Bill Text: NY A00928 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to designating a statewide wine industry liaison

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to economic development [A00928 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A00928-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          928
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. DelMONTE, SCHROEDER, ALESSI, LUPARDO, GABRYSZAK,
         MAGEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PHEFFER, REILLY,  ROBINSON  --
         read  once  and referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Job
         Creation, Commerce and Industry
       AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
         designating a statewide wine industry liaison
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by  adding  a
    2  new section 86 to read as follows:
    3    S 86. WINE INDUSTRY LIAISON. THE AUTHORITY SHALL DESIGNATE A STATEWIDE
    4  WINE  INDUSTRY  LIAISON, WHO SHALL SERVE AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE AUTHORITY
    5  AND WHOSE DUTIES SHALL INCLUDE:
    6    1. PROVIDING INFORMATION, INTERPRETATION, AND GUIDANCE ABOUT STATE AND
    7  FEDERAL ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGE  CONTROL  LAWS  AND  THE  WINE  INDUSTRY  TO
    8  PROSPECTIVE AND CURRENT LICENSEES UNDER THIS ARTICLE;
    9    2.  PROVIDING  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO PROSPECTIVE AND CURRENT ARTICLE
   10  SIX LICENSEES;
   11    3. PROVIDING A DATA BANK OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES,  NEW  SCIENTIFIC  AND
   12  AGRICULTURAL  ADVANCES,  AND  CONTACT  ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE WINE AND
   13  GRAPE GROWING INDUSTRY; AND
   14    4. CONDUCT AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF PROBLEMS FACING CURRENT LICENSEES  AND,
   15  IF  NECESSARY,  DEVELOP  SUGGESTED  AMENDMENTS  TO CURRENT LAW AND REGU-
   16  LATIONS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR AND THE COMMIS-
   17  SIONER WHICH WILL FACILITATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WINE INDUS-
   18  TRY.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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