New York S 663: Removes the requirement of the state liquor authority to have not more than two members of the authority belong to the same political party

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S00663 Summary:

BILL NOS00663 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07535

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §11, ABC L

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Removes the requirement of the state liquor authority to have not more than two members of the authority belong to the same political party.

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BILL NOS00663 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

03/17/20251ST REPORT CAL.550

03/18/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/19/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

03/10/20261ST REPORT CAL.526

03/11/20262ND REPORT CAL.

03/12/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 663

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
 removing the requirement of the state liquor authority to have not
 more than two members of the authority belong to the same political
 party

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

 1 Section 1. Section 11 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2011, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 § 11. Appointment of authority. The members of the authority shall be
 5 appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the
 6 senate. [Not more than two members of the authority shall belong to the
 7 same political party.] The [chairman] chairperson of the state alcoholic
 8 beverage control board heretofore appointed and designated by the gover-
 9 nor and the remaining members of such board heretofore appointed by the
 10 governor shall continue to serve as [chairman] chairperson and members
 11 of the authority until the expiration of the respective terms for which
 12 they were appointed. Upon the expiration of such respective terms the
 13 successors of such [chairman] chairperson and members shall be appointed
 14 to serve for a term of three years each and until their successors have
 15 been appointed and qualified. The commissioners, other than the [chair-
 16 man] chairperson shall, when performing the work of the authority, be
 17 compensated at a rate of two hundred sixty dollars per day, together
 18 with an allowance for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
 19 discharge of their duties. The [chairman] chairperson shall receive an
 20 annual salary established in section one hundred sixty-nine of the exec-
 21 utive law.
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02199-01-5

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