N.Y. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 92-a: Alcohol distributors' permits

§ 92-a. Alcohol distributors' permits. 1. The following kinds of

permits may be issued for the sale and distribution of alcohol.

(a) Distributor's alcohol permit---class a.

(b) Distributor's alcohol permit---class b.

(c) Distributor's alcohol permit---class c.

(d) Distributor's alcohol permit---class d.

2. (a) A class "a" permit shall authorize the holder thereof to sell

and distribute to licensed rectifiers alcohol which is to be used for

beverage purposes and to all holders of permits issued pursuant to this

section or sections ninety-one and ninety-two of this chapter. (b) A

class "b" permit shall authorize the holder thereof to sell and

distribute alcohol to holders of a class "c" alcohol distributor's

permit or to holders of permits issued pursuant to section ninety-one

and section ninety-two of this chapter. (c) A class "c" permit shall

authorize the holder thereof to sell and distribute alcohol to holders

of permits issued pursuant to section ninety-two of this chapter and to

use alcohol in the preparation by him of any of the products enumerated

in section ninety-one of this chapter. Such a permit may be applied for

by and shall be issued only to a wholesale druggist. (d) A class "d"

permit shall authorize the holder thereof to sell and distribute alcohol

to the holder of winery licenses. Such permits shall be issued only to a

person holding a winery license under this chapter.

Such permits shall be issued in such form as may be prescribed by the

liquor authority, and the privileges granted thereby shall be exercised

in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and the rules of the

liquor authority.

3. The annual fee for a distributor's alcohol permit, class "a," shall

be sixteen hundred dollars.

4. The annual fee for a distributor's alcohol permit, class "b," shall

be eight hundred dollars.

5. The annual fee for a distributor's alcohol permit, class "c," shall

be one hundred sixty dollars.

6. The annual fee for a distributor's alcohol permit, class "d," shall

be three hundred eighty-four dollars.

7. Such distributors' alcohol permits shall be effective for a license

year expiring on the thirty-first day of December following the date of

issuance, and the fee prescribed therefor by this section shall be the

fee due and payable therefor, and shall be paid in advance at the time

the application shall be made as provided by this section.

When application for any permit under this section is made, after the

first day of January in any year, the fee therefor shall, for the

balance of the year, be in proportion as the remainder of such year

shall bear to the whole year, except, that it shall in no case be for

less than one-half of such year.