STATE OF NEW YORK
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6256--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 19, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
opment and Small Business -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
temporary manufacturing permits; and to repeal certain provisions of
such law relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 76-b of the alcoholic beverage control law is
2 REPEALED.
3 § 2. Subdivision 1-b of section 83 of the alcoholic beverage control
4 law is REPEALED.
5 § 3. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new
6 section 97-c to read as follows:
7 § 97-c. Temporary manufacturing permit. 1. Any person may apply to the
8 liquor authority for a temporary permit to operate any alcoholic bever-
9 age manufacturing facility as may be licensed under this chapter. Such
10 application shall be in writing and verified and shall contain informa-
11 tion as the liquor authority shall require. Such application shall be
12 accompanied by a check or draft in the amount of one hundred twenty-five
13 dollars for such permit.
14 2. Upon application, the liquor authority may issue such temporary
15 permit when:
16 (a) the applicant has a manufacturing license application at the same
17 premises pending before the liquor authority, together with all required
18 filing and license fees; and
19 (b) the applicant has obtained and provided evidence of all permits,
20 licenses and other documents necessary for the operation of such a busi-
21 ness; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (c) any current license in effect at the premises has been surrendered
2 or placed in safekeeping, or has been deemed abandoned by the authority.
3 3. The liquor authority in granting such permit shall ensure that:
4 (a) issuance of the permit will not inordinately hinder the operation
5 or effective administration of this chapter; and
6 (b) the applicant would in all likelihood be able to ultimately obtain
7 the manufacturing license being applied for; and
8 (c) the applicant has substantially complied with the requirements
9 necessary to obtain such license.
10 4. The application for a permit shall be approved or denied by the
11 liquor authority within forty-five days after the receipt of such appli-
12 cation.
13 5. A temporary permit shall authorize the permittee to operate a manu-
14 facturing facility for the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages
15 according to the laws applicable to the type of manufacturing license
16 being applied for.
17 6. Such temporary permit shall remain in effect for six months or
18 until the manufacturing license being applied for is approved and the
19 license granted, whichever is shorter. Such permit may be extended at
20 the discretion of the liquor authority for additional three-month peri-
21 ods of time upon payment of an additional fee of fifty dollars for each
22 such extension.
23 7. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a temporary
24 permit may be summarily cancelled or suspended at any time if the liquor
25 authority determines that good cause for cancellation or suspension
26 exists. The liquor authority shall promptly notify the permittee in
27 writing of such cancellation or suspension and shall set forth the
28 reasons for such action.
29 8. The liquor authority in reviewing such application shall review the
30 entire record and grant the temporary permit unless good cause is other-
31 wise shown. A decision on an application shall be based on substantial
32 evidence in the record and supported by a preponderance of the evidence
33 in favor of the applicant.
34 § 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
35 have become a law; provided, however, that upon effect, any valid permit
36 issued under section 76-b of the alcoholic beverage control law shall
37 remain in effect according to the terms of section 76-b of the alcoholic
38 beverage control law as if such section had not been repealed, and
39 provided further, any application duly submitted prior to the effective
40 date of this act and not yet acted upon shall be processed as if such
41 section had not been repealed, and if such application is approved, any
42 permit issued shall remain in effect according to the terms of section
43 76-b of the alcoholic beverage control law as if such section had not
44 been repealed.
