Bill Text: NY A05008 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to creating a special license to sell wine packaged with food items that complement wine including cheese, fruits, chocolates, bread and crackers.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-06 - enacting clause stricken [A05008 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05008-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5008
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 6, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. RAIA, McDONOUGH, MONTESANO, RA, GIGLIO, PALMESANO
          --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LUPARDO, MORINELLO -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Economic Development
        AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law,  in  relation  to  a
          special license to sell wine packaged with food products
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new section 76-g to read as follows:
     3    §  76-g.  Special license to sell wine packaged with food products. 1.
     4  Any person may apply to the liquor authority for a  special  license  to
     5  sell  wine  which  is packaged with food products in accordance with the
     6  provisions of this section. Such application shall  be  in  writing  and
     7  verified  and  shall  contain  such  information as the liquor authority
     8  shall require. Such application shall be accompanied by a check or draft
     9  for the amount required by this article for such license. If the  liquor
    10  authority  shall  grant the application it shall issue a license in such
    11  form as shall be determined by its rules.
    12    2. A license granted pursuant to this section shall permit the sale of
    13  wine as part of a package which consists of food items for  the  purpose
    14  of  complementing wine. Such food items shall include but not be limited
    15  to: cheeses, fruits, chocolates, breads and crackers.
    16    3. No more than one license shall be granted to any person under  this
    17  section.
    18    4.  Licensees  under  this  section shall be permitted to sell wine so
    19  packaged for consumption off premises as well as to ship wine as part of
    20  a package to persons within this state and to persons  outside  of  this
    21  state. Licensees shall comply with all applicable provisions of sections
    22  seventy-nine-c and seventy-nine-d of this article.
    23    5. Transference of a license under this section may be made in accord-
    24  ance with public convenience and advantage.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    26  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07975-01-9