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History
- Amended on third reading (t) 6780a
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Returned to senate
- Recalled from assembly
- Referred to agriculture
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 53–5
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.184
- Referred to agriculture
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Relates to the sale of frozen desserts made with wine
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor William Magee
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6780A
Title of bill
An act to amend the agriculture and markets law, the public health law and the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to frozen desserts made with wine
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would permit the manufacture and sale of frozen desserts made with wine.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 - amends subdivisions 14 and 15 of section 200 of the agriculture and markets law by adding other frozen desserts made with wine.
Section 2 - amends section 1352-c of the public health law to provide for warning statements on menus, menu boards and signs in establishments where individual servings of frozen desserts made with wine are sold at retail.
Section 3 - amends subdivision one of section three of the alcoholic beverage law to clarify that frozen desserts made with wine shall not be regulated as an alcoholic beverage so long as the restriction, labeling and other conditions provided for in this legislation are met.
Section 4 - provides for an effective date on the thirtieth day after it shall have become law.
Justification
New York agriculture continues to climb ahead with creating new, attractive and scrumptious products that are grown in the state from maple cotton candy to wine flavored frozen desserts which are all marvelous. Current law allows the sale of wine ice cream and this legislation would expand that by allowing frozen desserts such as sorbet and sherbets made with wine.
As with confectionary, this bill would limit the percentage of alcohol in frozen desserts to not more than five per centum of alcohol by volume, prohibit its sale to persons under twenty-one years of age and requires product labeling and warning statements similar to those established for confectionary that contains alcohol. There's no doubt that the passage of this bill would help to expand the grape and wine industry in the state by allowing such a delicious treat be sold.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become law.
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