STATE OF NEW YORK
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1656--B
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 13, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel-
opment and Small Business -- recommitted to the Committee on Commerce,
Economic Development and Small Business in accordance with Senate Rule
6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to
the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the
sale of non-food wine or liquor supplies, accessories and/or barware
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 63 of the alcoholic beverage
2 control law, as amended by chapter 603 of the laws of 1992, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 4. No licensee under this section shall be engaged in any other busi-
5 ness on the licensed premises. The sale of lottery tickets, when duly
6 authorized and lawfully conducted, the sale of corkscrews or the sale of
7 ice or the sale of publications, including prerecorded video and/or
8 audio cassette tapes, designed to help educate consumers in their know-
9 ledge and appreciation of wine and wine products, as defined in section
10 three of this chapter, or the sale of non-carbonated, non-flavored
11 mineral waters, spring waters and drinking waters or the [sale of glass-
12 es designed for the consumption of wine, racks designed for the storage
13 of wine, and devices designed to minimize oxidation in bottles of wine
14 which have been uncorked] sale of non-food wine or liquor supplies,
15 accessories and/or barware, which shall include, but not be limited to,
16 any item utilized for the storage, transport, serving or consumption of
17 wine or liquor or for decorative purposes whether sold as single items
18 or combined into a package containing wine or liquor, publications,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 subscription services, memberships, loyalty programs and education in
2 the form of live, webinar or prerecorded content designed to help
3 educate consumers in their knowledge, use, consumption and appreciation
4 of alcoholic beverages, including recipes and food and beverage pairing,
5 and wine-making and cider-making equipment and supplies including, but
6 not limited to, home wine-making and cider-making kits, presses, pumps,
7 bottling equipment, filters, yeasts, chemicals and other wine and cider
8 additives, storage or fermenting vessels, barrels, tools and devices,
9 shall not constitute engaging in another business within the meaning of
10 this subdivision.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
