Authorizes a licensee with a license to sell wine at retail for consumption on the premises to include the sale of shochu on such premises to be consumed under the same terms and conditions.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8620
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
authorizing a licensee with a license to sell wine at retail for
consumption on the premises to include the sale of shochu on such
premises to be consumed under the same terms and conditions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 81 of the alcoholic beverage
2 control law, as amended by chapter 627 of the laws of 2002, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 3. Such license shall in form and in substance be a license to the
5 person specifically licensed to sell wine at retail, to be consumed upon
6 the premises. Such license shall also be deemed to include a license to
7 sell beer [and], soju and shochu at retail to be consumed under the same
8 terms and conditions without the payment of any additional fee. For the
9 purposes of this subdivision[,]:
10 (a) "soju" shall mean an imported Korean alcoholic beverage that
11 contains not more than twenty-four per centum alcohol, by volume, and is
12 derived from agricultural products.
13 (b) "shochu" shall mean an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that
14 contains not more than twenty-four per centum alcohol, by volume, and is
15 derived from agricultural products.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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