Requires events held by the state or on state property which include alcohol to include alcohol produced within the state

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          1158

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     January 8, 2025
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        Introduced  by  Sens. COONEY, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Procurement  and
          Contracts

        AN ACT to amend the state finance law, the public buildings law, and the
          parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation  law,  in  relation to
          requiring events held by the state or on state property which  include
          alcohol to include alcohol produced within the state

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  163-e to read as follows:
     3    §  163-E.  STATE ALCOHOL PRODUCTS. EACH STATE AGENCY, THE LEGISLATURE,
     4  AND THE JUDICIARY SHALL INCLUDE IN ANY SET OF PROCUREMENTS FOR AN  EVENT
     5  WHERE  ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGES,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BEER, WINE,
     6  AND SPIRITS, WILL BE SERVED A PROCUREMENT FOR ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGES  MADE
     7  WITHIN THE STATE TO BE SERVED AT SUCH EVENT.
     8    §  2.  The public buildings law is amended by adding a new section 148
     9  to read as follows:
    10    § 148. STATE ALCOHOL PRODUCTS. THE COMMISSIONER  OF  GENERAL  SERVICES
    11  SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  ANY  EVENT WHICH OCCURS IN A STATE OWNED OR LEASED
    12  BUILDING OR THE GROUNDS AND PREMISES ADJACENT OR APPURTENANT THERETO  OR
    13  CONNECTED  THERETO  OR  CONNECTED THEREWITH BELONGING TO THE STATE WHERE
    14  ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,  BEER,  WINE,  AND
    15  SPIRITS, ARE SERVED ALSO SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MADE WITHIN THE STATE
    16  AT SUCH EVENT.
    17    § 3. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is amended by
    18  adding a new section 3.27 to read as follows:
    19    § 3.27 STATE ALCOHOL PRODUCTS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT ANY
    20  EVENT  WHICH  OCCURS  IN  A  STATE OPERATED OR MAINTAINED HISTORIC SITE,
    21  PARK,  PARKWAY  OR  RECREATIONAL  FACILITY  WHERE  ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGES,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03285-01-5
        S. 1158                             2

     1  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BEER, WINE, AND SPIRITS, ARE SERVED ALSO
     2  SERVE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES MADE WITHIN THE STATE AT SUCH EVENT.
     3    §  4. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
     4  law.