N.Y. Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 96: Warehouse permit

§ 96. Warehouse permit. 1. (a) No alcoholic beverage shall be stored

or kept in or upon any premises which shall not be duly licensed as

provided for in this chapter, provided, however, that the liquor

authority may issue a permit in such form as prescribed by its rules,

for the storage of alcoholic beverages in other than licensed premises,

except that no such permit shall be issued to any person licensed

pursuant to the provisions of section fifty-four or fifty-four-a of this

article, nor shall any such person licensed pursuant to the provisions

of section fifty-four or fifty-four-a of this article store or cause to

be stored any alcoholic beverages in other than its licensed premises.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this

subdivision, a person licensed pursuant to section fifty-four or

fifty-four-a of this article may be issued a permit pursuant to this

section for the storage of a private label brand or brands of beer for

which the licensee is the registered owner or for a brand or brands of

beer of which the licensee is the exclusive retail seller in the state.

2. The authority is hereby empowered upon application therefor to

issue a special retail warehouse permit for the storage of beer. Such

permit may be issued to a person licensed pursuant to section fifty-four

or section fifty-four-a of this article on an annual basis and shall be

issued in such form as prescribed by the rules of the authority for the

storage of beer in other than such licensee's licensed premises. No more

than five such permits may be issued by the authority on a statewide

basis at any time and such permits may only be issued to persons who own

licensed premises having no more than twenty-five hundred square feet of

retail space per each such premises and employing no more than five

people on each premises during any period of operation.

3. Such permit shall be issued for the calendar year and the fee

therefor shall be at the rate of two hundred fifty-six dollars per

annum, except that where the application shall be filed after July first

in any year the fee shall be one hundred twenty-eight dollars for the

remainder of such period.