STATE OF NEW YORK
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3959
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 24, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic
Development 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;
10 twelve hundred sixteen dollars in cities having a population of more
11 than fifty thousand and less than one hundred thousand]; and the sum of
12 eight hundred ninety-six dollars elsewhere; except that the license fees
13 for catering establishments shall be two-thirds the license fee speci-
14 fied herein and for clubs, except luncheon clubs and golf clubs, shall
15 be seven hundred fifty dollars in counties of New York, Kings, Bronx and
16 Queens; five hundred dollars in the county of Richmond and in cities
17 having a population of more than one hundred thousand and less than one
18 million; three hundred fifty dollars in cities having a population of
19 more than fifty thousand and less than one hundred thousand; and the sum
20 of two hundred fifty dollars elsewhere. The annual fees for luncheon
21 clubs shall be three hundred seventy-five dollars, and for golf clubs in
22 the counties of New York, Kings, Bronx, Queens, Nassau, Richmond and
23 Westchester, two hundred fifty dollars, and elsewhere one hundred eight-
24 y-seven dollars and fifty cents. Notwithstanding any other provision of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 law to the contrary, there shall be no annual fee for a license, under
2 section sixty-four of this article, to sell liquor at retail to be
3 consumed on the premises where the applicant is an organization organ-
4 ized under section two hundred sixty of the military law and incorpo-
5 rated pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation law. Provided, howev-
6 er, that where any premises for which a license is issued pursuant to
7 section sixty-four or sixty-four-a of this article remain open only
8 within the period commencing April first and ending October thirty-first
9 of any one year, or only within the period commencing October first and
10 ending the following April thirtieth, the liquor authority may, in its
11 discretion, grant a summer or winter license effective only for such
12 appropriate period of time, for which a license fee shall be paid to be
13 pro-rated for the period for which such license is effective, at the
14 rate provided for in the city, town or village in which such premises
15 are located, except that no such license fee shall be less than one-half
16 of the regular annual license fee; provided further that where the prem-
17 ises to be licensed are a race track or a golf course or are licensed
18 pursuant to section sixty-four or sixty-four-a of this [chapter]
19 article, the period of such summer license may commence March first and
20 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 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2016.
