assembly Bill A8895

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Expands the items which may be sold by a licensed farm cidery and the licensees to whom a farm cidery may sell its cider for resale

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Jan 05, 2018 referred to economic development

A8895 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6966
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§58, 58-c, 76, 76-a & 3, ABC L; amd §194, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A5059, S3281

A8895 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the items which may be sold by a licensed farm cidery and the licensees to whom a farm cidery may sell its cider for resale; authorizes the sale of cider and wine at places authorized to conduct games of chance.

A8895 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  8895

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 5, 2018
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Economic Development

AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
  promoting  economic  development  by  expanding  products sold by farm
  cideries and authorizing such cideries to sell cider to  other  licen-
  sees  for  resale; and to amend the general municipal law, in relation
  to authorizing the sale of cider and wine at games of chance

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

  Section  1.    Subdivision 3-a of section 58 of the alcoholic beverage
control law, as added by chapter 384 of the laws of 2013, paragraph  (b)
as  amended  by  chapter  171 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
follows:
  3-a. A licensed cider producer producing New York state labelled cider
may:
  (a) sell such cider OR ANY NEW YORK STATE LABELED  CIDER  to  licensed
farm  distillers, farm wineries, WINERIES, farm cideries [and], CIDERIES
AND farm breweries.   All such cider  sold  by  the  licensee  shall  be
securely  sealed  and have attached thereto a label as shall be required
by section one hundred seven-a of this chapter;
  (b) conduct tastings at the licensed premises of  such  cider  or  any
other New York state labeled cider;
  (c)  sell such cider OR ANY NEW YORK STATE LABELED CIDER at retail for
consumption off the premises at the state  fair,  at  recognized  county
fairs and at farmers markets operated on a not-for-profit basis;
  (d)  sell  and  conduct  tastings  of such cider OR ANY NEW YORK STATE
LABELED CIDER at retail for consumption on the premises of a restaurant,
conference center, inn, bed and breakfast or hotel  business  owned  and
operated  by  the licensee in or adjacent to its farm cidery. A licensee
who operates a restaurant, conference center, inn, bed and breakfast  or
hotel  pursuant  to  such  authority  shall  comply  with all applicable
provisions of this chapter which relate to licenses  to  sell  cider  at
retail for consumption on the premises;

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