Assembly Bill A8046

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for the brand or trade name labeling of alcoholic beverages

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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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2013-A8046 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5832
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §107-a, ABC L

2013-A8046 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the brand or trade name labeling of alcoholic beverages.

2013-A8046 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8046

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. SCHIMMINGER -- (at request of the Governor) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development

AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to brand
  or trade name labeling of alcoholic beverages

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

  Section  1.  Section  107-a  of the alcoholic beverage control law, as
added by chapter 479 of the laws of 1940, subdivision 1  as  amended  by
chapter  204  of  the  laws  of 1963, subdivisions 3 and 4 as amended by
chapter 490 of the laws of  1993,  subparagraph  1  and  clause  (i)  of
subparagraph  2  of paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 as amended by chapter
213 of the laws of 2010, paragraph (d) of subdivision 4  as  amended  by
chapter  361  of  the laws of 1994 and paragraph (g) of subdivision 4 as
amended by chapter 109 of the laws  of  2012,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S 107-a. Labeling  containers  of  alcoholic  beverages. 1. The liquor
authority is hereby  authorized  to  promulgate  rules  and  regulations
governing  the  labeling  and  offering  of alcoholic beverages bottled,
packaged, sold or possessed for sale within this state.
  [2.] Such regulations shall be calculated to prohibit deception of the
consumer; to afford him OR HER adequate information as  to  quality  and
identity;  and  to achieve national uniformity [in this field] in so far
as possible.
  [3.] 2. The bottling, packaging, sale or possession by any licensee of
any alcoholic beverage not labelled or offered in conformity  with  this
section  shall  be  ground for suspension, revocation or cancellation of
the license.
  [4. (a)] 3. No [liquor, wine or  beer]  ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGE  shall  be
[labelled,]  offered  or  advertised  for  sale IN THIS STATE unless [in
accordance with this section and unless the]:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD12039-01-3

              

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