NY State Senate Bill 2025-S6415

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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Mar 13, 2025	referred to commerce, economic development and small business

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7355
Current Committee:: Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:: Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§50, 56, 60 & 66, add §§51-b, 58-e & 61-c, ABC L

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates licenses for roadside farm markets to sell beer, cider, and liquor.

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6415
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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
   creating licenses for roadside farm markets to sell beer,  cider,  and
   liquor

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 50 of the alcoholic  bever-
 age  control  law,  as  amended  by chapter 519 of the laws of 1937, are
 amended and a new subdivision 7 is added to read as follows:
   5. Licenses to sell beer at retail for consumption off  the  premises;
 [and]
   6. Licenses to sell beer at retail for consumption on the premises[.];
 AND
   7. ROADSIDE FARM MARKET LICENSE.
   §  2.  The  alcoholic  beverage control law is amended by adding a new
 section 51-b to read as follows:
   § 51-B. ROADSIDE FARM MARKET LICENSE. 1. ANY PERSON OWNING OR  OPERAT-
 ING A ROADSIDE FARM MARKET MAY APPLY TO THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY FOR A ROAD-
 SIDE  FARM  MARKET  LICENSE  TO SELL BEER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH
 APPLICATION SHALL BE IN WRITING AND VERIFIED,  AND  SHALL  CONTAIN  SUCH
 INFORMATION  AS THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY SHALL REQUIRE AND SHALL BE ACCOMPA-
 NIED BY A CHECK OR DRAFT FOR THE AMOUNT REQUIRED  BY  THIS  ARTICLE  FOR
 SUCH  LICENSE.  IF  THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY SHALL GRANT THE APPLICATION, IT
 SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE IN SUCH FORM AS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY ITS  RULES,
 AND THE LICENSE SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ONE YEAR.
   2.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ROADSIDE FARM MARKET"
 MEANS A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE LOCATED ON A FARM OPERATION, AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE  AGRICULTURE  AND
 MARKETS  LAW, EXCEPT FOR A COMMERCIAL HORSE BOARDING OPERATION, IN WHICH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10620-01-5

