Bill Text: NY A03553 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the sale of non-food wine or liquor supplies, accessories and/or barware.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-02 - print number 3553b [A03553 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A03553-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3553--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE, ZEBROWSKI, GUNTHER, GALEF, LIFTON, MILL- ER, THIELE, TITONE, CAHILL, SCHIMEL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, BARCLAY, BUTLER, CROUCH, DUPREY, FINCH, GIGLIO, GOODELL, GRAF, McLAUGHLIN, MONTESANO, RAIA, SALADINO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development -- recommitted to the Committee on Economic Development in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the sale of non-food wine or liquor supplies, accessories and/or barware 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 chapter 603 of the laws of 1992, is amended 3 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 corkscrews or the sale of 7 ice or the sale of publications, including prerecorded video and/or 8 audio cassette tapes, designed to help educate consumers in their know- 9 ledge and appreciation of wine and wine products, as defined in section 10 three of this chapter, or the sale of non-carbonated, non-flavored 11 mineral waters, spring waters and drinking waters or the [sale of glass-12es designed for the consumption of wine, racks designed for the storage13of wine, and devices designed to minimize oxidation in bottles of wine14which have been uncorked] sale of non-food wine or liquor supplies, 15 accessories and/or barware, which shall include, but not be limited to, 16 any item utilized for the storage, transport, serving or consumption of 17 wine or liquor or for decorative purposes whether sold as single items EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03822-05-6A. 3553--B 2 1 or combined into a package containing wine or liquor, publications, 2 subscription services, memberships, loyalty programs and education in 3 the form of live, webinar or prerecorded content designed to help 4 educate consumers in their knowledge, use, consumption and appreciation 5 of alcoholic beverages, including recipes and food and beverage pairing, 6 and wine-making and cider-making equipment and supplies including, but 7 not limited to, home wine-making and cider-making kits, presses, pumps, 8 bottling equipment, filters, yeasts, chemicals and other wine and cider 9 additives, storage or fermenting vessels, barrels, tools and devices, 10 shall not constitute engaging in another business within the meaning of 11 this subdivision. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.