Bill Text: NY S03108 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Reduces the annual fee for a license to sell liquor at retail to be consumed on the premises in cities having a population of more than 100,000 and less than one million which are outside of the county of Erie.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-12 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S03108 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03108-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3108
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 8, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
         opment and Small Business
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, in relation to
         license fees
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  66 of the alcoholic beverage
    2  control law, as amended by section 3 of part Z of chapter 85 of the laws
    3  of 2002, is amended to read as follows:
    4    4. The annual fee for a license, under section  sixty-four  or  sixty-
    5  four-a  OF  THIS ARTICLE, to sell liquor at retail to be consumed on the
    6  premises where sold shall be twenty-one hundred seventy-six  dollars  in
    7  the counties of New York, Kings, Bronx and Queens; fifteen hundred thir-
    8  ty-six  dollars  in  the county of Richmond and in cities having a popu-
    9  lation of more than one hundred thousand and less than one million WHICH
   10  ARE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY OF ERIE; twelve  hundred  sixteen  dollars  in
   11  cities having a population of more than fifty thousand and less than one
   12  hundred  thousand; and the sum of eight hundred ninety-six dollars else-
   13  where; except that the license fees for catering establishments shall be
   14  two-thirds the license fee specified herein and for clubs, except lunch-
   15  eon clubs and golf clubs, shall be seven hundred fifty dollars in  coun-
   16  ties  of  New York, Kings, Bronx and Queens; five hundred dollars in the
   17  county of Richmond and in cities having a population of  more  than  one
   18  hundred  thousand and less than one million; three hundred fifty dollars
   19  in cities having a population of more than fifty thousand and less  than
   20  one  hundred  thousand;  and  the sum of two hundred fifty dollars else-
   21  where. The annual fees for luncheon clubs shall be three hundred  seven-
   22  ty-five  dollars, and for golf clubs in the counties of New York, Kings,
   23  Bronx, Queens, Nassau,  Richmond  and  Westchester,  two  hundred  fifty
   24  dollars, and elsewhere one hundred eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07885-01-1
       S. 3108                             2
    1  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, there shall
    2  be no annual fee  for  a  license,  under  section  sixty-four  OF  THIS
    3  ARTICLE,  to  sell liquor at retail to be consumed on the premises where
    4  the  applicant  is  an  organization organized under section two hundred
    5  sixty of the military law and incorporated pursuant to the  not-for-pro-
    6  fit  corporation  law.    Provided, however, that where any premises for
    7  which a license is issued pursuant to section sixty-four or sixty-four-a
    8  of this article remain open only  within  the  period  commencing  April
    9  first  and  ending  October thirty-first of any one year, or only within
   10  the period commencing October first and ending the following April thir-
   11  tieth, the liquor authority may, in its discretion, grant  a  summer  or
   12  winter  license  effective only for such appropriate period of time, for
   13  which a license fee shall be paid to be pro-rated  for  the  period  for
   14  which  such  license is effective, at the rate provided for in the city,
   15  town or village in which such premises are located, except that no  such
   16  license  fee  shall  be less than one-half of the regular annual license
   17  fee; provided further that where the premises to be licensed are a  race
   18  track or a golf course or are licensed pursuant to section sixty-four or
   19  sixty-four-a  of  this  [chapter]  ARTICLE,  the  period  of such summer
   20  license may commence March first and end November thirtieth.
   21    Where a hotel, restaurant, club, golf course or  race  track  is  open
   22  prior to April first and/or subsequent to October thirty-first by reason
   23  of  the issuance of a caterer's permit or permits issued by the authori-
   24  ty, such fact alone shall not affect the eligibility of the premises  or
   25  the person owning or operating such hotel, restaurant, club, golf course
   26  or race track for a summer license.
   27    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
   28  have become a law.