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S00370 Summary:

BILL NOS00370 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07639

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §106-c, ABC L

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Allows certain licensees to form cooperative agreements to make joint purchases of alcoholic beverages provided that such agreement and activity conform to certain standards.

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BILL NOS00370 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 370

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
 ment Operations

 AN ACT to amend the alcoholic beverage control law, in relation to
 allowing cooperative agreements by licensees to sell wine or liquor at
 retail for consumption off the premises

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The alcoholic beverage control law is amended by adding a
 2 new section 106-c to read as follows:
 3 § 106-c. Cooperative agreements by licensees to sell wine or liquor at
 4 retail for consumption off the premises. No more than ten licensees with
 5 licenses for the sale at retail of wine or liquor for off-premises
 6 consumption as established in section sixty-three or section seventy-
 7 nine of this chapter, may join a cooperative agreement to make joint
 8 purchases of alcoholic beverages, provided that such agreement and
 9 activity shall conform to the following standards:
 10 1. The cooperative may hire employees to act in an administrative or
 11 management capacity for the cooperative's purchase, storage and trans-
 12 portation of alcoholic beverages. Such employees shall be in compliance
 13 with sections one hundred twenty-six and one hundred twenty-eight of
 14 this article;
 15 2. No cooperative agreement shall prohibit any licensee from joining
 16 any other cooperative agreement;
 17 3. No cooperative agreement shall prohibit any retailer from advertis-
 18 ing or selling any product at any otherwise lawful price;
 19 4. Any licensee may withdraw from a cooperative agreement within thir-
 20 ty days of forming such cooperative by written notice to the remaining
 21 participating members of such cooperative and no penalties shall be
 22 charged for such withdrawal;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01431-01-5

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 1 5. All purchases on credit through or by cooperative agreement shall
 2 be reduced to writing, signed by the wholesaler and each individual
 3 participating member of the cooperative and be consistent with sections
 4 one hundred one-aa and one hundred one-aaa of this article. All credit
 5 terms shall include adequate assurances of payment by each individual
 6 participating member of the cooperative by either the posting of a bond
 7 by the cooperative member or a provision that each member of the cooper-
 8 ative shall be jointly and severally liable for payment for the
 9 purchases made through the cooperative. A copy of such written agree-
 10 ments shall be maintained by the wholesaler and by the registered buying
 11 cooperative member;
 12 6. All individual purchases through or by cooperative agreement shall
 13 be separately invoiced consistent with sections one hundred one-aa and
 14 one hundred one-aaa of this article and shall contain the cooperative's
 15 registration number;
 16 7. All purchases through or by a cooperative agreement shall be trans-
 17 ported consistent with section one hundred seventeen of this article;
 18 8. No licensed party to a cooperative agreement shall commingle inven-
 19 tory, funds or other assets inconsistent with any section of this chap-
 20 ter;
 21 9. Any purchase or transfer in violation of any section of this chap-
 22 ter or the regulations promulgated thereunder, shall be a violation by
 23 all members of the coope