NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9694
SPONSOR: Buttenschon TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
authorizing a temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at
certain locations
PURPOSE:
To allow F.X. Matt Brewing Company, located in the City of Utica, in the
County of Oneida, to serve beer at their annual Boilermaker race and
festival.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends section 97 of the alcoholic beverage control law to
add a new subdivision 5 to allow a brewer, once a year and after obtain-
ing a permit under this section, to sell or offer at no cost, beer
beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at the hours fixed by or pursuant to
subdivision 5 of section 106 of this chapter, at two locations in the
City of Utica, County of Oneida.
Section two provides for an immediate effective date.
EXISTING LAW:
This authority has existed for years but was inadvertently repealed in
Chapter 524 of the Laws of 2023.
JUSTIFICATION:
F.X. Matt Brewing Company, a local brewery based in Utica, holds an
annual Boilermaker race through the City of Utica on the second Sunday
in July each year. After the completion of the Boilermaker race, F.X.
Matt Brewing Company distributes both alcoholic and non-alcoholic bever-
ages at no cost to the spectators and participants in the race.
Held in the parking lot of the brewery, this event provides F.X. Matt
Brewing Company the opportunity to showcase their products to the local
community and visitors from across New York State. The Boilermaker race
and festival serves as a vehicle for economic development for the Mohawk
Valley and provides revenue for local businesses in Utica and across
Central New York.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9694
IN ASSEMBLY
April 3, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
authorizing a temporary permit for a brewer to sell or offer beer at
certain locations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 97 of the alcoholic beverage control law is amended
2 by adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hundred seventeen-a
4 of this chapter, the authority shall allow a brewer, once per annum, and
5 after the property owner obtains a permit under this section, to sell or
6 offer at no cost beer, beginning at eight antemeridian and ending at the
7 hours fixed by or pursuant to subdivision five of section one hundred
8 six of this chapter, at the following two locations in the city of
9 Utica, county of Oneida, and bounded and described as follows:
10 PARCEL I
11 Beginning at the northwest corner of the beer storage building at the
12 corner of Edward Street and Wasmer Street and proceeding northerly for a
13 distance of 76 feet 1 inch; thence 128 feet 5 inches easterly along
14 Wasmer Street; thence continuing along said Wasmer Street northeasterly
15 for a distance of 202 feet 10 inches to the corner of Wasmer Street and
16 Hamilton Street.
17 Thence northerly along Hamilton Street for a distance of 46 feet 8 inch-
18 es to the intersection of Columbia Street. Thence northwesterly along
19 Columbia Street for a distance of 233 feet 6 inches. Thence southwester-
20 ly for a distance of 77 feet 7 inches to a fence. Thence northwesterly
21 for a distance of 62 feet and thence southwesterly a distance of 10 feet
22 6 inches to the southeastern corner of the brewery garage.
23 Thence, following the garage's perimeter: first in a southwesterly
24 direction for a distance of 133 feet 2 inches to the southwest corner of
25 the garage; thence in a northwesterly direction for a distance of 22
26 feet 5 inches; and thence in a northeasterly direction for a distance of
27 11 feet 2 inches, then in a northwesterly direction for a distance of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 100 feet, to a fence just before the sidewalk on Schuyler Street; thence
2 southwesterly for a distance of 234 feet 5 inches to the Brewery main
3 complex.
4 Thence following the perimeter of the brewery complex buildings south-
5 east for a distance of 82 feet 8 inches, northeasterly for a distance of
6 81 feet 11 inches; thence southeasterly for a distance of 85 feet 3
7 inches; thence northeasterly for a distance of 21 feet 6 inches; and
8 thence southeasterly for a distance of 96 feet 8 inches to the north-
9 western corner of the shipping office.
10 From the northwestern corner of the shipping office, southeasterly for a
11 distance of 33 feet 9 inches; thence southwesterly for a distance of 37
12 feet 8 inches; thence southeasterly for a distance of 65 feet 8 inches;
13 thence southerly for a distance of 27 feet 4 inches; thence easterly for
14 a distance of 33 feet, to the point or place of beginning.
15 PARCEL II
16 Beginning at the iron fence which is 26 feet northwest of the southwest
17 corner of the tour center on Court Street; thence 66 feet, 7 inches
18 northeast, 11 feet 7 inches northwest to the west corner of the tour
19 center parking lot stairs. Proceeding northeasterly 71 feet 10 inches,
20 thence northwesterly 19 feet 10 inches to the southeastern corner of the
21 boiler room building. Thence northwesterly 161 feet; south by southwest
22 80 feet; southwest 58 feet 5 inches and finally southeast 155 feet to
23 the point or place of beginning.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
