Bill Text: NY A05468 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to economic development [A05468 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A05468-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5468

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 17, 2021
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        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:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of  section  63  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
     2  control law, as amended by section 3 of part H of chapter 58 of the laws
     3  of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    4.  No licensee under this section shall be engaged in any other busi-
     5  ness on the licensed premises. The sale of lottery  tickets,  when  duly
     6  authorized  and lawfully conducted, the sale of reusable bags as defined
     7  in section 27-2801 of the environmental conservation law,  the  sale  of
     8  corkscrews [or], the sale of ice [or], the sale of publications, includ-
     9  ing  prerecorded video and/or audio cassette tapes, or educational semi-
    10  nars, designed to help educate consumers in their knowledge and appreci-
    11  ation of alcoholic beverages,  as  defined  in  section  three  of  this
    12  chapter and allowed pursuant to their license, [or] the sale of non-car-
    13  bonated,  non-flavored mineral waters, spring waters and drinking waters
    14  [or], the sale of glasses designed for the consumption  of  wine,  racks
    15  designed  for  the  storage  of  wine,  and devices designed to minimize
    16  oxidation in bottles of wine which have been uncorked, [or the  sale  of
    17  gift bags, gift boxes, or wrapping, for alcoholic beverages purchased at
    18  the licensed premises] or the sale of food items typically consumed with
    19  wine,  including  but not limited to cheeses, fruits, vegetables, choco-
    20  lates, breads and crackers, shall not  constitute  engaging  in  another
    21  business  within  the meaning of this subdivision. Any fee obtained from
    22  the sale of an educational seminar shall not be considered as a fee  for
    23  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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     1  that such tastings are available to persons who have not paid to  attend
     2  the  seminar  and  all tastings are conducted in accordance with section
     3  sixty-three-a of this article.
     4    § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 63 of the alcoholic beverage control law
     5  is REPEALED and subdivision 6 is renumbered subdivision 5.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.