BILL NUMBER: S9163
SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
increasing the number of package store licenses able to be held by one
person
 
PURPOSE:
This bill will allow retail liquor store license holders to hold a
second license, and to reciprocally purchase products from other license
holders.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends subdivision 5 of section 63 control law to allow for
the provision of two section.of the alcoholic beverage licenses per
person under this
Section 2: Amends subdivision 2 of section 79 control law to allow for
the provision of two section.of the alcoholic beverage licenses per
person under this
Section 3: Adds a new subdivision 2-a to section 105 of the alcoholic
beverage control law that provides for reciprocal purchasing and selling
of license holders under section 63 and section 79, and dictates
record-keeping requirements.
Section 4: Sets the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Package store licensees in New York State are currently prohibited from
acquiring more than one license in their name. Yet, some liquor store
owners skirt this law by engaging their spouse or a family member to
apply for a new license. Tracking of these family licensing networks,
and enforcement of the single license statute, is difficult and costly
for the SLA.
At the same time, stakeholders within and outside of the industry are
concerned that lifting the license cap altogether would encourage mono-
polization by large liquor stores and drive mom and pop owners out of
business.
In the interest of facilitating healthy market competition and small
business growth, this bill would lift the cap on package store licenses
from one to two per person. It would also allow these license holders to
purchase from and sell to other license holders, providing flexibility
and bulk discount opportunities for these businesses outside of whole-
sale agreements.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Senate
New Bill
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
New license revenues to the SLA.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law.

Statutes affected:
S9163: 63 alcoholic beverage control law, 63(5) alcoholic beverage control law, 79 alcoholic beverage control law, 79(2) alcoholic beverage control law, 105 alcoholic beverage control law