Proposed Rewrite of the ABC Law on a Policy-Neutral Basis

Proposed Rewrite of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law on a Policy-Neutral Basis

Governor Hochul, in her 2023 State of the State, has directed the State Liquor Authority (SLA) to undertake a review of the structure of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law and to put forth a rewrite on a policy-neutral basis. 

The goal of this rewrite is to leave the substance unchanged but to make this chapter of law more structurally coherent and thereby more accessible to businesses subject to regulation and to practitioners in the field.   We think you will find this newly restructured chapter above all readable and logical in its form and greatly easier to navigate. 

Please send any comments on this draft to [email protected]