 S. 6415                             2
 
 NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ARE PRIMARILY SOLD BY PRODUCERS,  GROWERS
 OR  FARMERS OF SUCH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND THE
 TERM "NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT" MEANS ANY AGRICULTURAL OR  AQUACUL-
 TURAL  PRODUCT  OF  THE  SOIL OR WATER THAT HAS BEEN GROWN, HARVESTED OR
 PRODUCED WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FRUITS,  VEGETA-
 BLES,  EGGS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS, POULTRY AND POULTRY
 PRODUCTS, FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS, GRAIN AND GRAIN PRODUCTS, HONEY, NUTS,
 PRESERVES, MAPLE SAP PRODUCTS, APPLE CIDER, FRUIT JUICE,  AND  CHRISTMAS
 TREES.
   3.  A  ROADSIDE FARM MARKET LICENSE SHALL AUTHORIZE THE HOLDER THEREOF
 TO SELL BEER MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED BY UP TO TWO DULY  LICENSED  FARMS
 OR  SPECIAL  BREWERIES OR MICRO-BREWERIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN TWENTY
 MILES OF THE ROADSIDE FARM MARKET BY THE BOTTLE OR CAN FOR  OFF-PREMISES
 CONSUMPTION;  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH MARKET'S OWNER, OPERATOR OR REPRESEN-
 TATIVE SHALL BE PRESENT AT ALL TIMES DURING WHICH BEER IS BEING  OFFERED
 FOR  SALE;  PROVIDED THAT SUCH MARKET SHALL ABIDE BY ALL RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-SIX OF THIS  CHAPTER  AND
 ANY  OTHER  RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY TO
 IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION TO ENSURE THAT BEER  STORED  OR
 KEPT BY SUCH MARKET IS SEGREGATED AND KEPT IN A SAFE AND SECURE LOCATION
 WHEN SUCH MARKET IS CLOSED FOR BUSINESS.
   4.  THE  SALE OF BEER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL OCCUR ONLY WITHIN
 THE HOURS FIXED BY OR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN  OF  SECTION  ONE
 HUNDRED  FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
 FIFTY-FOUR-B OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW,  NO  BEER
 TASTINGS  SHALL  BE  CONDUCTED AT A ROADSIDE FARM MARKET THAT SELLS BEER
 FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   5. THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  AGRI-
 CULTURE  AND  MARKETS, SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECES-
 SARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 3. Section 56 of the alcoholic beverage control law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
   12.  THE  ANNUAL  FEE  FOR A ROADSIDE FARM MARKET LICENSE SHALL BE ONE
 HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   § 4. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 58-e to read as follows:
   §  58-E. ROADSIDE FARM MARKET LICENSE. 1. ANY PERSON OWNING OR OPERAT-
 ING A ROADSIDE FARM MARKET MAY APPLY TO THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY FOR A ROAD-
 SIDE FARM MARKET LICENSE TO SELL CIDER PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION.  SUCH
 APPLICATION  SHALL  BE  IN  WRITING AND VERIFIED, AND SHALL CONTAIN SUCH
 INFORMATION AS THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY SHALL REQUIRE AND SHALL BE  ACCOMPA-
 NIED  BY  A  CHECK  OR DRAFT FOR THE AMOUNT REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE FOR
 SUCH LICENSE. IF THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY SHALL GRANT  THE  APPLICATION,  IT
 SHALL  ISSUE A LICENSE IN SUCH FORM AS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY ITS RULES,
 AND THE LICENSE SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ONE YEAR. THE ANNUAL FEE  FOR
 SUCH A LICENSE SHALL BE ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   2.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ROADSIDE FARM MARKET"
 MEANS A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE LOCATED ON A FARM OPERATION, AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE  AGRICULTURE  AND
 MARKETS  LAW, EXCEPT FOR A COMMERCIAL HORSE BOARDING OPERATION, IN WHICH
 NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ARE PRIMARILY SOLD BY PRODUCERS,  GROWERS
 OR  FARMERS OF SUCH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND THE
 TERM "NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT" MEANS ANY AGRICULTURAL OR  AQUACUL-
 TURAL  PRODUCT  OF  THE  SOIL OR WATER THAT HAS BEEN GROWN, HARVESTED OR
 PRODUCED WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FRUITS,  VEGETA-
 BLES,  EGGS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS, POULTRY AND POULTRY
 S. 6415                             3
 
