STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1469

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Economic Development

        AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
          prohibiting  the  state  liquor  authority  from conditioning a liquor
          license based on a cabaret law that  has  been  repealed  by  a  local
          jurisdiction

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

     1    Section 1. Section 114  of  the  alcoholic  beverage  control  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7. The liquor authority shall not deny an application for a license or
     4  for  renewal of a license pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or
     5  impose a condition on the issuance of such license, including  requiring
     6  the  applicant  to apply for a cabaret license, based upon a cabaret law
     7  that has been repealed by a local jurisdiction  or  where  local  zoning
     8  laws  do not specifically prohibit dancing or music, or require issuance
     9  of a permit to allow such activity.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04061-01-1