Senate Bill S556

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to direct interstate and intrastate cider shipments

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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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2021-S556 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2513
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§59-b & 59-c, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8430, A10473
2019-2020: S2827, A2471
2023-2024: S1999, A3912

2021-S556 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to direct interstate and intrastate cider shipments; establishes requirements regarding age verification and shipping limits.

2021-S556 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S556 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    556
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, in relation to
   direct interstate and intrastate cider shipments

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding two
 new sections 59-b and 59-c to read as follows:
   § 59-B. DIRECT INTERSTATE CIDER SHIPMENTS. 1. AUTHORIZATION.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING  ANY  PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
 HOLDER OF A LICENSE TO MANUFACTURE CIDER IN ANY OTHER STATE WHO  OBTAINS
 AN  OUT-OF-STATE  DIRECT SHIPPER'S LICENSE, AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION,
 MAY SHIP NO MORE THAN THIRTY-SIX CASES (NO MORE THAN  NINE  LITERS  EACH
 CASE)  OF  CIDER  PRODUCED BY SUCH LICENSE HOLDER PER YEAR DIRECTLY TO A
 RESIDENT OF NEW YORK WHO IS AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE,  FOR  SUCH
 RESIDENT'S  PERSONAL USE AND NOT FOR RESALE, PROVIDED THE STATE IN WHICH
 SUCH PERSON IS SO LICENSED AFFORDS LAWFUL MEANS FOR SHIPMENTS  OF  CIDER
 TO BE RECEIVED BY A RESIDENT THEREOF WHO IS AT LEAST TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF
 AGE,  FOR SUCH RESIDENT'S PERSONAL USE AND NOT FOR RESALE, FROM A PERSON
 LICENSED IN THIS STATE AS A MANUFACTURER AND, PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT THE
 STATE IN WHICH SUCH OUT-OF-STATE CIDER PRODUCER IS  LOCATED  AFFORDS  TO
 NEW YORK STATE CIDER PRODUCER, FARM CIDERY, FARM WINERY AND FARM BREWERY
 LICENSEES  RECIPROCAL CIDER SHIPPING PRIVILEGES, MEANING SHIPPING PRIVI-
 LEGES THAT  ARE  SUBSTANTIALLY  SIMILAR  TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  IN  THIS
 SECTION.  NO  PERSON  SHALL  PLACE AN ORDER FOR SHIPMENT OF CIDER UNLESS
 THEY ARE TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.   ANY COMMON CARRIER  WITH  A
 PERMIT  ISSUED  PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER TO WHOM SUCH OUT-OF-STATE SHIP-
 PER'S LICENSE IS PRESENTED IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE DELIVERY  OF  SHIPMENTS
 PROVIDED FOR HEREUNDER IN THIS STATE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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