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2004 NY Att'y Gen. Rep. & Op. 1 (2004)

handle is hein.nyattgen/nysag0119 and id is 1 raw text is: OPINIONS
OF THE NEW YORK STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Opn. No. F 2004-1
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL LAW §§3, 64,64-a, 141; COUNTY
LAW §101(2); GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §350(2); MUNICIPAL
HOME RULE LAW §§23(1), 24(1)(a); TOWN LAW §§11, 12; VILLAGE
LAW §19-1900; L. 1964, CH. 531, §19; L. 1900, CH. 367, §3; L. 1934, CH.
478, §§2, 141; L. 1933, CH. 180; L. 1933, CH. 180, §111; L. 1921, CH. 155,
§2; L. 1917, CH. 624, §15; L. 1896, CH. 112, §16.
When a vote in a town on the question of whether to allow a
particular type of retail sale of alcoholic beverages results in an equal
number of affirmative and negative votes, the proposal passes.
You have requested an opinion as to the types of retail
alcoholic beverage sales that are now permitted in the town
of Spencer, a dry town in which no retail sales were permit-
ted whatsoever, following a recent vote pursuant to Alcoholic
Beverage Control (ABC) Law §141. This section permits a
town to hold a referendum to allow the voters of the town to
determine whether the town will allow the sale of alcohol
within its boundaries. See ABC Law §141. It also specifies
the language to be submitted to the voters in such a referen-
dum. See id. No license may be issued contrary to such vote.
See id. §141(3).
Pursuant to this provision, the voters of the town of
Spencer considered whether to allow the sale of alcohol
within the town's boundaries in the election of November
2003. They were presented with the following questions on
the ballot:

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