New York § 79 - 79Seven day license to sell wine at retail for consumption off the premises

Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 79 — 79Seven day license to sell wine at retail for consumption off the premises, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 79. 79Seven day license to sell wine at retail for consumption off the premises

§ 79. Seven day license to sell wine at retail for consumption off the premises. 1. The procedure set forth in section sixty-three of this chapter shall apply so far as applicable to applications for seven day licenses to sell wine at retail for off-premise consumption. Such seven day license shall in form and in substance be a license to the person specifically licensed to sell wine at retail for off-premise consumption. 1-a. The liquor authority shall convert all current licenses to sell wine at retail for consumption off the premises to seven day licenses to sell wine at retail for consumption off the premises pursuant to subdivision three of section seventy-five of this article. However, the conversion of the license to the seven day license shall not affect licenses other than licenses issued pursuant to subdivision three of section seventy-five of this article prior to the effective date of part W3 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003. 2. Not more than one license shall be granted to any person under this section. 3. No licensee under this section shall be engaged in any other business in the premises licensed. The sale of those items specifically enumerated in subdivision four of section sixty-three of this chapter shall not constitute engaging in another business within the meaning of this subdivision. 4. Determinations under this section with respect to the issuance of a new license or under section one hundred eleven with respect to the transfer to any other premises of a license issued hereunder shall be made in accordance with public convenience and advantage.

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