STATE OF NEW YORK
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Cal. No. 155
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, GALLIVAN, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investi-
gations and Government Operations -- reported favorably from said
committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the
state policy with regard to alcoholic beverages
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended
2 by chapter 111 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 2. Policy of state and purpose of chapter. It is hereby declared as
4 the policy of the state that it is necessary to regulate and control the
5 manufacture, sale and distribution within the state of alcoholic bever-
6 ages for the purpose of fostering and promoting temperance in their
7 consumption and respect for and obedience to law[.]; for the primary
8 purpose of promoting the health, welfare and safety of the people of the
9 state, promoting temperance in the consumption of alcoholic beverages;
10 and, to the extent possible, supporting economic growth, job develop-
11 ment, and the state's alcoholic beverage production industries and its
12 tourism and recreation industry; and which promotes the conservation and
13 enhancement of state agricultural lands; provided that such activities
14 do not conflict with the primary regulatory objectives of this chapter.
15 It is hereby declared that such [policy] policies will best be carried
16 out by empowering the liquor authority of the state to determine whether
17 public convenience and advantage will be promoted by the issuance of
18 licenses to traffic in alcoholic beverages, the increase or decrease in
19 the number thereof and the location of premises licensed thereby,
20 subject only to the right of judicial review [hereinafter] provided for
21 in this chapter. It is the purpose of this chapter to carry out [that
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 policy] these policies in the public interest. [The restrictions, regu-
2 lations and provisions contained in this chapter are enacted by the
3 legislature for the protection, health, welfare and safety of the people
4 of the state.]
5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
6 it shall have become a law.
