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Assembly Bill A5468

2021-2022 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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2021-A5468 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §63, rpld §63 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
2019-2020: A1953
2023-2024: A2799

2021-A5468 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2021-A5468 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5468
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 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 section 3 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws
 of 2019, 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 reusable bags as defined
 in section 27-2801 of the environmental conservation law,  the  sale  of
 corkscrews [or], the sale of ice [or], the sale of publications, includ-
 ing  prerecorded video and/or audio cassette tapes, or educational semi-
 nars, designed to help educate consumers in their knowledge and appreci-
 ation of alcoholic beverages,  as  defined  in  section  three  of  this
 chapter and allowed pursuant to their license, [or] the sale of non-car-
 bonated,  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, CHOCO-
 LATES, BREADS AND CRACKERS, shall not  constitute  engaging  in  another
 business  within  the meaning of this subdivision. Any fee obtained from
 the sale of an educational seminar shall not be considered as a fee  for
 any  tasting that may be offered during an educational seminar, provided
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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