Bill Text: NY A05756 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Requires that all wine and liquor sold in the state be received from a primary American source of supply; such a source shall be the manufacturer or its exclusive agent, when the wine or liquor can be secured from the manufacturer or its exclusive agent by a wholesaler in the United States; provides that primary American sources of supply shall register with the state liquor authority.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-06 - print number 5756d [A05756 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05756-Amended.html
Bill Title: Requires that all wine and liquor sold in the state be received from a primary American source of supply; such a source shall be the manufacturer or its exclusive agent, when the wine or liquor can be secured from the manufacturer or its exclusive agent by a wholesaler in the United States; provides that primary American sources of supply shall register with the state liquor authority.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-06 - print number 5756d [A05756 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05756-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5756--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER, D'URSO, ARROYO, LAVINE -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to establishing a primary American source of supply for liquor and wine sold in this state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 35 of section 3 of the alcoholic beverage 2 control law is amended, and two new subdivisions 23-a and 23-b are added 3 to read as follows: 4 23-a. "Primary American source of supply" means (a) a manufacturer of 5 liquor or wine or its exclusive agent in the United States if such 6 liquor or wine can be secured directly from the manufacturer or its 7 exclusive agent by a wholesaler in the United States; or (b) if the 8 liquor or wine cannot be secured directly from such manufacturer or its 9 exclusive agent, the source closest to such manufacturer in the United 10 States when the brand enters the stream of commerce shall be the primary 11 American source of supply in the United States. 12 23-b. "Private collection" means (a) bottled wine that (i) was 13 purchased at retail or auction, (ii) is at minimum a vintage ten years 14 old at the time of sale, and (iii) was owned by a non-licensed person 15 with proof of purchase, or (iv) is not price posted in New York at the 16 time of sale; or (b) a bottled liquor that is either (i) not price post- 17 ed in New York at the time of sale, (ii) is no longer in production, or 18 (iii) is contained in its original ceramic, lead, crystal or similar 19 collectible specialty container which is no longer being offered for 20 sale, or (iv) was bottled ten years prior to the date of sale. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01255-06-9A. 5756--B 2 1 35. "Wholesaler" means any person who sells at wholesale any beverage 2 for the sale of which a license is required under the provisions of this 3 chapter. An "authorized wholesaler" is a wholesaler authorized by a 4 primary American source of supply to carry a specific brand of liquor or 5 wine in this state. 6 § 2. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new 7 section 116-a to read as follows: 8 § 116-a. Primary American source of supply. 1. The primary American 9 source of supply at the time the wine or liquor becomes suitable for 10 wholesale or retail sale in New York or a wholesaler licensed under this 11 chapter who has been appointed its exclusive agent for such purpose, 12 shall file a registration application with the authority on forms 13 provided by the authority. Each brand of such liquor or wine shall be 14 individually listed on such registration. 15 2. The authority shall allow only one primary American source of 16 supply to register any brand of liquor or wine. The primary American 17 source of supply may change the exclusive agent acting and cancel any 18 authority granted to a prior agent by filing a new authorization with 19 the authority not less than forty days before the new authorization 20 becomes effective. 21 3. A primary American source of supply or its exclusive agent shall 22 file with the authority the names of each authorized wholesaler permit- 23 ted to sell each brand of liquor or wine sold in this state. If the 24 primary American source of supply is a wholesaler, it may list itself 25 and other wholesalers as a wholesaler authorized to sell the brand. The 26 filing of a wholesale price posting, in accordance with section one 27 hundred one-b of this article, listing the names of the authorized 28 wholesalers shall be deemed compliance with this requirement. The 29 authorized wholesalers may be changed at any time at or prior to the 30 time a wholesale price posting is to be filed pursuant to such section. 31 If the primary American source of supply does not list any authorized 32 wholesalers, any licensed wholesaler may purchase the liquor or wine 33 from the primary American source of supply and sell the brand in this 34 state. 35 4. Except as set forth in subdivisions seven and eight of this section 36 or shipments of wine or liquor from a private collection made directly 37 to a resident of New York, no one shall ship or cause to be shipped into 38 this state, nor shall any wholesaler or retailer in this state receive, 39 any liquor or wine unless the primary American source of supply for such 40 liquor or wine (i) has registered such brand with the authority, (ii) 41 such registration has been approved by the authority, and (iii) the 42 brand is purchased from the primary American source of supply or an 43 authorized wholesaler. 44 5. Except as set forth in subdivisions seven and eight of this 45 section, a wholesaler in this state shall not purchase, receive or be in 46 possession of any liquor or wine unless the wholesaler obtained the 47 liquor or wine directly from (i) a registered primary American source of 48 supply, (ii) a designated representative of the primary American source 49 of supply if the primary American source of supply is outside this 50 state, or (iii) an authorized wholesaler. 51 6. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit subsequent 52 intrastate sales, transfer, and invoicing of a brand of liquor or wine 53 between authorized wholesalers of that brand subsequent to the purchase 54 in this state from the primary American source of supply. 55 7. The authority shall allow a wholesaler to bring liquor or wine into 56 this state if the wholesaler certifies to the satisfaction of theA. 5756--B 3 1 authority that the brand of liquor or wine comes from a manufacturer or 2 bottler that cannot, or has not and will not appoint a primary American 3 source of supply. 4 8. This section shall not apply to (i) a brand of liquor or wine owned 5 exclusively by one retailer and sold at retail within this state exclu- 6 sively by such retailer; or (ii) a product purchased by a wholesaler or 7 retailer from a private collection in accordance with sections eighty- 8 five and ninety-nine-g of this chapter consistent with the rules, regu- 9 lations, orders and advisories established by the authority. 10 9. The authority is authorized to perform such acts, prescribe forms, 11 and make rules, regulations, orders and advisories as it may deem neces- 12 sary or proper to fully effectuate the provisions of this section 13 including, but not limited to, establishing a format for recording the 14 primary American source of supply and its designees. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 16 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the 17 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 18 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 19 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.