What's happening
This bill allows electronic filing for alcoholic beverage brand label registrations and extends their validity from one to three years.
Why it matters
Reduces regulatory burdens and paperwork. for alcohol producers and distributors by streamlining the registration process, allowing electronic submission rather than only physical mail or courier services.
Lowers compliance costs and administrative friction. electronic filing and the option for a small processing fee can make the process faster and potentially less expensive, especially for businesses registering multiple labels.
Provides greater business certainty and planning stability. by extending registration validity from one to three years, reducing the frequency of renewals and related disruptions.
Aligns state processes with federal practices. accepting federal label approvals via electronic filing may lead to faster market access and less duplication for producers already approved at the federal level.
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Allow Online Alcohol Label Filing
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History
- Signed chap.369
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–1
- 3rd reading cal.2059
- Substituted for S6120
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.421
- Rules report cal.421
- Reported
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- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to economic development
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Allow Online Alcohol Label Filing
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Terrence P. Murphy
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8242
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 2, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. BARRETT, SCHIMMINGER -- (at request of the State Liquor Authority) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to electronic filing and expanding brand label registrations from one year to three years
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 4 of section 107-a of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 354 of the laws of 2013, are amended to read as follows:
(1) The application for registration of a brand or trade name label shall be filed by certified mail return receipt requested, registered mail return receipt requested, [or] overnight delivery service with proof of mailing, or via electronic filing, on a form prescribed by the authority, and shall contain such information as the authority shall require. Such application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee prescribed by paragraph (b) of this subdivision and may also require a processing fee of no more than ten dollars paid to either the authority or a third party provider.
(2) Provided, however, where a brand or trade name label has been approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the United States Department of Treasury, it shall be deemed registered and approved by the authority if:
(i) the applicant submits on a form prescribed by the authority, by certified mail return receipt requested, registered mail return receipt requested, or overnight delivery service with proof of mailing, or via electronic filing, a true copy of the brand or trade name label approval issued by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the United States Department of Treasury along with the appropriate fee as established in paragraph (b) of this subdivision; and
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(ii) the authority does not deny such application within thirty days after receipt.
§ 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 107-a of the alcoholic beverage control law, as amended by chapter 354 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The annual fee for registration of any brand or trade name label for liquor shall be two hundred fifty dollars; the annual fee for registration of any brand or trade name label for beer or cider shall be one hundred fifty dollars; the annual fee for registration of any brand or trade name label for wine or wine products shall be fifty dollars. Such fee shall be in the form of a check or draft. No annual fee for registration of any brand or trade name label for wine shall be required if it has been approved by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau of the United States Department of Treasury pursuant to this section.
Each brand or trade name label registration approved pursuant to this section shall be valid for a term of [one year] three years as set forth by the authority and which shall be pro-rated for partial years as applicable.
Each brand or trade name label registration approved pursuant to this section shall be valid only for the licensee to whom issued and shall not be transferable.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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