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Senate Bill S622

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the sale of wine supplies

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2009-S622 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง63, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S486
2013-2014: S1172
2015-2016: S1656
2017-2018: S4304

2009-S622 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the sale of wine supplies and accessories, including any item utilized for the storage, transport, serving or consumption of wine or for decorative purposes whether sold as single items or combined into a package containing wine or a wine product.

2009-S622 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S622 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   622

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- 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 wine supplies and accessories

  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
and a new subdivision 7 is added 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 glass-
es  designed for the consumption of wine, racks designed for the storage
of wine, and devices designed to minimize oxidation in bottles  of  wine
which  have  been uncorked] SALE OF WINE SUPPLIES AND ACCESSORIES, WHICH
SHALL INCLUDE ANY ITEM UTILIZED FOR THE STORAGE, TRANSPORT,  SERVING  OR
CONSUMPTION  OF  WINE  OR FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES WHETHER SOLD AS SINGLE
ITEMS OR COMBINED INTO A PACKAGE CONTAINING  WINE  OR  A  WINE  PRODUCT,
shall  not constitute engaging in another business within the meaning of
this subdivision.
  7. NO LICENSEE MAY BE ASSESSED A CIVIL  PENALTY  FOR  A  VIOLATION  OF
SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF  THIS SECTION, UNLESS THEY HAVE FIRST BEEN GIVEN A
WRITTEN WARNING FROM THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY, AFFORDING THEM NO  LESS  THAN
THIRTY DAYS NOTICE WITHIN WHICH TO CEASE ENGAGING IN OTHER BUSINESSES ON
THE  LICENSED  PREMISES. SUCH WARNING SHALL ENUMERATE THE SPECIFIC ITEMS
WHICH MUST BE REMOVED TO COMPLY WITH SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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