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Senate Bill S630

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Permits the sale of food items complementary to wine by retailers licensed to sell liquor at retail for consumption off premises

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2009-S630 (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 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
S171

2009-S630 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the sale of food items complementary to wine by retailers licensed to sell liquor at retail for consumption off premises, such food items to be sold only at the same time as one or more bottles of wine.

2009-S630 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S630 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   630

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 sale
  of products complementary to wine and wine products

  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, [and] devices designed to minimize oxidation in  bottles  of  wine
which  have  been uncorked, AND PRODUCTS COMPLEMENTARY TO WINE INCLUDING
CHOCOLATES, BAKERY PRODUCTS, PERISHABLE CHEESES  AND  FRUITS  shall  not
constitute  engaging  in  another  business  within  the meaning of this
subdivision.  CHOCOLATES, BAKERY PRODUCTS, PERISHABLE CHEESES AND FRUITS
COMPLEMENTARY TO WINE SHALL NOT BE SOLD EXCEPT WHEN SUCH AGGREGATE  SALE
INCLUDES ONE OR MORE BOTTLES OF WINE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04620-01-9

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