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A11203 Summary:

A11203 Actions:

A11203 Committee Votes:

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:06/18/2018AYE/NAY:32/1  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Walter
Aye
Perry
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Colton
Aye
Curran
Aye
Cook
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Excused
Thiele
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Simotas
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:06/18/2018AYE/NAY:30/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Aye
Kolb
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Butler
Aye
Gantt
Excused
Crouch
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Finch
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Barclay
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Raia
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Cook
Aye
Glick
Aye
Morelle
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Galef
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Titus
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye

A11203 Floor Votes:

A11203 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          11203
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 14, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lupardo,
          Brindisi, Woerner, Skoufis, Barrett, Fahy, McDonald) -- read once  and
          referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
        AN  ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to clarifying alcoholic bever-
          age tastings sales tax exemptions
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Paragraph 33 of subdivision (a) of section 1115 of the tax
     2  law, as amended by chapter 418 of the laws of 2017, is amended  to  read
     3  as follows:
     4    (33)  (i)  Wine  [or wine product], wine products, beer [or beer prod-
     5  uct], cider [or cider product], liquor  [or  liquor  product],  and  the
     6  kegs,  cans,  bottles, growlers, corks, caps, and labels used to package
     7  such alcoholic beverage product, furnished by the holder or the official
     8  agent of a farm winery, winery, brewery,  micro-brewery,  farm  brewery,
     9  cider  producer, farm cidery, [distillery,] farm distillery, wholesaler,
    10  or importer licensee at a wine, beer, cider or liquor  tasting  held  at
    11  the  premises of such licensee in accordance with the alcoholic beverage
    12  control law and subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph  to  a  customer  or
    13  prospective  customer  who  consumes such wine, beer, cider or liquor at
    14  such tasting.
    15    (ii) (A) For a beer tasting, no more than five samples  of  beer,  not
    16  exceeding  five  fluid  ounces  each, may be provided to a person in any
    17  calendar day and each such sample shall be of a different beer than  any
    18  of the other samples;
    19    (B)  For  a  wine  tasting,  no  more than six samples of wine or wine
    20  products, not exceeding three fluid ounces each, may be  provided  to  a
    21  person  in any calendar day and each such sample shall be of a different
    22  wine or wine product than any of the other samples;
    23    (C) For a cider tasting, no more  than  five  samples  of  cider,  not
    24  exceeding  five  fluid  ounces  each, may be provided to a person in any
    25  calendar day and each such sample shall be of a different cider than any
    26  of the other samples;
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16288-03-8
        A. 11203                            2
 
     1    (D) For a liquor tasting, no more than three samples  of  liquor,  not
     2  exceeding  one-quarter  fluid ounce each, may be provided to a person in
     3  any calendar day and each such sample shall be  of  a  different  liquor
     4  than any of the other samples;
     5    (E)  Such licensee may charge the consumer for a tasting authorized by
     6  this paragraph;
     7    (F) Any liability stemming from a right of  action  resulting  from  a
     8  tasting  authorized  by  this  paragraph  and  in  accordance  with  the
     9  provisions of sections 11-100 and 11-101 of the general obligations  law
    10  shall accrue to the licensee;
    11    (G)  No person under the age of twenty-one shall be permitted to serve
    12  a sample or handle an open container of beer, cider, distilled liquor or
    13  wine.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first  day  of  the  sales  tax
    15  quarterly period, as described in subdivision (b) of section 1136 of the
    16  tax  law,  beginning at least 30 days after the date this act shall have
    17  become a law, and shall apply in accordance with the applicable  transi-
    18  tional provisions of sections 1106 and 1217 of the tax law.