Senate Bill S1123

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the sale of tonic water, bitters and maraschino cherries at liquor stores

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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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2015-S1123 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5727
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§63 & 104, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4044, A7188
2011-2012: S23, A5958
2013-2014: S204, A2751
2017-2018: S2037, A4317, A8997
2019-2020: A2340
2021-2022: A2641

2015-S1123 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sale of tonic water, bitters and maraschino cherries at liquor stores.

2015-S1123 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1123 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1123

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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 the
  sale of tonic water, bitters and maraschino cherries at liquor stores

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section  63 of the alcoholic beverage
control law, as amended by chapter 603 of the laws of 1992,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  4.  No licensee under this section shall be engaged in any other busi-
ness on the licensed premises. The sale of ANY OF  THE  FOLLOWING  SHALL
NOT  CONSTITUTE  ENGAGING IN ANOTHER BUSINESS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THIS
SUBDIVISION:
  (A) lottery tickets, when duly authorized and lawfully conducted[, the
sale of];
  (B) corkscrews [or the sale of];
  (C) ice [or the sale of];
  (D) publications, including prerecorded video  and/or  audio  cassette
tapes,  designed to help educate consumers in their knowledge and appre-
ciation of wine and wine products, as defined in section three  of  this
chapter[, or the sale of];
  (E)  non-carbonated,  non-flavored  mineral  waters, spring waters and
drinking waters [or the sale of];
  (F) glasses designed for the consumption of wine, racks  designed  for
the  storage  of  wine,  and  devices  designed to minimize oxidation in
bottles of wine which have been uncorked[, shall not constitute engaging
in another business within the meaning of this subdivision];
  (G) TONIC WATER;
  (H) BITTERS; AND
  (I) MARASCHINO CHERRIES.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00918-01-5
              

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