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Assembly Bill A7151

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Permits persons with licenses to sell beer or wine products for consumption off premises to provide beer samples

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2009-A7151 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3246
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง54 & 54-a, ABC L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A4622, S3109

2009-A7151 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits persons with licenses to sell beer or wine products for consumption off premises to provide beer samples in their licensed establishments.

2009-A7151 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7151

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. HOYT -- 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
  permitting licensees to provide beer samples

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

  Section 1. Section 54 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
  6. (A) A LICENSEE OR HIS OR HER EMPLOYEE MAY SERVE AT  THEIR  LICENSED
ESTABLISHMENT  SAMPLES OF BEER OR MALT BEVERAGES HE OR SHE SELLS AT SUCH
ESTABLISHMENT.
  (B) EACH SAMPLE SHALL BE SERVED ONLY BY THE LICENSEE  OR  HIS  OR  HER
EMPLOYEE AND SHALL BE LIMITED TO ONE OUNCE OR LESS OF A BRAND OF BEER OR
MALT BEVERAGE SOLD BY THE LICENSEE AND NO CONSUMER OF LEGAL AGE SHALL BE
PROVIDED  OR  GIVEN  MORE  THAN FOUR SERVINGS OF SUCH SAMPLES IN ANY ONE
DAY.
  (C) A PERSON VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS  SUBDI-
VISION  SHALL BE GUILTY OF A VIOLATION AND SHALL BE SENTENCED IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
  (I) FOR A FIRST VIOLATION, THE COURT SHALL ORDER PAYMENT OF A FINE  OF
NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
  (II)  FOR  A SECOND VIOLATION, THE COURT SHALL ORDER PAYMENT OF A FINE
OF NOT MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
  (III) FOR THIRD AND SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS, THE AUTHORITY MAY  RECOVER,
AS PROVIDED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS CHAPTER, THE PENAL SUM
OF THE BOND FILED BY THE LICENSEE.
  S  2. Section 54-a of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. (A) A LICENSEE OR HIS OR HER EMPLOYEE MAY SERVE AT  THEIR  LICENSED
ESTABLISHMENT  SAMPLES OF BEER OR MALT BEVERAGES HE OR SHE SELLS AT SUCH
ESTABLISHMENT.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10299-01-9

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