Assembly Bill A8047

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Creates a farm cidery license

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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-A8047 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5833
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ABC L, generally; amd §16, Ag & Mkts L; amd §§210, 606 & 1136, Tax L

2013-A8047 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a farm cidery license; relates to farm cidery sales tax information return filing requirements.

2013-A8047 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8047

                       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 and  the  agriculture
  and  markets law, in relation to the creation of a farm cidery license
  and to amend the tax law, in relation to farm cidery sales tax  infor-
  mation return filing requirements

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 7-b of section  3  of  the  alcoholic  beverage
control  law,  as amended by chapter 578 of the laws of 1978, is amended
to read as follows:
  7-b. (A) "Cider" means the  partially  or  fully  fermented  juice  of
fresh, whole apples OR OTHER POME FRUITS, containing more than three and
two-tenths  per  centum but not more than [seven] EIGHT AND ONE-HALF per
centum alcohol by volume[, when used for beverage purposes, and]: (I) to
which nothing has been added to increase the alcoholic content  produced
by  natural  fermentation; AND (II) WITH THE USUAL CELLAR TREATMENTS AND
NECESSARY ADDITIONS TO CORRECT DEFECTS DUE TO CLIMATE, SACCHARINE LEVELS
AND SEASONAL CONDITIONS.  Nothing contained in this subdivision shall be
deemed to preclude the use of such methods or materials as may be neces-
sary to encourage a normal alcoholic fermentation and to make a  product
that  is free of microbiological activity at the time of sale. Cider may
be sweetened OR FLAVORED after fermentation with  [apple]  FRUIT  juice,
[apple]  FRUIT juice concentrate, [or] sugar, MAPLE SYRUP, HONEY, SPICES
OR OTHER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, separately or in combination. Cider  may
contain retained or added carbon dioxide.
  (B)  IN  THE  EVENT THAT AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MEETS THE DEFINITION OF
BOTH A CIDER, AS DEFINED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, AND A WINE, AS DEFINED  IN
SUBDIVISION  THIRTY-SIX  OF  THIS SECTION, THE BRAND OR TRADE NAME LABEL
OWNER OF SUCH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SHALL DESIGNATE WHETHER SUCH  ALCOHOLIC

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD12041-01-3

              

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