Prohibits the liquor authority from revoking, suspending, or canceling a retail licensee's license without a hearing when the holder of the license was issued a summons for a violation that is unrelated to the sale or consumption of alcohol on premises.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7269
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 21, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
prohibiting the liquor authority from revoking, suspending, or cancel-
ing certain liquor licenses without a hearing
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 119 of the alcoholic beverage control law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
3 3-a. The liquor authority shall not revoke, suspend, or cancel the
4 license of a retail licensee for on-premises consumption that was issued
5 a summons for a violation that is unrelated to the sale or consumption
6 of alcohol on the premises of such licensee without providing the licen-
7 see a hearing or other opportunity to be heard on why such license
8 should not be revoked, suspended, or canceled. If a hearing is not
9 provided to such licensee within thirty days of service of such summons,
10 the liquor authority shall not take any further action to revoke,
11 suspend, or cancel such license until such summons has been adjudicated
12 in court.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
14 summons issued on or after such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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