NY State Senate Bill 2009-S2994

Senate Bill S2994

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Permits a liquor retailer for off-site consumption to register three liquor stores under one license; permits such liquor retailers to sell certain food items

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 06, 2010	referred to commerce, economic development and small business
Mar 09, 2009	referred to commerce, economic development and small business

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2009-S2994 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7206
Current Committee:: Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:: Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §63, ABC L

2009-S2994 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits a liquor retailer for off-site consumption to register three liquor stores under one license; permits such liquor retailers to sell certain food items.

2009-S2994 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S2994

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
permitting a liquor retailer for off-site consumption to register
three liquor stores under one license, and permitting such liquor
retailers to sell certain food items


 PURPOSE :

To amend the alcoholic beverage control law to allow liquor stores to
sell peanuts, cheese, crackers, olives and other snacks, condiments
and food items associated with the consumption of wine and other
alcoholic beverages and to allow liquor store owners to register three
retail outlets under one license.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 of the bill authorizes a liquor retailer to sell peanuts,
cheese, crackers, olives and other snacks, condiments and food items
associated with the consumption of wine and other alcoholic beverages.

Section 2 of the bill would allow liquor store owners to register
three retail outlets under one license.

Section 3 of the bill sets forth the effective date as immediately.

 EXISTING LAW :

Current alcoholic beverage control law authorizes licensed liquor
stores to sell certain defined items and for each liquor store owner
to have one registered liquor store per license.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The financial crisis has people going back to basics for weekend
entertainment, renting a movie and buying a bottle of wine. This
legislation would allow liquor retailers to offer their customers a
one-stop-shop opportunity - the ability to purchase under one roof a
bottle of wine, wedge of cheese, jar of olives, box of crackers and a
can of peanuts. This bill would also create a new sales revenue stream
for liquor retailers and generate new sales tax revenue for state and
local governments. In addition, the proposed bill would allow wine and
liquor merchants the opportunity to expand to other locations and
allow these small businesses and entrepreneurs, who are the backbone
of the state's economic engine, to provide jobs to local residents,
and fuel local economies.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Increase in state sales tax revenues.

 LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Increase in local sales tax revenues.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2009-S2994 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2994

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ESPADA -- 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
  permitting a liquor retailer  for  off-site  consumption  to  register
  three  liquor  stores  under  one  license, and permitting such liquor
  retailers to sell certain food items

  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 lottery  tickets,  when  duly
authorized and lawfully conducted, the sale of corkscrews or the sale of
ice  or  the  sale  of  publications, including prerecorded video and/or
audio cassette tapes, designed to help educate consumers in their  know-
ledge  and appreciation of wine and wine products, as defined in section
three of this chapter,  or  the  sale  of  non-carbonated,  non-flavored
mineral  waters,  spring  waters and drinking waters or THE SALE OF FOOD
ITEMS SOLD IN SMALL QUANTITIES AND ASSOCIATED WITH  THE  CONSUMPTION  OF
ALCOHOL,  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SMALL PORTIONS OF NUTS, CRACK-
ERS, CHEESE, OLIVES  AND  MINIATURE  BREADS,  OR  the  sale  of  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 busi-
ness within the meaning of this subdivision.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 63 of the alcoholic beverage control law
is amended to read as follows:
  3.  Such  license  shall  in form and in substance be a license to the
person specifically designated therein to sell liquor in [the] ALL prem-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10270-01-9

S. 2994                             2

ises specifically licensed at retail  for  off-premise  consumption  and
shall  also  include the privilege to sell wine under the same terms and
conditions without the  payment  of  any  additional  fee.  SUCH  PERSON
LICENSED  FOR  THE  SALE  OF LIQUOR FOR OFF-PREMISE CONSUMPTION SHALL BE
PERMITTED TO REGISTER UP TO THREE PREMISES UNDER SUCH LICENSE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Sponsored By

Pedro Espada Jr.

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

co-Sponsors

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

Ruth Hassell-Thompson

Shirley L. Huntley

Liz Krueger

2009-S2994 (ACTIVE) - Details

2009-S2994 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-S2994 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2994 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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