 PRODUCTS, FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS, GRAIN AND GRAIN PRODUCTS, HONEY, NUTS,
 PRESERVES, MAPLE SAP PRODUCTS, APPLE CIDER, FRUIT JUICE,  AND  CHRISTMAS
 TREES.
   3.  A  ROADSIDE FARM MARKET LICENSE SHALL AUTHORIZE THE HOLDER THEREOF
 TO SELL CIDER MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED BY UP TO TWO DULY LICENSED  FARMS
 OR  FARM  CIDERIES  THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN TWENTY MILES OF THE ROADSIDE
 FARM MARKET BY THE BOTTLE OR CAN FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION;  PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH MARKET'S OWNER, OPERATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE PRESENT AT
 ALL  TIMES  DURING  WHICH CIDER IS BEING OFFERED FOR SALE; PROVIDED THAT
 SUCH MARKET SHALL ABIDE BY ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  PURSU-
 ANT  TO SECTION NINETY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER AND ANY OTHER RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS  SECTION  TO ENSURE THAT CIDER STORED OR KEPT BY SUCH MARKET IS
 SEGREGATED AND KEPT IN A SAFE AND SECURE LOCATION WHEN  SUCH  MARKET  IS
 CLOSED FOR BUSINESS.
   4.  THE SALE OF CIDER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL OCCUR ONLY WITHIN
 THE HOURS FIXED BY OR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN  OF  SECTION  ONE
 HUNDRED  FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
 FIFTY-NINE-A OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF  LAW,  NO  CIDER
 TASTINGS  SHALL  BE CONDUCTED AT A ROADSIDE FARM MARKET THAT SELLS CIDER
 FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   5. THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  AGRI-
 CULTURE  AND  MARKETS, SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECES-
 SARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 5. Subdivision 6 of section 60 of  the  alcoholic  beverage  control
 law,  as  added by chapter 531 of the laws of 1964, is amended and a new
 subdivision 7 is added to read as follows:
   6. Special license to sell liquor at retail  for  consumption  on  the
 premises.
   7. ROADSIDE FARM MARKET LICENSE.
   §  6.  The  alcoholic  beverage control law is amended by adding a new
 section 61-c to read as follows:
   § 61-C. ROADSIDE FARM MARKET LICENSE. 1. ANY PERSON OWNING OR  OPERAT-
 ING A ROADSIDE FARM MARKET MAY APPLY TO THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY FOR A ROAD-
 SIDE  FARM  MARKET LICENSE TO SELL LIQUOR PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH
 APPLICATION SHALL BE IN WRITING AND VERIFIED,  AND  SHALL  CONTAIN  SUCH
 INFORMATION  AS THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY SHALL REQUIRE AND SHALL BE ACCOMPA-
 NIED BY A CHECK OR DRAFT FOR THE AMOUNT REQUIRED  BY  THIS  ARTICLE  FOR
 SUCH  LICENSE.  IF  THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY SHALL GRANT THE APPLICATION, IT
 SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE IN SUCH FORM AS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY ITS  RULES,
 AND THE LICENSE SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ONE YEAR.
   2.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "ROADSIDE FARM MARKET"
 MEANS A BUILDING OR STRUCTURE LOCATED ON A FARM OPERATION, AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION ELEVEN OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED ONE OF THE  AGRICULTURE  AND
 MARKETS  LAW, EXCEPT FOR A COMMERCIAL HORSE BOARDING OPERATION, IN WHICH
 NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ARE PRIMARILY SOLD BY PRODUCERS,  GROWERS
 OR  FARMERS OF SUCH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND THE
 TERM "NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT" MEANS ANY AGRICULTURAL OR  AQUACUL-
 TURAL  PRODUCT  OF  THE  SOIL OR WATER THAT HAS BEEN GROWN, HARVESTED OR
 PRODUCED WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO FRUITS,  VEGETA-
 BLES,  EGGS, DAIRY PRODUCTS, MEAT AND MEAT PRODUCTS, POULTRY AND POULTRY
 PRODUCTS, FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS, GRAIN AND GRAIN PRODUCTS, HONEY, NUTS,
 PRESERVES, MAPLE SAP PRODUCTS, APPLE CIDER, FRUIT JUICE,  AND  CHRISTMAS
 TREES.
   3.  A  ROADSIDE FARM MARKET LICENSE SHALL AUTHORIZE THE HOLDER THEREOF
 TO SELL LIQUOR MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED BY UP TO TWO DULY LICENSED FARMS
 S. 6415                             4

 OR FARM DISTILLERIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN TWENTY MILES OF  THE  ROAD-
 SIDE  FARM  MARKET  BY THE BOTTLE FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION; PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH MARKET'S OWNER, OPERATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE PRESENT AT
 ALL  TIMES  DURING WHICH LIQUOR IS BEING OFFERED FOR SALE; PROVIDED THAT
 SUCH MARKET SHALL ABIDE BY ALL RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  PURSU-
 ANT  TO SECTION NINETY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER AND ANY OTHER RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS  SECTION TO ENSURE THAT LIQUOR STORED OR KEPT BY SUCH MARKET IS
 SEGREGATED AND KEPT IN A SAFE AND SECURE LOCATION WHEN  SUCH  MARKET  IS
 CLOSED FOR BUSINESS.
   4. THE SALE OF LIQUOR PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL OCCUR ONLY WITHIN
 THE  HOURS  FIXED  BY OR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF  SECTION
 SIXTY-THREE-A  OF  THIS ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO LIQUOR
 TASTINGS SHALL BE CONDUCTED AT A ROADSIDE FARM MARKET THAT SELLS  LIQUOR
 FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   5.  THE LIQUOR AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI-
 CULTURE AND MARKETS, SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND  REGULATIONS  NECES-
 SARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   §  7.  Section  66 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
   11. THE ANNUAL FEE FOR A ROADSIDE FARM MARKET  LICENSE  SHALL  BE  ONE
 HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   §  8. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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Senate Bill S6415

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

James Skoufis

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S6415 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments