Assembly Actions -
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Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to economic development |
Oct 09, 2015 |
referred to economic development |
Assembly Bill A8445
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ORTIZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Annette Robinson
Jeffrion Aubry
Carmen E. Arroyo
Fred Thiele
2015-A8445 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A8445 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8445 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y October 9, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, ROBINSON, AUBRY, ARROYO, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to prohibiting the sale of caffeinated or stimulant-enhanced alcoholic beverages THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new subdivision 7-e to read as follows: 7-E. "CAFFEINATED OR STIMULANT-ENHANCED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE" MEANS AND INCLUDES A BEER OR WINE PRODUCT THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN SIX PER CENTUM ALCOHOL BY VOLUME AND AN UNSAFE FOOD ADDITIVE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "UNSAFE FOOD ADDITIVE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED IN THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT (21 U.S.C. S 348) AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CAFFEINE OR OTHER STIMULANTS DIRECTLY ADDED TO AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AS A SEPARATE INGREDIENT WITHOUT APPROVAL BY FEDERAL REGULATION OR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AS GENERALLY RECOG- NIZED AS SAFE. S 2. Section 100 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 8. NO LICENSEE, PERMITTEE OR PERSON SHALL SELL, DELIVER OR GIVE AWAY, OR CAUSE, PERMIT OR PROCURE TO BE SOLD, DELIVERED OR GIVEN AWAY ANY CAFFEINATED OR STIMULANT-ENHANCED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN-E OF SECTION THREE OF THIS CHAPTER. S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law; provided that the provisions of this act shall not be deemed to prohibit any person, licensed to sell alcoholic beverages at retail for on-premises or off-premises consumption, from selling, delivering or giving away any caffeinated or stimulant-enhanced alcoholic beverage to a distributor or manufacturer of such beverage within sixty days of the effective date of this act when the caffeinated EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04193-01-5
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