Bill Text: NY A06325 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to permitting licensees authorized to sell liquor at retail for consumption off the premises to sell additional related items including gift baskets, glassware, accessories, novelty clothing, liquor candy, gift bags and books.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to economic development [A06325 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06325-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6325

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 12, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. STIRPE, M. MILLER, SANTABARBARA -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Economic Development

        AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
          permitting  licensees authorized to sell liquor at retail for consump-
          tion off the premises to sell additional related items

          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,  including
     9  prerecorded  video and/or audio cassette tapes, or educational seminars,
    10  designed to help educate consumers in their knowledge  and  appreciation
    11  of  alcoholic beverages, as defined in section three of this chapter and
    12  allowed pursuant to their license, or the sale of  non-carbonated,  non-
    13  flavored  mineral  waters, spring waters and drinking waters or the sale
    14  of glasses designed for the consumption of wine, racks designed for  the
    15  storage  of  wine, and devices designed to minimize oxidation in bottles
    16  of wine which have been uncorked, [or the sale of gift bags, gift boxes,
    17  or wrapping, for alcoholic beverages purchased at the licensed premises]
    18  additional items related to the sale of liquor,  including    but    not
    19  limited  to  novelty clothing,  liquor  and wine accessories, glassware,
    20  pre-packaged  gift  baskets  containing liquor or wine with accessories,
    21  liquor  candy, gift bags and books, shall  not  constitute  engaging  in
    22  another  business  within  the  meaning  of  this  subdivision.  Any fee
    23  obtained from the sale of an educational seminar shall not be considered
    24  as a fee for any tasting that may be offered during an educational semi-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07214-01-1
        A. 6325                             2

     1  nar, provided that such tastings are available to persons who  have  not
     2  paid  to attend the seminar and all tastings are conducted in accordance
     3  with section sixty-three-a of this article.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.