Relates to the New York state craft beverage industry, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   3922
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. STIRPE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Economic Development
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the economic development law, in relation to promoting
   the New York state craft beverage industry
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivisions 18-a and 18-b of section 100 of the economic
 development law, subdivision 18-a as added by chapter 499 of the laws of
 1984 and subdivision 18-b as added by chapter 490 of the laws  of  1993,
 are amended to read as follows:
   18-a.  (A) to establish, in cooperation with the commissioner of agri-
 culture and markets and  the  state  liquor  authority,  procedures  for
 proposing  to  the governor nominations for annual awards to be known as
 "New York state wine retailers awards". These non-monetary awards  shall
 be  given  in recognition of unusual efforts made by restaurants, and/or
 retailers licensed to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consump-
 tion, to inform consumers as to the availability, diversity  and  excel-
 lence  of wines made in the state from grapes grown in the state, and to
 feature these wines. The governor  shall,  at  [his]  THEIR  discretion,
 issue up to three awards annually.
   (B)  TO ESTABLISH, IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
 AND MARKETS AND THE STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY, PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSING  TO
 THE  GOVERNOR  NOMINATIONS  FOR  ANNUAL  AWARDS TO BE KNOWN AS "NEW YORK
 STATE LIQUOR RETAILERS AWARDS", "NEW YORK STATE BEER RETAILERS  AWARDS",
 "NEW YORK STATE CIDER RETAILER AWARDS", AND "NEW YORK STATE MEAD RETAIL-
 ERS  AWARDS". THESE NON-MONETARY AWARDS SHALL BE GIVEN IN RECOGNITION OF
 UNUSUAL EFFORTS MADE BY RESTAURANTS, AND/OR  RETAILERS LICENSED TO  SELL
 ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGES  FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION, TO  INFORM CONSUMERS
 AS TO THE AVAILABILITY, DIVERSITY  AND  EXCELLENCE  OF  LIQUORS,  BEERS,
 CIDER,  AND MEAD MADE IN THE STATE FROM PRODUCTS GROWN IN THE STATE, AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 TO FEATURE THESE PRODUCTS. THE  GOVERNOR  SHALL,  AT  THEIR  DISCRETION,
 ISSUE UP TO THREE AWARDS IN EACH CATEGORY ANNUALLY.
   18-b.  (A) to promote, in cooperation with the New York wine and grape
 foundation, state policies that will encourage the production  and  sale
 of New York labelled wines.
   (B) TO PROMOTE, IN COOPERATION  WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
 MARKETS AND THE STATE LIQUOR AUTHORITY, STATE POLICIES THAT WILL ENCOUR-
 AGE THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF NEW YORK LABELLED BEERS, CIDERS, LIQUORS,
 AND MEAD.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.