Senate Bill S677

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Permits persons licensed to sell wine at retail for consumption on the premises to sell certain low alcohol beverages

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S677 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A711
Current Committee:
Senate Codes
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §81, ABC L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S4242, A160

2009-S677 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits persons licensed to sell wine at retail for consumption on the premises to sell certain low alcohol beverages that contain not more than twenty-four per centum alcohol, by volume, and that are produced from agricultural products.

2009-S677 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S677 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   677

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  LARKIN,  BONACIC, GRIFFO, LANZA, LITTLE, MAZIARZ,
  SALAND, SEWARD, WINNER -- read twice and  ordered  printed,  and  when
  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
  opment and Small Business

AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation  to  the
  sale of certain low alcohol beverages at retail for consumption on the
  premises

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of  section  81  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
control  law,  as amended by chapter 627 of the laws of 2002, is amended
to read as follows:
  3. Such license shall in form and in substance be  a  license  to  the
person specifically licensed to sell wine at retail, to be consumed upon
the  premises. Such license shall also be deemed to include a license to
sell beer and [soju] CERTAIN LOW ALCOHOL LIQUORS,  SPIRITS,  DISTILLATES
AND  OTHER  ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGES at retail to be consumed under the same
terms and conditions without the payment of any additional fee. [For the
purposes of this subdivision, "soju" shall mean an imported Korean alco-
holic beverage that contains not more than twenty-four per centum  alco-
hol,  by  volume,  and  is  derived from agricultural products.] FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "CERTAIN  LOW  ALCOHOL  LIQUORS,  SPIRITS,
DISTILLATES AND OTHER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES" SHALL MEAN ANY LIQUORS, SPIR-
ITS,  DISTILLATES  AND  OTHER  ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THAT CONTAIN NOT MORE
THAN TWENTY-FOUR PER CENTUM ALCOHOL, BY VOLUME, THAT  ARE  DERIVED  FROM
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall  have  become a law; provided however, that any rules or regu-
lations necessary to implement this  act  shall  be  promulgated  on  or
before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00699-01-9

              

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