Section 67. License fees, duration of licenses; fee for part of year

Effective April first, nineteen hundred  eighty-three,  licenses  issued
  pursuant  to  sections  sixty-one,  sixty-two,  sixty-three, sixty-four,
  sixty-four-a and sixty-four-b of this article  shall  be  effective  for
  three years at three times that annual fee, except that, in implementing
  the  purposes  of  this section, the liquor authority shall schedule the
  commencement dates, duration and expiration dates thereof to provide for
  an equal cycle of  license  renewals  issued  under  each  such  section
  through  the  course  of  the  fiscal  year.  Effective  December first,
  nineteen hundred ninety-eight,  licenses  issued  pursuant  to  sections
  sixty-four,  sixty-four-a  and  sixty-four-b  of  this  article shall be
  effective for two years at two times that annual fee,  except  that,  in
  implementing  the  purposes  of this section, the liquor authority shall
  schedule the commencement dates, duration and expiration  dates  thereof
  to provide for an equal cycle of license renewals issued under each such
  section  through  the  course  of  the  fiscal year. Notwithstanding the
  foregoing, commencing on December first, nineteen  hundred  ninety-eight
  and concluding on July thirty-first, two thousand two, a licensee issued
  a  license  pursuant to section sixty-four, sixty-four-a or sixty-four-b
  of this article may elect to remit the fee for  such  license  in  equal
  annual installments. Such installments shall be due on dates established
  by  the  liquor authority and the failure of a licensee to have remitted
  such annual installments after a due date shall be a violation  of  this
  chapter.  For  licenses  issued  for  less than the three-year licensing
  period, the license fee shall be levied on a pro-rated basis. The entire
  license fee shall be due and payable at the  time  of  application.  The
  liquor  authority  may  make such rules as shall be appropriate to carry
  out the purpose of this section.