The New York City Council - File #: Int 0965-2018

• File #: Int 0965-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Applications for retail dealer licenses for sale of cigarettes or tobacco products.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 6/7/2018
• In control: Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing
• On agenda: 6/7/2018
• Final action: 9/8/2018
• Title: A Local Law in relation to applications for retail dealer licenses for sale of cigarettes or tobacco products
• Sponsors: Rafael L. Espinal, Jr., Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Karen Koslowitz, Joseph C. Borelli
• Indexes: Sunset Date Applies

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/12/2018	A	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
9/8/2018	A	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
8/8/2018	A	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
8/8/2018	A	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
8/7/2018	A	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Approved by Committee	Pass
8/7/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Amended by Committee
8/7/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Hearing Held by Committee
8/7/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Amendment Proposed by Comm
6/21/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Laid Over by Committee
6/21/2018	*	Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing	Hearing Held by Committee
6/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
6/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 965-A

By Council Members Espinal, Ampry-Samuel, Koslowitz and Borelli

Title
A Local Law in relation to applications for retail dealer licenses for sale of cigarettes or tobacco products
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. For 60 days following the effective date of this local law, subparagraph (D) of paragraph 1 of subdivision d of section 20-202 of the administrative code of the city of New York shall not apply to any applicant for a retail dealer license that (i) held a valid and current certificate of registration pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 480-a of the tax law on February 24, 2018 for use at the same address as the premises address provided by the applicant on its retail dealer license application, (ii) has not engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes at any time after February 24, 2015, and (iii) had not applied for a retail dealer license pursuant to subdivision a of section 20-202 of the administrative code of the city of New York at any time after February 24, 2015 and before February 24, 2018. For the purposes of this local law, any applicant that, after February 24, 2015, held a retail dealer license pursuant to subdivision a of section 20-202 of the administrative code of the city of New York or was found to have engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes without such license shall be deemed to have engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes.
? 2. For any violation of subdivision a of section 20-202 of the administrative code of the city of New York issued on or after the effective date of local law 146 for the year 2017 and before 90 days after the effective date of this local law, it shall be an affirmative defense that the person issued the violation (i) applied for a retail dealer license after such effective date, (ii) has not engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes as described in section one of this local law at any time after February 24, 2015, (iii) held a valid and ...