Increases the number of package store licenses able to be held by one person to two; permits certain licensees to buy and sell from other certain licensees.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9163
IN SENATE
February 9, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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
increasing the number of package store licenses able to be held by one
person
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 63 of the alcoholic beverage
2 control law is amended to read as follows:
3 5. Not more than [one license] two licenses shall be granted to any
4 person under this section.
5 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 79 of the alcoholic beverage control law
6 is amended to read as follows:
7 2. Not more than [one license] two licenses shall be granted to any
8 person under this section.
9 § 3. Section 105 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by
10 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
11 2-a. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contra-
12 ry:
13 (i) A licensee issued under section sixty-three of this chapter shall
14 be authorized to purchase wine or liquor from, and to sell wine or
15 liquor to, any other licensee issued under section sixty-three of this
16 chapter, and may resell any wine or liquor so purchased for consumption
17 off the premises.
18 (ii) A licensee issued under section sixty-three of this chapter shall
19 be authorized to purchase wine from, and to sell wine to, a licensee
20 issued under section seventy-nine of this chapter, and may resell any
21 wine so purchased for consumption off the premises.
22 (iii) A licensee issued under section seventy-nine of this chapter
23 shall be authorized to purchase wine from, and sell wine to, any other
24 licensee issued under section seventy-nine or section sixty-three of
25 this chapter, and may resell any wine so purchased for consumption off
26 the premises.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (b) Both the selling and purchasing licensees shall retain a receipt
2 or invoice for each transaction authorized by this subdivision in
3 accordance with the state liquor authority's existing books and records
4 requirements and such records shall be made available for inspection by
5 the state liquor authority and its duly authorized agents upon request.
6 The receipt or invoice shall show, at a minimum:
7 (i) the name, address, and license number of the seller;
8 (ii) the name, address, and license number of the purchaser;
9 (iii) the date of the transaction;
10 (iv) a description of the alcoholic beverages transferred (brand and
11 quantity); and
12 (v) the price.
13 (c) The state liquor authority may promulgate rules and regu-
14 lations necessary to implement the provisions of this subdivision.
15 § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
16 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
17 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
18 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
19 completed on or before such effective date.
