New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 1 - Executive Orders (Nelson A. Rockefeller) › Section 1.14 - Executive Order No. 14: [Appointing commissioners to examine laws with respect to sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages.]

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING:
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Law was enacted in 1934,
					 following closely the national repeal of the prohibition against the sale and
					 distribution of alcoholic beverages.
Although there have been periodic, piecemeal amendments to
					 the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law since its enactment, there has been no major
					 reappraisal and revision of the Law in the light of experience and current
					 social and economic conditions.
To maintain public confidence in the operation of the
					 Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, I deem it to be in the public interest to make
					 provision for a thorough study and reappraisal of the Law, with respect to the
					 sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages in the State.
NOW, THEREFORE, I Nelson A. Rockefeller, pursuant to
					 Section six  of the Executive Law, have appointed and by these presents do
					 appoint Lawrence E. Walsh, Chairman; William C. Warren; and Manly Fleischmann,
					 as Commissioners to study and reappraise existing provisions of the Alcoholic
					 Beverage Control Law; to examine and investigate the adequacy and effectiveness
					 of existing laws, rules, regulations, practices and procedures with respect to
					 the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages, including the licensing,
					 supervision and control thereof by State and local authorities and the methods
					 and practices of manufacturers, distributors and retailers of alcoholic
					 beverages in the State; and to recommend any revisions necessary or desirable
					 to strengthen and improve such laws, rules, regulations, practices and
					 procedures.
The Commissioners are herby empowered to subpoena and
					 enforce the attendance of witnesses, to administer oaths and examine witnesses
					 under oath and to require the production of any books, records or papers deemed
					 relevant or material, and I hereby grant to the Commissioners all and singular
					 the powers and authorities which may be granted to a person appointed by me for
					 such purposes under authority of Section six  of the Executive Law. The powers
					 hereby conferred may be exercised by the Commissioners jointly as well as
					 severally.
Every State department, division, board, bureau and agency
					 shall provide to the Commissioners every assistance, facility and cooperation
					 which may be proper or desirable for the accomplishment of the purposes for
					 which the Commissioners are hereby appointed.
The mayors or other chief executive officers of all
					 counties, cities, towns, and villages, district attorneys for each of the
					 counties in the State, the sheriffs in such counties, the commissioners of
					 police or persons having comparable titles or duties exercising supervision of
					 police forces within the State, the chairman and members of the State Liquor
					 Authority, and the chairman and members of all local Alcoholic Beverage Control
					 Boards organized or operating pursuant to the provisions of the Alcoholic
					 Beverage Control Law or any other laws relating to the sale and distribution of
					 alcoholic beverages are called upon to cooperate to make available every
					 reasonable facility and assistance to the Commissioners in the performance of
					 their duties.
Signed: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Dated: February 15, 1963