NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8884

Senate Bill S8884

Signed By Governor

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the issuance of a temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at certain locations

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 28, 2024	signed chap.160
Jun 26, 2024	delivered to governor
May 30, 2024	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.195 substituted for a9694a
May 21, 2024	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
May 16, 2024	amended on third reading 8884a
Apr 04, 2024	advanced to third reading
Apr 03, 2024	2nd report cal.
Apr 02, 2024	1st report cal.769
Mar 25, 2024	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- May 21, 2024 - Floor Vote
  S8884
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 21, 2024
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Ashby
      
      Bailey
      
      Borrello
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brouk
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Chu
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gonzalez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      Martins
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Murray
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rhoads
      
      Rivera
      
      Rolison
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Scarcella-Spanton
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Webb
      
      Weber
      
      Weik
      
      excused (1)
      
      Walczyk
      
      The following Member(s) participated via videoconferencing: Mattera
  Apr 2, 2024 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S8884
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Apr 2, 2024
      
      aye (6)
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gounardes
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      O'Mara
      
      Palumbo
      
      Skoufis
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Sepúlveda

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2023-S8884 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9694
Law Section:: Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §97, ABC L

2023-S8884 - Summary

Authorizes the issuance of a temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at certain locations once per year.

2023-S8884 - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8884

SPONSOR: GRIFFO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
authorizing a temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at
certain locations

 
PURPOSE:

To allow F.X. Matt Brewing Company, located in the City of Utica, in the
County of Oneida, to serve beer at their annual Boilermaker race and
festival.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends section 97 of the alcoholic beverage control law to
add a new subdivision 5 to allow a brewer, once a year and after obtain-
ing a permit under this section, to sell or offer at no cost, beer
beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at the hours fixed by or pursuant to
subdivision 5 of section 106 of this chapter, at two locations in the

City of Utica, County of Oneida.

Section two provides for an immediate effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

This authority has existed for years but was inadvertently repealed in
Chaptef 524 of the Laws of 2023:

 
JUSTIFICATION:

F.X. Matt Brewing Company, a local brewery based in Utica, holds an
annual Boilermaker race through the City of Utica on the second Sunday
in July each year. After the completion of the Boilermaker race, F.X.
Matt Brewing Company distributes both alcoholic and non-alcoholic bever-
ages at no cost to the spectators and participants in the race.

Held in the parking lot of the brewery, this event provides F.X. Matt
Brewing Company the opportunity to showcase their products to the local
community and visitors from across New York State. The Boilermaker race
and festival serves as a vehicle for economic development for the Mohawk
Valley and provides revenue for local businesses in Utica and across
Central New York.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S8884 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8884
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
   authorizing  a  temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at
   certain locations

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 97 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A
 OF THIS CHAPTER, THE AUTHORITY SHALL ALLOW A BREWER, ONCE PER ANNUM, AND
 AFTER THE PROPERTY OWNER OBTAINS A PERMIT UNDER THIS SECTION, TO SELL OR
 OFFER AT NO COST BEER, BEGINNING AT EIGHT ANTEMERIDIAN AND ENDING AT THE
 HOURS FIXED BY OR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
 SIX  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AT  THE  FOLLOWING TWO LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF
 UTICA, COUNTY OF ONEIDA, AND BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
 PARCEL I
 BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BEER STORAGE  BUILDING  AT  THE
 CORNER OF EDWARD STREET AND WASMER STREET AND PROCEEDING NORTHERLY FOR A
 DISTANCE  OF  76  FEET  1  INCH; THENCE 128 FEET 5 INCHES EASTERLY ALONG
 WASMER STREET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID WASMER STREET  NORTHEASTERLY
 FOR  A DISTANCE OF 202 FEET 10 INCHES TO THE CORNER OF WASMER STREET AND
 HAMILTON STREET.
 THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG HAMILTON STREET FOR A DISTANCE OF 46 FEET 8 INCH-
 ES TO THE INTERSECTION OF COLUMBIA STREET.  THENCE  NORTHWESTERLY  ALONG
 COLUMBIA STREET FOR A DISTANCE OF 233 FEET 6 INCHES. THENCE SOUTHWESTER-
 LY  FOR  A DISTANCE OF 77 FEET 7 INCHES TO A FENCE. THENCE NORTHWESTERLY
 FOR A DISTANCE OF 62 FEET AND THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY A DISTANCE OF 10 FEET
 6 INCHES TO THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE BREWERY GARAGE.
   THENCE, FOLLOWING THE GARAGE'S PERIMETER:  FIRST  IN  A  SOUTHWESTERLY
 DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 133 FEET 2 INCHES TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
 THE  GARAGE;  THENCE  IN  A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 22
 FEET 5 INCHES; AND THENCE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD15005-02-4
 S. 8884                             2
 
