NY State Senate Bill 2009-S4044

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to commerce, economic development and small business
Jul 16, 2009	committed to rules
Jun 04, 2009	advanced to third reading
Jun 03, 2009	2nd report cal.
Jun 02, 2009	1st report cal.609
May 06, 2009	print number 4044a
May 06, 2009	amend (t) and recommit to commerce, economic development and small business
Apr 08, 2009	referred to commerce, economic development and small business

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2009-S4044 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S23
2013-2014: S204
2015-2016: S1123
2017-2018: S2037

2009-S4044 - Summary

Relates to the sale of tonic water at liquor stores.

2009-S4044 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4044 - Bill Text download pdf

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2009-S4044A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S23
2013-2014: S204
2015-2016: S1123
2017-2018: S2037

2009-S4044A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sale of tonic water at liquor stores.

2009-S4044A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4044A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4044--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 8, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  SQUADRON,  C. JOHNSON  --  read twice and ordered
  printed, and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on
  Commerce,   Economic  Development  and  Small  Business  --  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 tonic water, bitters and maraschino cherries at liquor stores

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of  section  63  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
control  law,  as amended by chapter 603 of the laws of 1992, is amended
to read as follows:
  4. No licensee under this section shall be engaged in any other  busi-
ness  on  the  licensed premises. The sale of ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SHALL
NOT CONSTITUTE ENGAGING IN ANOTHER BUSINESS WITHIN THE MEANING  OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION:
  (A) lottery tickets, when duly authorized and lawfully conducted[, the
sale of];
  (B) corkscrews [or the sale of];
  (C) ice [or the sale of];
  (D)  publications,  including  prerecorded video and/or audio cassette
tapes, designed to help educate consumers in their knowledge and  appre-
ciation  of  wine and wine products, as defined in section three of this
chapter[, or the sale of];
  (E) non-carbonated, non-flavored mineral  waters,  spring  waters  and
drinking waters [or the sale of];
  (F)  glasses  designed for the consumption of wine, racks designed for
the storage of wine, and  devices  designed  to  minimize  oxidation  in
bottles of wine which have been uncorked[, shall not constitute engaging
in another business within the meaning of this subdivision];
  (G) TONIC WATER;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09759-04-9

S. 4044--A                          2

  (H) BITTERS; AND
  (I) MARASCHINO CHERRIES.
  S  2.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 1 of section 104 of the alcoholic
beverage control law, as amended by chapter 223 of the laws of 2002,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (a)  No wholesaler shall be engaged in any other business on the prem-
ises to be licensed; except that nothing contained in this chapter shall
(1) prohibit a beer wholesaler from (i) acquiring,  storing  or  selling
non-alcoholic  snack foods, as defined in paragraph (b) of this subdivi-
sion, (ii) manufacturing, bottling, storing,  or  selling  non-alcoholic
carbonated  beverages, (iii) manufacturing, storing or selling non-alco-
holic non-carbonated soft drinks, mineral waters, spring waters,  drink-
ing  water, non-taxable malt or cereal beverages, juice drinks, fruit or
vegetable juices, ice, liquid beverage mixes and dry or frozen  beverage
mixes, (iv) acquiring, storing or selling wine products, (v) the sale of
promotional items on such premises, or (vi) the sale of tobacco products
at  retail  by  wholesalers  who  are  licensed  to  sell beer and other
products at retail, (2) prohibit a wholesaler authorized  to  sell  wine
from manufacturing, acquiring or selling wine merchandise, as defined in
paragraph  (d)  of this subdivision, [or] (3) prohibit a licensed winery
or licensed farm winery from engaging in the business of a  wine  whole-
saler  for  New York state labeled wines produced by any licensed winery
or licensed farm winery or prohibit such wine wholesaler from exercising
any of its rights pursuant to sections seventy-six and seventy-six-a  of
this  chapter  provided  that the operation of such beer and wine whole-
salers business shall be subject to such rules and  regulations  as  the
liquor authority may prescribe, OR (4) PROHIBIT A LIQUOR WHOLESALER FROM
TRANSPORTING OR SELLING TONIC WATER, BITTERS AND MARASCHINO CHERRIES.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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