Bill Text: NY A05766 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the definition of New York state labelled beer; requires such labelled beer to be processed in New York state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to economic development [A05766 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05766-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5766 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 19, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the definition of New York state labelled beer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 20-d of section 3 of 2 the alcoholic beverage control law, as added by chapter 108 of the laws 3 of 2012, are amended to read as follows: 4 (b) from January first, two thousand nineteen until December thirty- 5 first, two thousand twenty-three, beer made with no less than sixty 6 percent, by weight, of its hops grown in New York state and no less than 7 sixty percent, by weight, of all of its other ingredients, excluding 8 water, grown and processed in New York state; and 9 (c) from January first, two thousand twenty-four and thereafter, beer 10 made with no less than ninety percent, by weight, of its hops grown in 11 New York state and no less than ninety percent, by weight, of all of its 12 other ingredients, excluding water, grown and processed in New York 13 state. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08203-01-9