| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 08, 2010 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S8094
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2009-S8094 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A11420
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง104, ABC L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
-
S606, S5404, A5565
2009-S8094 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S8094
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
authorizing certain wholesalers authorized to sell beer at retail for
off premises consumption to sell certain goods
PURPOSE:
To allow Class C license bearing beer wholesalers to sell grocery and
pantry items.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 provides that certain beer wholesalers will no longer be
prohibited from selling various goods other than alcohol and beverages,
provided that no more than twenty five percent of the public floor space
of the licensed premises is devoted to doing so.
Section 2 provides for an immediate effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Bearers of 'C licenses', those issued prior to July 1, 1960 under the
Alcoholic Beverage Control law are currently prohibited from selling
anything other than beer, tobacco, water, mixers and non-alcoholic snack
foods. There are only 400 "C licensees" in New York State, largely in
New York City who are more engaged in retail activity than beer whole-
saling.
2009-S8094 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8094
I N S E N A T E
June 8, 2010
___________
Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
authorizing certain wholesalers authorized to sell beer at retail for
off premises consumption to sell certain goods
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 104 of the alco-
holic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 223 of the laws of
2002, is amended to read as follows:
(a) No wholesaler shall be engaged in any other business on the prem-
ises to be licensed; except that nothing contained in this chapter shall
(1) prohibit a beer wholesaler from (i) acquiring, storing or selling
non-alcoholic snack foods, as defined in paragraph (b) of this subdivi-
sion, (ii) manufacturing, bottling, storing, or selling non-alcoholic
carbonated beverages, (iii) manufacturing, storing or selling non-alco-
holic non-carbonated soft drinks, mineral waters, spring waters, drink-
ing water, non-taxable malt or cereal beverages, juice drinks, fruit or
vegetable juices, ice, liquid beverage mixes and dry or frozen beverage
mixes, (iv) acquiring, storing or selling wine products, (v) the sale of
promotional items on such premises, or (vi) the sale of tobacco products
at retail by wholesalers who are licensed to sell beer and other
products at retail, (2) prohibit a wholesaler authorized to sell wine
from manufacturing, acquiring or selling wine merchandise, as defined in
paragraph (d) of this subdivision, [or] (3) prohibit a licensed winery
or licensed farm winery from engaging in the business of a wine whole-
saler for New York state labeled wines produced by any licensed winery
or licensed farm winery or prohibit such wine wholesaler from exercising
any of its rights pursuant to sections seventy-six and seventy-six-a of
this chapter provided that the operation of such beer and wine whole-
salers business shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the
liquor authority may prescribe, OR (4) PROHIBIT THE HOLDER OF A WHOLE-
SALER'S LICENSE ISSUED OR RENEWED PRIOR TO JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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