What's happening
This bill authorizes temporary licenses for beer and wine sales at events leading up to festivals, carnivals, and parades.
Why it matters
Expands opportunities for local fundraising and community engagement. by allowing festival, carnival, and parade organizations to sell beer and wine at related events over multiple weekends, potentially increasing event revenue and participation.
Provides a clear regulatory framework. for temporary alcohol sales at these events, including local input on permit conditions and procedures for revoking permits based on complaints from authorities or community groups, which can help address safety and quality-of-life concerns.
Limits the scope and duration of alcohol sales. through specific rules: licenses are valid only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays over a six-week period, and expire after 18 days, aiming to balance economic benefits with public health and neighborhood impacts.
Establishes a five-year trial period. for these temporary licenses, allowing the state and local stakeholders to evaluate the effects and effectiveness of the policy before it becomes permanent.
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Who cares
Festival, carnival and parade participant organizations
Eligible groups could obtain a $100 permit to sell beer and wine at lead-up events on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays over six consecutive weeks, for up to 18 days.
State Liquor Authority
The authority would issue the temporary permits and develop rules governing their use and revocation.
Local police, governmental agencies and civic associations
Their complaints could provide a basis for permit revocation under procedures established by the authority.
Local communities and carnival associations
They would be consulted on permit rules, which could include conditions specific to a New York City borough, county or community board.
Headline styles
Allow Temporary Carnival Alcohol Permits
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to economic development
- Referred to economic development
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
495
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the issuance of temporary carnival licenses; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new section 97-b to read as follows:
§ 97-b. Temporary carnival license. 1. The liquor authority is hereby authorized to issue temporary permits for a period not to exceed eighteen days to authorize the sale of beer and wine at associated events leading up to festivals, carnivals and parades within the hours fixed by or pursuant to subdivision five of section one hundred six of this chapter, provided, however, the duration of the temporary carnival license shall be measured over a period of six consecutive weeks, during which such temporary carnival license shall only be valid on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of each week. The fee for such permit shall be one hundred dollars. Such permit and the exercise of the privilege granted thereby shall be subject to such rules of the liquor authority as it deems necessary.
2. Such rules shall include procedures for revocation of a permit based on complaints from a governmental agency, local police, or civic association, and shall be developed in consultation with local communities, carnival associations and may include conditions specific to a borough, county, or community board in the city of New York.
3. The liquor authority is hereby authorized to issue such temporary permits to groups or organizations who are registered as festival, carnival or parade participants or designated or acknowledged by the prime sponsor of such festival, carnival or parade. The official prime
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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sponsor shall be the entity holding the permit or official documentation authorizing such festival, carnival or parade.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the forty-fifth day after it shall have become a law and shall expire five years after such effective date when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed repealed. 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.
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