Amends the definition of New York State labelled beer to require that at least 60%, by weight, of its hops and at least 60% of any other ingredients, excluding water, are grown in New York.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7746--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 21, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Economic Development -- recommitted to the Committee on Econom-
ic Development in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to the
definition of New York state labelled beer
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 20-d of section 3 of the alcoholic beverage
2 control law, as added by chapter 108 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 20-d. "New York state labelled beer" means:
5 (a) from the effective date of this subdivision until December thir-
6 ty-first, two thousand eighteen, beer made with no less than twenty
7 percent, by weight, of its hops grown in New York state and no less than
8 twenty percent, by weight, of all of its other ingredients, excluding
9 water, grown in New York state;
10 (b) from January first, two thousand nineteen until December thirty-
11 first, two thousand [twenty-three] twenty-eight, beer made with no less
12 than sixty percent, by weight, of its hops grown in New York state and
13 no less than sixty percent, by weight, of all of its other ingredients,
14 excluding water, grown in New York state; and
15 (c) from January first, two thousand [twenty-four] twenty-nine and
16 thereafter, beer made with no less than ninety percent, by weight, of
17 its hops grown in New York state and no less than ninety percent, by
18 weight, of all of its other ingredients, excluding water, grown in New
19 York state.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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