File #: Int 0443-2006    Version: * Name: Requiring certain employees of cabarets and public dance halls to receive employment related training.
Type: Introduction Status: Filed
Committee: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: 9/27/2006
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring certain employees of cabarets and public dance halls to receive employment related training.
Sponsors: Christine C. Quinn, Peter F. Vallone, Jr., Leroy G. Comrie, Jr., Melinda R. Katz, Gale A. Brewer, Alan J. Gerson, Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., Simcha Felder, Lewis A. Fidler, Vincent J. Gentile, Sara M. Gonzalez, Letitia James, G. Oliver Koppell, John C. Liu, Darlene Mealy, Michael C. Nelson, Annabel Palma, James Sanders, Jr., Helen Sears, Kendall Stewart, David I. Weprin, Thomas White, Jr., Melissa Mark-Viverito, James S. Oddo
Council Member Sponsors: 24
Attachments: 1. Press Release, 2. Committee Report 10/18/06, 3. Hearing Transcript 10/18/06
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Int. No. 443

By The Speaker (Council Member Quinn) and Council Members Vallone Jr., Comrie, Katz, Brewer, Gerson, Recchia Jr., Felder, Fidler, Gentile, Gonzalez, James, Koppell, Liu, Mealy, Nelson, Palma, Sanders Jr., Sears, Stewart, Weprin, White Jr., Mark-Viverito and Oddo

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring certain employees of cabarets and public dance halls to receive employment related training. 

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1.   Subchapter 20 of title 20 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 20-360.4 to read as follows:

§20-360.4  Employee training required.  Every employee of a cabaret or public dance hall engaged in service of alcohol or security and every managerial employee must complete a department-approved training course, the contents of which shall include but are not limited to the identification of underage drinkers, techniques for handling intoxicated persons, and the laws and liabilities associated with the illegal service of alcoholic beverages.  Every person who completes such a training course will receive a certificate of completion, which will remain valid for two years.  The commissioner shall establish and maintain a list of department-approved training courses and shall make such list available to all licensed cabarets and public dance halls.

a.  The cabaret or public dance hall shall require that (a) all new employees have a valid training certification upon the commencement of employment or (b) all new employees obtain a valid training certification within 60 days of the commencement of employment.  The cabaret or public dance hall shall maintain a copy of all employees’ training certifications on premises.

b. The requirements set forth under this section shall not apply to an establishment that functions primarily as a restaurant during all hours of operation, as determined by rule of the commissioner.

§2.  This local law shall take effect six months after its enactment; provided that the relevant city agencies shall take all necessary steps, including but not limited to the promulgation of rules, to ensure the prompt implementation of this local law upon its effective date.