Bill Text: NY S07913 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes a licensee with a license to sell wine at retail for consumption on the premises to include the sale of shochu on such premises to be consumed under the same terms and conditions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-05 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8620 [S07913 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07913-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7913

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  KAPLAN -- 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
          authorizing a licensee with a license  to  sell  wine  at  retail  for
          consumption  on  the  premises  to  include the sale of shochu on such
          premises to be consumed under the same terms and conditions

          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 and shochu at retail to be consumed under the same
     8  terms  and conditions without the payment of any additional fee. For the
     9  purposes of this subdivision[,]:
    10    (a) "soju" shall mean  an  imported  Korean  alcoholic  beverage  that
    11  contains not more than twenty-four per centum alcohol, by volume, and is
    12  derived from agricultural products.
    13    (b)  "shochu"  shall mean an imported Japanese alcoholic beverage that
    14  contains not more than twenty-four per centum alcohol, by volume, and is
    15  derived from agricultural products.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13327-01-1