 11 FEET 2 INCHES, THEN IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FOR  A  DISTANCE  OF
 100 FEET, TO A FENCE JUST BEFORE THE SIDEWALK ON SCHUYLER STREET; THENCE
 SOUTHWESTERLY  FOR  A  DISTANCE OF 234 FEET 5 INCHES TO THE BREWERY MAIN
 COMPLEX.
   THENCE FOLLOWING THE PERIMETER OF THE BREWERY COMPLEX BUILDINGS SOUTH-
 EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 82 FEET 8 INCHES, NORTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF
 81  FEET  11  INCHES;  THENCE  SOUTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 85 FEET 3
 INCHES; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 21  FEET  6  INCHES;  AND
 THENCE  SOUTHEASTERLY  FOR  A DISTANCE OF 96 FEET 8 INCHES TO THE NORTH-
 WESTERN CORNER OF THE SHIPPING OFFICE.
 FROM THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE SHIPPING OFFICE, SOUTHEASTERLY FOR A
 DISTANCE OF 33 FEET 9 INCHES; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF  37
 FEET  8 INCHES; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 65 FEET 8 INCHES;
 THENCE SOUTHERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 27 FEET 4 INCHES; THENCE EASTERLY FOR
 A DISTANCE OF 33 FEET, TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
 PARCEL II
 BEGINNING AT THE IRON FENCE WHICH IS 26 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE  SOUTHWEST
 CORNER  OF  THE  TOUR  CENTER  ON COURT STREET; THENCE 66 FEET, 7 INCHES
 NORTHEAST, 11 FEET 7 INCHES NORTHWEST TO THE WEST  CORNER  OF  THE  TOUR
 CENTER  PARKING  LOT STAIRS. PROCEEDING NORTHEASTERLY 71 FEET 10 INCHES,
 THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 19 FEET 10 INCHES TO THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE
 BOILER ROOM BUILDING. THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 161 FEET; SOUTH BY  SOUTHWEST
 80  FEET;  SOUTHWEST  58 FEET 5 INCHES AND FINALLY SOUTHEAST 155 FEET TO
 THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S8884A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9694
Law Section:: Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §97, ABC L

2023-S8884A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the issuance of a temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at certain locations once per year.

2023-S8884A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8884A

SPONSOR: GRIFFO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
authorizing a temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at
certain locations

 
PURPOSE:

To allow F.X. Matt Brewing Company, located in the City of Utica, in the
County of Oneida, to serve beer at their annual Boilermaker race and
festival.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one amends section 97 of the alcoholic beverage control law to
add a new subdivision 5 to allow a brewer, once a year and after obtain-
ing a permit under this section, to sell or offer at no cost, beer
beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at the hours fixed by or pursuant to
subdivision 5 of section 106 of this chapter, at two locations in the

City of Utica, County of Oneida.

Section two amends section 106 subdivision 5 of the alcoholic beverage
control law to further clarify, and cross reference in this section,
that the temporary permit established in section one is not governed by
existing law.

Section three amends section 117-a of the alcoholic beverage control law
adding a new subdivision 6 to further clarify, and cross reference in
this section, the authorization provided for in section one.

Section four provides for an immediate effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

This authority has existed for years but was inadvertently repealed in
Chapter 524 of the Laws of 2023.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

F.X. Matt Brewing Company, a local brewery based in Utica, holds an
annual Boilermaker race through the City of Utica on the second Sunday
in July each year. After the completion of the Boilermaker race, F.X.
Matt Brewing Company distributes both alcoholic and non-alcoholic bever-
ages at no cost to the spectators and participants in the race.

