§ 102. General prohibitions and restrictions. 1. (a) Except as\nprovided in section seventy-nine-c of this chapter, no alcoholic\nbeverages shall be shipped into the state unless the same shall be\nconsigned to a person duly licensed hereunder to traffic in alcoholic\nbeverages. This prohibition shall apply to all shipments of alcoholic\nbeverages into New York state and includes importation or distribution\nfor commercial purposes, for personal use, or otherwise, and\nirrespective of whether such alcoholic beverages were purchased within\nor without the state, provided, however, this prohibition shall not\napply to any shipment consigned to a New York resident who has\npersonally purchased alcoholic beverages for his personal use while\noutside the United States for a minimum period of forty-eight\nconsecutive hours and which he has shipped as consignor to himself as\nconsignee. Purchases made outside the United States by persons other\nthan the purchaser himself, regardless whether made as his agent, or by\nhis authorization or on his behalf, are deemed not to have been\npersonally purchased within the meaning of this paragraph.\n (b) Except as provided in section seventy-nine-c of this chapter, no\ncommon carrier or other person shall bring or carry into the state any\nalcoholic beverages, unless the same shall be consigned to a person duly\nlicensed hereunder to traffic in alcoholic beverages, provided, however,\nthat alcoholic beverages may be delivered by a trucking permittee from a\nsteamship or railroad station or terminal to a New York resident who has\npersonally purchased alcoholic beverages for his personal use while\noutside the United States for a minimum period of forty-eight\nconsecutive hours, and which he has shipped as consignor to himself as\nconsignee, and except as so stated, no trucking permittee shall accept\nfor delivery, deliver or transport from a steamship or railroad station\nor terminal any shipment of alcoholic beverages consigned to a\nnon-licensed person having his home or business in New York state.\nPurchases of alcoholic beverages made outside the United States by\npersons other than the purchaser himself, regardless whether made as his\nagent, or by his authorization or on his behalf, are deemed not to have\nbeen personally purchased within the meaning of this paragraph.\n (c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision shall apply to\nalcoholic beverages, either in the original package or otherwise,\nwhether intended for commercial or personal use, as well as otherwise,\nand to foreign, interstate, as well as intrastate, shipments or\ncarriage, irrespective of whether such alcoholic beverages were\npurchased within or without the state.\n (d) Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to exempt from taxation\nthe sale or use of any alcoholic beverages subject to any tax imposed\nunder or pursuant to the authority of the tax law or to grant any other\nexemption from the provisions of such law.\n 2. No person holding any license hereunder, other than a license to\nsell an alcoholic beverage at retail for off-premises consumption or a\nlicense or special license to sell an alcoholic beverage at retail for\nconsumption on the premises where such license authorizes the sale of\nliquor, beer and/or wine on the premises of a catering establishment,\noff-premises catering establishment, hotel, restaurant, club, or\nrecreational facility, shall knowingly employ in connection with his\nbusiness in any capacity whatsoever, any person, who has been convicted\nof a felony, or any of the following offenses, who has not subsequent to\nsuch conviction received an executive pardon therefor removing any civil\ndisabilities incurred thereby, a certificate of relief from disabilities\nor a certificate of good conduct pursuant to article twenty-three of the\ncorrection law, or other relief from disabilities provided by law, or\nthe written approval of the state liquor authority permitting such\nemployment, to
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