STATE OF NEW YORK
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9745
IN ASSEMBLY
February 7, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, BUTTENSCHON, JONES, WILLIAMS, ABBATE,
CARROLL, GRIFFIN, SAYEGH, ZEBROWSKI, BLANKENBUSH, CROUCH, HAWLEY,
B. MILLER, ASHBY, KOLB, MANKTELOW, MORINELLO, PALMESANO, SMULLEN --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BYRNES, SIMON -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the
use of New York grown hops by farm breweries
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 11 of section 51-a of the
2 alcoholic beverage control law, as added by chapter 108 of the laws of
3 2012, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subdivision, [no
5 licensed farm brewery shall manufacture or sell any beer other than New
6 York state labelled beer] a licensed farm brewery shall manufacture or
7 sell New York labelled beer and may manufacture or sell beer other than
8 New York labelled beer provided that the total annual aggregate of hops
9 used by the farm brewery licensee is no less than sixty percent by
10 weight grown in New York state and that the total aggregate use of other
11 ingredients except water is no less than sixty percent by weight grown
12 in New York.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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