Held in the parking lot of the brewery, this event provides F.X. Matt
Brewing Company the opportunity to showcase their products to the local
community and visitors from across New York State. The Boilermaker race
and festival serves as a vehicle for economic development for the Mohawk
Valley and provides revenue for local businesses in Utica and across
Central New York.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S8884A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8884--A
     Cal. No. 769
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered  to
   first  and  second  report,  ordered  to  a third reading, amended and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic  beverage  control  law,  in  relation  to
   authorizing  a  temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at
   certain locations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 97 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  THE AUTHORITY IS AUTHORIZED TO ALLOW A BREWER, ONCE PER ANNUM, AND
 AFTER THE PROPERTY OWNER OBTAINS A PERMIT UNDER THIS SECTION, TO SELL OR
 OFFER AT NO COST BEER, BEGINNING AT EIGHT ANTEMERIDIAN AND ENDING AT THE
 HOURS FIXED BY OR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF  SECTION  ONE  HUNDRED
 SIX  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AT  THE  FOLLOWING TWO LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF
 UTICA, COUNTY OF ONEIDA, AND BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
 PARCEL I
 BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE BEER STORAGE  BUILDING  AT  THE
 CORNER OF EDWARD STREET AND WASMER STREET AND PROCEEDING NORTHERLY FOR A
 DISTANCE  OF  76  FEET  1  INCH; THENCE 128 FEET 5 INCHES EASTERLY ALONG
 WASMER STREET; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID WASMER STREET  NORTHEASTERLY
 FOR  A DISTANCE OF 202 FEET 10 INCHES TO THE CORNER OF WASMER STREET AND
 HAMILTON STREET.
 THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG HAMILTON STREET FOR A DISTANCE OF 46 FEET 8 INCH-
 ES TO THE INTERSECTION OF COLUMBIA STREET.  THENCE  NORTHWESTERLY  ALONG
 COLUMBIA STREET FOR A DISTANCE OF 233 FEET 6 INCHES. THENCE SOUTHWESTER-
 LY  FOR  A DISTANCE OF 77 FEET 7 INCHES TO A FENCE. THENCE NORTHWESTERLY
 FOR A DISTANCE OF 62 FEET AND THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY A DISTANCE OF 10 FEET
 6 INCHES TO THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE BREWERY GARAGE.
   THENCE, FOLLOWING THE GARAGE'S PERIMETER:  FIRST  IN  A  SOUTHWESTERLY
 DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 133 FEET 2 INCHES TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
 THE  GARAGE;  THENCE  IN  A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF 22
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15005-09-4
 S. 8884--A                          2
 
 FEET 5 INCHES; AND THENCE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION FOR A DISTANCE OF
 11 FEET 2 INCHES, THEN IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION FOR  A  DISTANCE  OF
 100 FEET, TO A FENCE JUST BEFORE THE SIDEWALK ON SCHUYLER STREET; THENCE
 SOUTHWESTERLY  FOR  A  DISTANCE OF 234 FEET 5 INCHES TO THE BREWERY MAIN
 COMPLEX.
   THENCE FOLLOWING THE PERIMETER OF THE BREWERY COMPLEX BUILDINGS SOUTH-
 EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 82 FEET 8 INCHES, NORTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF
 81 FEET 11 INCHES; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY FOR A  DISTANCE  OF  85  FEET  3
 INCHES;  THENCE  NORTHEASTERLY  FOR  A DISTANCE OF 21 FEET 6 INCHES; AND
 THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 96 FEET 8 INCHES  TO  THE  NORTH-
 WESTERN CORNER OF THE SHIPPING OFFICE.
 FROM THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE SHIPPING OFFICE, SOUTHEASTERLY FOR A
 DISTANCE  OF 33 FEET 9 INCHES; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 37
 FEET 8 INCHES; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 65 FEET 8  INCHES;
 THENCE SOUTHERLY FOR A DISTANCE OF 27 FEET 4 INCHES; THENCE EASTERLY FOR
 A DISTANCE OF 33 FEET, TO THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
 PARCEL II
 BEGINNING  AT THE IRON FENCE WHICH IS 26 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE SOUTHWEST
 CORNER OF THE TOUR CENTER ON COURT STREET;  THENCE  66  FEET,  7  INCHES
 NORTHEAST,  11  FEET  7  INCHES NORTHWEST TO THE WEST CORNER OF THE TOUR
 CENTER PARKING LOT STAIRS. PROCEEDING NORTHEASTERLY 71 FEET  10  INCHES,
 THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 19 FEET 10 INCHES TO THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE
 BOILER  ROOM BUILDING. THENCE NORTHWESTERLY 161 FEET; SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST
 80 FEET; SOUTHWEST 58 FEET 5 INCHES AND FINALLY SOUTHEAST  155  FEET  TO
 THE POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (a) of subdivision 5 of section 106 of the alcoholic
 beverage control law, as amended by section 1 of part FF of  chapter  55
 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  (c)  of this subdivision, on
 Sunday, from four ante meridiem to ten o'clock a.m., except pursuant  to
 a  permit  issued  under  section  ninety-nine-h  OR SUBDIVISION FIVE OF
 SECTION NINETY-SEVEN of this chapter.
   § 3. Section 117-a of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE HOLDER  OF  A
 TEMPORARY  PERMIT UNDER SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION NINETY-SEVEN OF THIS
 CHAPTER.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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