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Assembly Bill A4449

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes liquor retailers to sell or have for sale gift bags

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2009-A4449 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Laws Affected:
Amd §63, ABC L

2009-A4449 - Summary

Authorizes liquor retailers to sell or have for sale gift bags.

2009-A4449 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4449

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. REILLY, BRODSKY, CANESTRARI, ABBATE, DESTITO,
  FIELDS, MILLMAN, COLTON, DelMONTE, CHRISTENSEN, BRADLEY, SCHROEDER  --
  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.   BRENNAN, GALEF, GOTTFRIED, JOHN,
  MAGEE, MAISEL,  McENENY,  O'DONNELL,  PHEFFER,  SCARBOROUGH,  SWEENEY,
  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Economic
  Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry

AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
  authorizing  liquor retailers to sell or have for sale wine and spirit
  gift bags and gift baskets

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  63 of the alcoholic beverage
control law, as amended by chapter 603 of the laws of 1992,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  4.  No licensee under this section shall be engaged in any other busi-
ness on the licensed premises. The sale of lottery  tickets,  when  duly
authorized and lawfully conducted, the sale of corkscrews or the sale of
ice  or  the  sale  of  publications, including prerecorded video and/or
audio cassette tapes, designed to help educate consumers in their  know-
ledge  and appreciation of wine and wine products, as defined in section
three of this chapter,  or  the  sale  of  non-carbonated,  non-flavored
mineral waters, spring waters and drinking waters or the sale of glasses
designed  for the consumption of wine, racks designed for the storage of
wine, OR THE SALE OF GIFT BAGS  AND  GIFT  BASKETS  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
LIMITED  TO,  SHOT  GLASSES, SINGLE MALT SCOTCH GLASSES, GRAPPA GLASSES,
DECANTERS AND OTHER GLASSWARE RELATED TO THE CONSUMPTION  AND  ENJOYMENT
OF  WINE  AND  SPIRITS  and  devices  designed  to minimize oxidation in
bottles of wine which have been uncorked, shall not constitute  engaging
in another business within the meaning of this subdivision.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07223-01-9

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2009-A4449A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Laws Affected:
Amd §63, ABC L

2009-A4449A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes liquor retailers to sell or have for sale gift bags.

2009-A4449A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A4449A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 4449--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. REILLY, BRODSKY, CANESTRARI, ABBATE, DESTITO,
  FIELDS, MILLMAN, COLTON, DelMONTE,  CHRISTENSEN,  BRADLEY,  SCHROEDER,
  KOON,  TITONE,  ZEBROWSKI,  LUPARDO  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BRENNAN, CAHILL,  EDDINGTON,  GALEF,  GOTTFRIED,  HYER-SPENCER,  JOHN,
  MAGEE,  MAISEL,  McENENY,  O'DONNELL,  PHEFFER,  RUSSELL, SCARBOROUGH,
  SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
  Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, in relation to
  authorizing liquor retailers to sell or have for sale gift bags

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  63 of the alcoholic beverage
control law, as amended by chapter 603 of the laws of 1992,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  4.  No licensee under this section shall be engaged in any other busi-
ness on the licensed premises. The sale of lottery  tickets,  when  duly
authorized and lawfully conducted, the sale of corkscrews or the sale of
ice  or  the  sale  of  publications, including prerecorded video and/or
audio cassette tapes, designed to help educate consumers in their  know-
ledge  and appreciation of wine and wine products, as defined in section
three of this chapter,  or  the  sale  of  non-carbonated,  non-flavored
mineral waters, spring waters and drinking waters or the sale of glasses
designed  for the consumption of wine, racks designed for the storage of
wine, OR THE SALE OF GIFT BAGS and devices designed to  minimize  oxida-
tion  in  bottles of wine which have been uncorked, shall not constitute
engaging in another business within the meaning of this subdivision.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07223-02-9

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