Assembly Bill A8442

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a class E felony for the sale to a minor of an alcoholic beverage containing a stimulant when such sale is made by a licensee of the state liquor authority

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A8442 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง65, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5170
2013-2014: A5874
2017-2018: A3854
2019-2020: A3491

2015-A8442 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a class E felony for the sale to a minor of an alcoholic beverage containing a stimulant when such sale is made by a licensee of the state liquor authority.

2015-A8442 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8442

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 9, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. ORTIZ, AUBRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  ARROYO, ROBINSON, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Economic Development

AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
  providing  enhanced penalties for licensees who sell certain alcoholic
  beverages to persons under the age of twenty-one years

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

  Section 1. Section 65 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A.  ANY  LICENSEE,  OR ITS AGENT OR EMPLOYEE, WHO SELLS, DELIVERS OR
GIVES AWAY, OR CAUSES, PERMITS OR PROCURES  TO  BE  SOLD,  DELIVERED  OR
GIVEN AWAY TO ANY PERSON, ACTUALLY OR APPARENTLY, UNDER THE AGE OF TWEN-
TY-ONE  YEARS,  ANY  ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE THAT  CONTAINS MORE THAN TWO PER
CENTUM OF ALCOHOL BY VOLUME, IN COMBINATION WITH MORE THAN  FIVE  MILLI-
GRAMS  PER  OUNCE  OF CAFFEINE OR ANY OTHER STIMULANT INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, GUARANA, GINSENG OR TAURINE THAT HAS AN EQUIVALENT EFFECT AS
SUCH QUANTITY OF CAFFEINE, SHALL BE  GUILTY  OF  A  CLASS  E  FELONY  AS
DEFINED IN THE PENAL LAW.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04192-01-5

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