Assembly Bill A278

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes that wine tastings may be conducted under the auspices of a retailer

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A278 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §80, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11129
2019-2020: A334
2021-2022: A800

2023-A278 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes that persons licensed to sell wine may do so on the licensed premises under the auspices of an official agent of a farm winery, winery, wholesaler, importer, or retailer.

2023-A278 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    278
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  alcoholic  beverage control law, in relation to
   conducting wine tastings on licensed premises
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  80 of the alcoholic beverage
 control law, as amended by chapter 221 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   1.  Except  as  otherwise  provided  for  in  this chapter, any person
 licensed to sell wine pursuant to this article, or  section  sixty-three
 [or],  section seventy-nine OR SECTION ONE HUNDRED FIVE of this chapter,
 shall be permitted to conduct wine tastings only upon the licensed prem-
 ises. Wine tastings which are conducted under the auspices of  an  offi-
 cial  agent  of  a  farm  winery,  winery, wholesaler, [or] importer, OR
 RETAILER and where such agent is physically present at all times  during
 the  conduct of the tasting, then, in that event, any liability stemming
 from a right of action resulting from a wine tasting as authorized here-
 in, and in accordance with the provisions of sections 11-100 and  11-101
 of the general obligations law, shall accrue to the farm winery, winery,
 wholesaler, [or] importer, OR RETAILER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02211-01-3

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