Bill Text: NY S06611 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the New York craft beverage council within the department of economic development to develop a marketing strategy to promote the state's fine wines, spirits and craft brews.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-01 - REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS [S06611 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06611-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6611
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 1, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  RITCHIE,  YOUNG,  AKSHAR,  O'MARA, VALESKY -- (at
          request of the Legislative Commission  on  Rural  Resources)  --  read
          twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
          Committee on Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business
        AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to  establish-
          ing the New York craft beverage council
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The economic development law is amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  article 5-F to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 5-F
     4                   NEW YORK CRAFT BEVERAGE COUNCIL PROGRAM
     5  Section 181-f. Short title.
     6          181-g. Definitions.
     7          181-h. General powers and duties of the commissioner.
     8          181-i. New York craft beverage council.
     9    §  181-f. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
    10  the "New York craft beverage council program".
    11    § 181-g. Definitions. The following terms  shall  have  the  following
    12  meanings for the purposes of this section:
    13    1. "Winery" shall mean a business that produces wine.
    14    2. "Distillery" shall mean a business that produces spirits.
    15    3. "Microbrewery" shall mean a business that produces craft brews.
    16    4.  "Beer distributor" shall mean a business that sells craft brews to
    17  the public and delivers craft brews to retailers.
    18    5. "Brew pub" shall mean a pub or restaurant that brews  beer  on  the
    19  premises.
    20    6. "Farm distillery" shall mean a distillery with a Class D license.
    21    §  181-h.  General  powers and duties of the commissioner. The commis-
    22  sioner shall develop and implement a New York  craft  beverage  program.
    23  The  New  York craft beverage council shall develop a marketing strategy
    24  pursuant to this program that shall  promote  New  York  as  a  premiere
    25  producer of high quality wines, spirits and craft brews.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06397-01-5