Senate Bill S23

2011-2012 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

  • 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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2011-S23 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5958
Current Committee:
Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§63 & 104, ABC L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4044, A7188
2013-2014: S204, A2751
2015-2016: S1123, A5727
2017-2018: S2037, A4317, A8997
2019-2020: A2340
2021-2022: A2641

2011-S23 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2011-S23 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S23 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   23

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. SQUADRON, HASSELL-THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered
  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee on
  Commerce, Economic Development 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

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

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