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Assembly Bill A11129

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes that wine tastings may be conducted under the auspices of a retailer

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2017-A11129 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §80, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A334
2021-2022: A800
2023-2024: A278

2017-A11129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes that persons licensed to sell wine may do so on the licensed premises under the auspices of an official agent of a farm winery, winery, wholesaler, importer, or retailer.

2017-A11129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11129
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Paulin) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
   conducting wine tastings on licensed premises
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  80  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
 control  law,  as amended by chapter 221 of the laws of 2011, is amended
 to read as follows:
   1. Except as otherwise  provided  for  in  this  chapter,  any  person
 licensed  to  sell wine pursuant to this article, or section sixty-three
 [or], section seventy-nine OR SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIVE of this  chapter,
 shall be permitted to conduct wine tastings only upon the licensed prem-
 ises.  Wine  tastings which are conducted under the auspices of an offi-
 cial agent of a farm  winery,  winery,  wholesaler,  [or]  importer,  OR
 RETAILER  and where such agent is physically present at all times during
 the conduct of the tasting, then, in that event, any liability  stemming
 from a right of action resulting from a wine tasting as authorized here-
 in,  and in accordance with the provisions of sections 11-100 and 11-101
 of the general obligations law, shall accrue to the farm winery, winery,
 wholesaler, [or] importer, OR RETAILER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16124-01-8

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