars Must Offer Breathalyzers

Official title

“Relates to requiring certain establishments which sell liquor to have devices which measure blood alcohol content”

Sponsor Vivian CookAD-32+6 co-sponsorsAffects Economy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Economic Development
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Economic Development

What's happening

This bill requires bars and restaurants to provide free, accessible blood alcohol content measuring devices for patrons' use.

Why it matters

  1. Empowers patrons to make informed decisions about their sobriety. by providing on-site, cost-free access to blood alcohol content (BAC) measuring devices, potentially reducing impaired driving and related accidents.

  2. Shifts some responsibility to alcohol-serving establishments. to actively participate in public safety efforts, potentially affecting their liability, insurance, and operational procedures.

  3. Requires proof of BAC device availability for license renewal. , meaning that bars and restaurants must comply or risk losing their ability to serve alcohol, creating a new regulatory compliance standard for the hospitality industry.

  4. May influence social drinking culture. by normalizing routine BAC checks, potentially encouraging more responsible consumption and peer accountability among patrons.

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Bars Must Offer Breathalyzers

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Vivian Cook

Assembly Member · Assembly District 32

History

  1. Referred to economic development
  2. Referred to economic development

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

4530

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 4, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SIMON -read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development

AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to requiring retail licensees for on-premises consumption to maintain devices which measure blood alcohol content for optional use by patrons

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 106 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new subdivision 18 to read as follows:

18. Each retail licensee for on-premises consumption shall keep and maintain upon the licensed premises a device approved by the authority which measures blood alcohol content. Such device shall be located in any area easily accessible to patrons and shall be made available for use by patrons at no charge.

§ 2. Section 109 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:

3. Any renewal of a license to sell at retail for on-premises consumption shall be accompanied by proof that such premises is equipped with a device to measure blood alcohol content pursuant to section one hundred six of this article.

§ 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD08045-01-9

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