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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 2, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 shar-
         ing gross revenues at stadiums,  arenas  or  other  places  of  enter-
         tainment
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The opening paragraph  of  section  111  of  the  alcoholic
    2  beverage control law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivision 2
    3  is added to read as follows:
    4    2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OF  THE  FOREGOING,  ANY PERSON TO WHICH THE
    5  AUTHORITY ISSUES A LICENSE, PURSUANT TO  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  CHAPTER  ONE
    6  HUNDRED  EIGHTY  OF  THE  LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE, FOR ANY
    7  PREMISES OPERATING AS A STADIUM, ARENA OR PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT  HAVING
    8  A  PERMANENT  SEATING CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS,
    9  IS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED TO SHARE GROSS REVENUES DERIVED FROM THE SALE OF
   10  ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT SUCH STADIUM, ARENA  OR  PLACE  OF  ENTERTAINMENT
   11  WITH  THE OWNER OR OPERATOR OF THE PREMISES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH STADIUM,
   12  ARENA OR PLACE OF ENTERTAINMENT IS LOCATED ON REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE
   13  STATE OF NEW YORK OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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