S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4229
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 1, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, AUBRY, ARROYO, THIELE -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
prohibiting the sale of caffeinated or stimulant-enhanced alcoholic
beverages
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 7-e to read as follows:
7-E. "CAFFEINATED OR STIMULANT-ENHANCED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE" MEANS AND
INCLUDES A BEER OR WINE PRODUCT THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN SIX PER CENTUM
ALCOHOL BY VOLUME AND AN UNSAFE FOOD ADDITIVE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
SUBDIVISION, "UNSAFE FOOD ADDITIVE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS
PROVIDED IN THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT (21 U.S.C. § 348)
AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CAFFEINE OR OTHER STIMULANTS
DIRECTLY ADDED TO AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AS A SEPARATE INGREDIENT WITHOUT
APPROVAL BY FEDERAL REGULATION OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AS GENERALLY RECOG-
NIZED AS SAFE.
§ 2. Section 100 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
9. NO LICENSEE, PERMITTEE OR PERSON SHALL SELL, DELIVER OR GIVE AWAY,
OR CAUSE, PERMIT OR PROCURE TO BE SOLD, DELIVERED OR GIVEN AWAY ANY
CAFFEINATED OR STIMULANT-ENHANCED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISION SEVEN-E OF SECTION THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided that the provisions of this act
shall not be deemed to prohibit any person, licensed to sell alcoholic
beverages at retail for on-premises or off-premises consumption, from
selling, delivering or giving away any caffeinated or stimulant-enhanced
alcoholic beverage to a distributor or manufacturer of such beverage
within sixty days of the effective date of this act when the caffeinated
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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or stimulant-enhanced beverage was received by the retail licensee prior
to the effective date of this act. Effective immediately, the state
liquor authority is authorized to amend, add and/or repeal any rules and
regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act on or
before its effective date.