STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1208 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the definition of cider including the partially or fully fermented juice of fresh grapes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7-b 2 of section 3 of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chap- 3 ter 384 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: 4 "Cider" means the partially or fully fermented juice of fresh, whole 5 apples or other pome fruits or grapes, containing more than three and 6 two-tenths per centum but not more than eight and one-half per centum 7 alcohol by volume: 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05047-01-9