New York A 3678: Makes various provisions regarding uniform procedures

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A03678 Summary:

BILL NOA03678 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBores

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COSPNSRSimon, Taylor, Brown K

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§64 - 64-d & 105, ABC L

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Relates to extending the two hundred foot rule to certain treatment facilities for mental illness and chemical dependence operating under the mental hygiene law.

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BILL NOA03678 

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01/29/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3678

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 29, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BORES, SIMON, TAYLOR, K. BROWN -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
 extending the two hundred foot rule to certain treatment facilities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (c), (d) and (e) of subdivision 7 of
 2 section 64 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter
 3 463 of the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
 4 (a) on the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of a
 5 building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other
 6 place of worship or as a treatment facility for individuals with mental
 7 illness or chemical dependence operated pursuant to the mental hygiene
 8 law or
 9 (c) the measurements in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision are
 10 to be taken in straight lines from the center of the nearest entrance of
 11 the premises sought to be licensed to the center of the nearest entrance
 12 of such school, church, synagogue or other place of worship or such
 13 treatment facility for individuals with mental illness or chemical
 14 dependence operated pursuant to the mental hygiene law or to the center
 15 of the nearest entrance of each such premises licensed and operating
 16 pursuant to this section and sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b,
 17 sixty-four-c, and/or sixty-four-d of this article; except, however, that
 18 no renewal license shall be denied because of such restriction to any
 19 premises so located which were maintained as a bona fide hotel, restau-
 20 rant, catering establishment or club on or prior to December fifth,
 21 nineteen hundred thirty-three; and, except that no license shall be
 22 denied to any premises at which a license under this chapter has been in
 23 existence continuously from a date prior to the date when a building on
 24 the same street or avenue and within two hundred feet of said premises
 25 has been occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06154-01-5

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 1 place of worship or as a treatment facility; and except that no license
 2 shall be denied to any premises, which is within five hundred feet of
 3 three or more existing premises licensed and operating pursuant to this
 4 section and sections sixty-four-a, sixty-four-b, sixty-four-c, and/or
 5 sixty-four-d of this article, at which a license under this chapter has
 6 been in existence continuously on or prior to November first, nineteen
 7 hundred ninety-three; and except that this subdivision shall not be
 8 deemed to restrict the issuance of a hotel liquor license to a building
 9 used as a hotel and in which a restaurant liquor license currently
 10 exists for premises which serve as a dining room for guests of the hotel
 11 and a caterer's license to a person using the permanent catering facili-
 12 ties of a church, synagogue or other place of worship pursuant to a
 13 written agreement between such person and the authorities in charge of
 14 such facilities. The liquor authority, in its discretion, may authorize
 15 the removal of any such licensed premises to a different location on the
 16 same street or avenue, within two hundred feet of said school, church,
 17 synagogue or other place of worship or treatment facility, prov