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Assembly Bill A1953

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Permits sale of certain food items in liquor stores; repeals certain provisions relating to the ownership of more than one liquor license

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2019-A1953 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §63, rpld sub 5, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6873
2011-2012: A3921
2013-2014: A2740
2015-2016: A2272
2017-2018: A772
2021-2022: A5468
2023-2024: A2799

2019-A1953 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits the sale of certain food items in liquor stores and repeals certain provisions relating to the ownership of more than one liquor license.

2019-A1953 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1953
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. CROUCH, BLANKENBUSH, BRABENEC, MORINELLO, SANTA-
   BARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic  Devel-
   opment
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, in relation to
   permitting the sale of certain food items in  liquor  stores;  and  to
   repeal  certain  provisions  of  such law relating to the ownership of
   more than one liquor license
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  63 of the alcoholic beverage
 control law, as amended by chapter 360 of the laws of 2017,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   4.  No licensee under this section shall be engaged in any other busi-
 ness on the licensed premises. The sale of lottery  tickets,  when  duly
 authorized and lawfully conducted, the sale of corkscrews [or], the sale
 of  ice  [or],  the  sale  of  publications, including prerecorded video
 and/or audio cassette tapes, or educational seminars, designed  to  help
 educate  consumers  in  their  knowledge  and  appreciation of alcoholic
 beverages, as defined in section  three  of  this  chapter  and  allowed
 pursuant to their license, [or] the sale of non-carbonated, non-flavored
 mineral  waters,  spring  waters  and  drinking waters [or], the sale of
 glasses designed for the consumption of wine,  racks  designed  for  the
 storage  of  wine, and devices designed to minimize oxidation in bottles
 of wine which have been uncorked, [or the sale of gift bags, gift boxes,
 or wrapping, for alcoholic beverages purchased at the licensed premises]
 OR THE SALE OF FOOD ITEMS TYPICALLY CONSUMED WITH  WINE,  INCLUDING  BUT
 NOT  LIMITED  TO  CHEESES,  FRUITS,  VEGETABLES,  CHOCOLATES, BREADS AND
 CRACKERS, shall not constitute engaging in another business  within  the
 meaning of this subdivision. Any fee obtained from the sale of an educa-
 tional seminar shall not be considered as a fee for any tasting that may
 be  offered  during  an educational seminar, provided that such tastings
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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