S 409: Permits on-premises retail licensees to purchase wine and liquor from off-premises retail licensees and off-premises retail licensees to purchase wine and liquor from on-premises retail licensees.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 409 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to permitting certain retail licensees to purchase wine and liquor from certain other retail licensees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 106 of the alcoholic beverage control law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 2-b to read as follows: 3 2-b. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, a 4 retail licensee for on-premises consumption shall be authorized to 5 purchase up to twelve bottles of wine and liquor per week from an off- 6 premises retail licensee, and may resell any wine and liquor so 7 purchased for consumption on the premises licensed therefor. 8 § 2. Section 105 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended by 9 adding a new subdivision 2 to read as follows: 10 2. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, 11 a retail licensee to sell liquor and/or wine for consumption off the 12 premises shall be authorized to sell up to twelve bottles of wine and 13 liquor per week to a retail licensee for on-premises consumption. 14 (b) A retail licensee for on-premises consumption shall retain 15 evidence of each purchase of wine and liquor from a retailer licensed to 16 sell liquor and/or wine for consumption off the premises in the form of 17 a purchase receipt showing the name of the retailer, the date of 18 purchase, a description of the alcohol beverages purchased, and the 19 price paid for the alcohol beverages. The retail licensee for on-premis- 20 es consumption shall retain the receipt and make it available for 21 inspection by the state liquor authority and its duly authorized agents 22 and employees. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00041-02-5 
 S. 409 2 1 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 2 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 3 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 4 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 5 on or before such effective date.