Bill Text: NY A01075 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Makes technical corrections relating to permitting the holder of a wholesalers license to sell certain food and seasonal specialty items and to install and operate automated teller machines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-01-25 - signed chap.2 [A01075 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A01075-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1075
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. HEASTIE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Economic Development
       AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
         permitting  the  holder of a wholesaler's license to sell certain food
         and seasonal specialty items and  to  install  and  operate  automated
         teller machines
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 104 of the  alco-
    2  holic beverage control law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2012,
    3  amending  the  alcoholic beverage control law relating to permitting the
    4  holder of a wholesaler's license  to  sell  certain  food  and  seasonal
    5  specialty items and to install and operate automated teller machines, as
    6  proposed  in legislative bills numbers S.5404-A and A.5565-A, is amended
    7  to read as follows:
    8    (a) No wholesaler shall be engaged in any other business on the  prem-
    9  ises  to  be  licensed;  except  that  nothing contained in this chapter
   10  shall: (1) prohibit a beer wholesaler from  (i)  acquiring,  storing  or
   11  selling  non-alcoholic  snack foods, as defined in paragraph (b) of this
   12  subdivision, (ii) manufacturing, bottling, storing, or selling non-alco-
   13  holic carbonated beverages,  (iii)  manufacturing,  storing  or  selling
   14  non-alcoholic non-carbonated soft drinks, mineral waters, spring waters,
   15  drinking  water,  non-taxable  malt  or  cereal beverages, juice drinks,
   16  fruit or vegetable juices, ice, liquid beverage mixes and dry or  frozen
   17  beverage  mixes,  (iv)  acquiring, storing or selling wine products, (v)
   18  the sale of promotional items on such premises,  or  (vi)  the  sale  of
   19  tobacco  products at retail by wholesalers who are licensed to sell beer
   20  and other products at retail[,]; (2) prohibit a wholesaler authorized to
   21  sell wine from manufacturing, acquiring or selling wine merchandise,  as
   22  defined  in  paragraph  (d)  of  this  subdivision[, or]; (3) prohibit a
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06101-01-3
       A. 1075                             2
    1  licensed winery or licensed farm winery from engaging in the business of
    2  a wine wholesaler for New York  state  labeled  wines  produced  by  any
    3  licensed winery or licensed farm winery or prohibit such wine wholesaler
    4  from  exercising  any of its rights pursuant to sections seventy-six and
    5  seventy-six-a of this chapter provided that the operation of  such  beer
    6  and  wine  wholesalers business shall be subject to such rules and regu-
    7  lations as the liquor authority may prescribe[.]; (4) [The sale  of  the
    8  following  products  at  retail shall not constitute engaging in another
    9  business within the meaning of this subdivision] PROHIBIT A BEER  WHOLE-
   10  SALER  WHO  IS AUTHORIZED TO SELL BEER AT RETAIL FROM SELLING AT RETAIL:
   11  (i) candy, chewing gum and cough  drops;  (ii)  non-refrigerated  salsa;
   12  (iii)  cigarette  lighters,  lighter  fluid,  matches and ashtrays; (iv)
   13  barbecue and picnic-related products and supplies, which shall  include,
   14  but  not be limited to, charcoal, grills, propane gas, plastic and paper
   15  cups[;], paper or plastic tablecloths and coolers; (v) beer  making  and
   16  brewing  supplies  and  publications,  which  shall  include, but not be
   17  limited to, books, magazines, equipment and  ingredients;  (vi)  steins,
   18  mugs  and  other glassware appropriate for the consumption of beer, malt
   19  beverages and wine products; (vii) items typically used  to  serve  beer
   20  and  malt  beverages  including,  but  not limited to, taps, kegerators,
   21  [cozies] KOOZIES and beer  socks;  (viii)  lemons,  limes  and  oranges,
   22  provided  that  no more than two dozen of each shall be displayed at any
   23  one time; (ix) rock salt, ice and snow melting compounds, snow  shovels;
   24  windshield washer solvent; firewood; beach umbrellas; sunglasses and sun
   25  block;  and  (x)  prepaid  telephone cards[.]; OR (5) [The] PROHIBIT THE
   26  installation and operation of a single automated teller machine in [each
   27  licensed] THE premises [shall not constitute engaging in  another  busi-
   28  ness within the meaning of this subdivision] OF A BEER WHOLESALER WHO IS
   29  AUTHORIZED TO SELL BEER AT RETAIL. For the purposes of this subdivision,
   30  "automated  teller  machine"  means  a  device  which  is  linked to the
   31  accounts and records of a banking institution and which enables  consum-
   32  ers  to  carry  out  banking transactions, including but not limited to,
   33  account transfers, deposits, cash  withdrawals,  balance  inquiries  and
   34  loan payments.
   35    S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
   36  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2012, amending the alcoholic beverage
   37  control law relating to permitting the holder of a wholesaler's  license
   38  to  sell  certain  food  and seasonal specialty items and to install and
   39  operate automated teller machines,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
   40  numbers S.5404-A and A.5565-A, takes effect.
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