Permits persons licensed to sell wine at retail for consumption on the premises to sell certain low alcohol beverages that contain not more than twenty-four per centum alcohol, by volume, and that are produced from agricultural products.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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677
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 12, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. LARKIN, BONACIC, GRIFFO, LANZA, LITTLE, MAZIARZ,
SALAND, SEWARD, WINNER -- 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 the
sale of certain low alcohol beverages at retail for consumption on the
premises
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] certain low alcohol liquors, spirits, distillates
8 and other alcoholic beverages at retail to be consumed under the same
9 terms and conditions without the payment of any additional fee. [For the
10 purposes of this subdivision, "soju" shall mean an imported Korean alco-
11 holic beverage that contains not more than twenty-four per centum alco-
12 hol, by volume, and is derived from agricultural products.] For the
13 purposes of this subdivision, "certain low alcohol liquors, spirits,
14 distillates and other alcoholic beverages" shall mean any liquors, spir-
15 its, distillates and other alcoholic beverages that contain not more
16 than twenty-four per centum alcohol, by volume, that are derived from
17 agricultural products.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
19 it shall have become a law; provided however, that any rules or regu-
20 lations necessary to implement this act shall be promulgated on or
21 before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00699-01-9
