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N.Y. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 117-a: Unlimited drink offerings prohibited

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  1. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
  2. Article 8. General Provisions

§ 117-a. Unlimited drink offerings prohibited. 1. No licensee, acting

individually or in conjunction with one or more licensees, shall:

(a) offer, sell, serve, or deliver to any person or persons an

unlimited number of drinks during any set period of time for a fixed

price.

(b) allow a person, agent, party organizer, or promoter, as such terms

shall be defined by the authority in rule and regulation, to offer,

sell, serve, or deliver to any person or persons an unlimited number of

drinks during any set period of time for a fixed price.

(c) advertise, promote, or charge a price for drinks that in the

judgment of the authority creates an offering of alcoholic beverages in

violation of the purposes and intent of this section, or which in the

judgment of the authority is an attempt to circumvent the intent and

purposes of this section, such as, but not limited to, offerings of free

drinks, or multiple drinks for free or for the price of a single drink,

or for a low initial price followed by a price increment per hour or

other period of time, or for such a minor amount that in the judgment of

the authority the pricing would constitute an attempt to circumvent the

intent and purposes of this section.

2. As used in this section, licensee means and includes the licensee,

and any employees, or agents of such licensee.

3. With respect to an individual licensee, this section shall not

apply to private functions not opened to the public, such as weddings,

banquets, or receptions, or other similar functions, or to a package of

food and beverages where the service of alcoholic beverages is

incidental to the event or function.

4. The authority shall investigate any documented allegation of a

violation of this section upon a complaint by any person.

5. The authority shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to

implement the provisions of this section.

6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the holder of a

temporary permit under subdivision five of section ninety-seven of this

chapter.

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