NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8884

Senate Bill S8884

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the issuance of a temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at certain locations

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Apr 04, 2024	advanced to third reading
Apr 03, 2024	2nd report cal.
Apr 02, 2024	1st report cal.769
Mar 25, 2024	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- Apr 2, 2024 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S8884
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Apr 2, 2024
      
      aye (6)
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      O'Mara
      
      Palumbo
      
      Skoufis
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Sepúlveda

2023-S8884 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9694
Law Section:: Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §97, ABC L

2023-S8884 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the issuance of a temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at certain locations once per year.

2023-S8884 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8884

SPONSOR: GRIFFO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
authorizing a temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at
certain locations

 
PURPOSE:

To allow F.X. Matt Brewing Company, located in the City of Utica, in the
County of Oneida, to serve beer at their annual Boilermaker race and
festival.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends section 97 of the alcoholic beverage control law to
add a new subdivision 5 to allow a brewer, once a year and after obtain-
ing a permit under this section, to sell or offer at no cost, beer
beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at the hours fixed by or pursuant to
subdivision 5 of section 106 of this chapter, at two locations in the

City of Utica, County of Oneida.

Section two provides for an immediate effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

This authority has existed for years but was inadvertently repealed in
Chaptef 524 of the Laws of 2023:

 
JUSTIFICATION:

F.X. Matt Brewing Company, a local brewery based in Utica, holds an
annual Boilermaker race through the City of Utica on the second Sunday
in July each year. After the completion of the Boilermaker race, F.X.
Matt Brewing Company distributes both alcoholic and non-alcoholic bever-
ages at no cost to the spectators and participants in the race.

Held in the parking lot of the brewery, this event provides F.X. Matt
Brewing Company the opportunity to showcase their products to the local
community and visitors from across New York State. The Boilermaker race
and festival serves as a vehicle for economic development for the Mohawk
Valley and provides revenue for local businesses in Utica and across
Central New York.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S8884 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8884
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
   authorizing  a  temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at
   certain locations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 97 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A
 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE AUTHORITY SHALL ALLOW A BREWER, ONCE PER ANNUM, AND
 AFTER THE PROPERTY OWNER OBTAINS A PERMIT UNDER THIS SECTION, TO SELL OR
 OFFER AT NO COST BEER, BEGINNING AT EIGHT ANTEMERIDIAN AND ENDING AT THE
 HOURS FIXED BY OR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
 SIX  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AT  THE  FOLLOWING TWO LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF
 UTICA, COUNTY OF ONEIDA, AND BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
 PARCEL I
 BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BEER STORAGE  BUILDING  AT  THE
 CORNER OF EDWARD STREET AND WASMER STREET AND PROCEEDING NORTHERLY FOR A
 DISTANCE  OF  76  FEET  1  INCH; THENCE 128 FEET 5 INCHES EASTERLY ALONG
 WASMER STREET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID WASMER STREET  NORTHEASTERLY
 FOR  A DISTANCE OF 202 FEET 10 INCHES TO THE CORNER OF WASMER STREET AND
 HAMILTON STREET.
 THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG HAMILTON STREET FOR A DISTANCE OF 46 FEET 8 INCH-
 ES TO THE INTERSECTION OF COLUMBIA STREET.  THENCE  NORTHWESTERLY  ALONG
 COLUMBIA STREET FOR A DISTANCE OF 233 FEET 6 INCHES. THENCE SOUTHWESTER-
 LY  FOR  A DISTANCE OF 77 FEET 7 INCHES TO A FENCE. THENCE NORTHWESTERLY
 FOR A DISTANCE OF 62 FEET AND THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY A DISTANCE OF 10 FEET
 6 INCHES TO THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE BREWERY GARAGE.
   THENCE, FOLLOWING THE GARAGE'S PERIMETER:  FIRST  IN  A  SOUTHWESTERLY
 DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 133 FEET 2 INCHES TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
 THE  GARAGE;  THENCE  IN  A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 22
 FEET 5 INCHES; AND THENCE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD15005-02-4
 S. 8884                             2
 
 11 FEET 2 INCHES, THEN IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FOR  A  DISTANCE  OF
 100 FEET, TO A FENCE JUST BEFORE THE SIDEWALK ON SCHUYLER STREET; THENCE
 SOUTHWESTERLY  FOR  A  DISTANCE OF 234 FEET 5 INCHES TO THE BREWERY MAIN
 COMPLEX.
   THENCE FOLLOWING THE PERIMETER OF THE BREWERY COMPLEX BUILDINGS SOUTH-
 EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 82 FEET 8 INCHES, NORTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF
 81  FEET  11  INCHES;  THENCE  SOUTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 85 FEET 3
 INCHES; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 21  FEET  6  INCHES;  AND
 THENCE  SOUTHEASTERLY  FOR  A DISTANCE OF 96 FEET 8 INCHES TO THE NORTH-
 WESTERN CORNER OF THE SHIPPING OFFICE.
 FROM THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE SHIPPING OFFICE, SOUTHEASTERLY FOR A
 DISTANCE OF 33 FEET 9 INCHES; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF  37
 FEET  8 INCHES; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 65 FEET 8 INCHES;
 THENCE SOUTHERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 27 FEET 4 INCHES; THENCE EASTERLY FOR
 A DISTANCE OF 33 FEET, TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
 PARCEL II
 BEGINNING AT THE IRON FENCE WHICH IS 26 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE  SOUTHWEST
 CORNER  OF  THE  TOUR  CENTER  ON COURT STREET; THENCE 66 FEET, 7 INCHES
 NORTHEAST, 11 FEET 7 INCHES NORTHWEST TO THE WEST  CORNER  OF  THE  TOUR
 CENTER  PARKING  LOT STAIRS. PROCEEDING NORTHEASTERLY 71 FEET 10 INCHES,
 THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 19 FEET 10 INCHES TO THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE
 BOILER ROOM BUILDING. THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 161 FEET; SOUTH BY  SOUTHWEST
 80  FEET;  SOUTHWEST  58 FEET 5 INCHES AND FINALLY SOUTHEAST 155 FEET TO
 THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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