Bill Text: NY S02531 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits the transport or delivery of wine pursuant to a farm winery license in a vehicle owned by an employee of the licensee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS [S02531 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S02531-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2531

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
          opment and Small Business

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, in relation to
          delivery or transport of wine pursuant to a farm winery license

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 6 of section 76-a of the alco-
     2  holic  beverage  control  law,  as amended by chapter 571 of the laws of
     3  2008, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (d) Deliver or transport any New York state labelled wine manufactured
     5  or produced by the licensee or any other winery or farm winery  licensed
     6  pursuant  to  this article in any vehicle that is owned, leased or hired
     7  by the licensee, and/or owned by any employee of the  licensee  provided
     8  that  such employee consents to such use of his or her vehicle.  The New
     9  York state labelled wine can be delivered, transported or  sold  by  the
    10  licensee  to  any holder of: (i) a winery or farm winery license, (ii) a
    11  license to sell alcoholic beverages for  consumption  on  the  premises,
    12  (iii)  a  license  to  sell  alcoholic beverages for consumption off the
    13  premises, (iv) or any person that can receive or purchase  wine  from  a
    14  farm  winery. [The] Neither the licensee [is not] nor any of its employ-
    15  ees shall be required to obtain from the  liquor  authority  a  trucking
    16  permit or pay any fees pursuant to section ninety-four of this chapter.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05611-01-3