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N.Y. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 56: License fees

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  1. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law
  2. Article 4. Special Provisions Relating to Beer

§ 56. License fees. 1. The annual fee for a license to manufacture

beer shall be:

(a) four thousand dollars for a brewer's license, unless the annual

production of the brewer is less than seventy-five thousand barrels per

year, in which case the annual fee shall be three hundred twenty

dollars;

(b) three hundred twenty dollars for a farm brewery license.

2. The annual fee for a wholesaler's beer license shall be eight

hundred dollars.

3. The annual fee for a vendor's license shall be one hundred

forty-four dollars.

4. The annual fee for a license to sell beer at retail not to be

consumed on the premises where sold shall be one hundred ten dollars.

Where, however, the applicant is the holder of two such licenses, the

annual fee for each additional license thereafter issued to such

licensee shall be double the amount hereinabove set forth.

5. The annual fee for a license to sell beer at retail to be consumed

on the premises where sold shall be three hundred twenty dollars in

cities having a population of one hundred thousand or over, and one

hundred sixty dollars elsewhere; provided, however, that where the

premises to be licensed remain open only within the period commencing

April first and ending October thirty-first of any one year or only

within the period commencing October first and ending the following

April thirtieth, the liquor authority, in its discretion, may grant a

summer or winter license effective only for such appropriate period of

time, for which an annual fee of one hundred sixty dollars shall be paid

where the premises are located in cities having a population of one

hundred thousand or over, and eighty dollars where such premises are

located elsewhere.

6. The annual fee for selling beer upon any railroad car to be

consumed on such car or any car connected therewith shall be ninety-six

dollars for each railroad car licensed.

7. The annual fee for selling beer upon any vessel in this state,

other than one regularly and exclusively engaged in the business of

carrying passengers for hire, by charter or otherwise, for fishing

purposes, to be consumed on such vessel, shall be one hundred sixty

dollars for each vessel licensed. The annual fee for selling beer upon a

vessel regularly and exclusively engaged in the business of carrying

passengers for hire, by charter or otherwise, for fishing purposes, to

be consumed on such vessel, shall be forty dollars for each vessel

licensed. The annual fee for selling beer for off-premise consumption

upon a vessel regularly and exclusively engaged, as a duly licensed

supply ship, in furnishing supplies to other vessels, shall be eighty

dollars.

8. The annual fee for selling beer at any baseball park, race track or

outdoor athletic field or stadium, to be consumed in any such baseball

park, race track, or outdoor athletic field or stadium, shall be one

hundred ninety-two dollars.

9. The annual fee for a license to sell beer and wine products at

retail not to be consumed on the premises where sold shall be one

hundred ninety-eight dollars.

10. The annual fee for a license to sell beer and wine products at

retail not to be consumed on the premises where sold, when the applicant

is the holder of two such licenses, the annual fee for each additional

license thereafter issued to such licensee shall be three hundred

fifty-two dollars.

11. The annual fee for a license to operate a custom beermakers'

center shall be three hundred twenty dollars.

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