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STATE OF NEW YORK _______________________________________________________________________ 2193--A 2001-2002 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 5, 2001 Introduced by Sens. ALESI, MALTESE, McGEE, RATH, VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations, Taxation and Government Operations -- 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 certain violations by retail licensees for on-premises consumption The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:Section 1. Section 106 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6-c to read as follows: 6-c. (a) No retail licensee for on-premises consumption shall suffer, permit or promote an event on its premises wherein the contestants 5 deliver, or are not forbidden by the applicable rules thereof from delivering kicks, punches or blows of any kind to the body of an opponents or opponents, whether or not the event consists of a professional match or exhibition, and whether or not the event or any such act, or both, is done for compensation. (b) The prohibition contained in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,however, shall not be applied to any professional match or exhibition which consists of boxing, sparring, wrestling, or martial arts and which is excepted from the definition of the term "combative sport" contained in subdivision one of section five-a of chapter nine hundred twelve of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty, as added by chapter fourteen of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-seven. (c) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a violation of this subdivision shall constitute an adequate ground for instituting a proceeding to suspend, cancel or revoke the license of the violator in accordance with the applicable procedures specified in section one hundred nineteen of this article

NEW YORK STATE SENATE INTRODUCER'S MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT submitted in accordance with Senate Rule VI. Sec 1 BILL NUMBER: S2193A SPONSOR: ALESI
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to certain violations by retail licensees for on-premises consumption PURPOSE: This bill prohibits an establishment holding a liquor license from promoting or permitting an event or exhibition where contestants are permitted to fight one another whether or not the contestant is compensated in any way. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: amends the alcohol and beverage control law, adding a new subdivision 6-c a) to prohibit a bar or tavern from holding or promoting an event which would permit contestants to deliver kicks, punches or blows to the body of an opponent or opponents, whether or not the event consists of a professional match or exhibition, and whether or not the event is done for compensation. b) the prohibition in subdivision a) does not apply to any professional match or exhibition which consists of boxing, sparring, wrestling, or martial arts and which is excepted from the definition of "combative sport" contained in subdivision 1 of § 5-a of Chapter 912 of the Laws of 1920, as added by chapter fourteen of the laws of 1997 (unconsolidated laws § 8905-a). c) If a bar or tavern, does permit this type of event, the legislation requires that the establishment's license to sell alcoholic beverages be revoked or suspended. EXISTING LAW: none