Senate Bill S6966

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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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-S6966 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8895
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
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:
S3281, A5059

2017-S6966 (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.

2017-S6966 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6966 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6966
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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