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- Signed chap.42
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.251
- Substituted for A2888A
- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Amended on third reading 4054a
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
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- 1st report cal.260
- Referred to agriculture
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Relates to the sale of frozen desserts made with wine
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor William Magee
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4054A
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
This bill would permit the manufacture and sale of frozen desserts made with wine.
Summary
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 certain restrictions 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 look for innovative ways to expand market opportunities and create new products for consumers. One way is to utilize products that are grown in the state from maple cotton candy to wine flavored frozen desserts.
Current law provides for the sale of wine ice cream. This legislation would expand the market by allowing the sale of 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 less than 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 creative desserts to be sold.
Legislative history
S.6780A of 2010 - Passed Senate
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it becomes law.
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