Makes it lawful for a person to possess an open container of alcohol and consume alcohol in public in municipalities in which bars and/or restaurants are not operating at full capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10695
IN ASSEMBLY
July 1, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Carroll) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT in relation to making it lawful for a person to possess an open
container of alcohol and to consume alcohol in public in munici-
palities in which bars and/or restaurants are not operating at full
capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other general, special or local law,
2 rule or regulation, code, ordinance or city charter to the contrary, in
3 any municipality of the state in which bars and/or restaurants are
4 unable to operate at full capacity because of restrictions put in place
5 due to the state disaster emergency declared by executive order number
6 202, and any further amendments or modifications thereto, it shall be
7 lawful for a person to:
8 (a) possess an open container of alcohol in public; and
9 (b) consume alcohol in public.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
11 this act shall be subject to the expiration of the state disaster emer-
12 gency declared for the entire state by executive order number 202 and
13 any further amendments or modifications, and as may be further extended
14 pursuant to section 28 of the executive law, and shall be deemed to
15 expire and be repealed therewith; provided, further, that the attorney
16 general shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the
17 occurrence of the expiration of the state disaster emergency declared by
18 executive order number 202 and any further amendments or modifications,
19 and as may be further extended pursuant to section 28 of the executive
20 law, in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely
21 effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New
22 York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the
23 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16497-02-0