§ 35. Direct interstate mead and braggot shipments. 1. Authorization.\nNotwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the\ncontrary, any holder of a license to manufacture mead and/or braggot in\nany other state, who obtains an out-of-state direct shipper's license,\nas provided in this section, may ship no more than thirty-six cases (no\nmore than nine liters per case) of mead and/or braggot produced by such\nlicense holder per year directly to a resident of New York who is at\nleast twenty-one years of age, for such resident's personal use and not\nfor resale, provided the state in which such person is so licensed\naffords lawful means for shipments of mead and/or braggot to be received\nby a resident thereof who is at least twenty-one years of age, for such\nresident's personal use and not for resale, from a person licensed in\nthis state as a manufacturer and, provided further, that the state in\nwhich such out-of-state manufacturer of mead and/or braggot is located\naffords to New York state manufacturers of mead and/or braggot\nreciprocal shipping privileges, meaning shipping privileges that are\nsubstantially similar to the requirements in this section. No person\nshall place an order for shipment of mead and/or braggot unless they are\ntwenty-one years of age or older. Any common carrier with a permit\nissued pursuant to this chapter to whom such out-of-state shipper's\nlicense is presented is authorized to make delivery of shipments\nprovided for hereunder in this state in compliance with this section.\n 2. License. Before sending any shipment hereunder to a resident in\nthis state, the out-of-state shipper shall first obtain a license from\nthe authority under procedures prescribed by rules and regulations of\nthe authority and after providing the authority with a true copy of its\ncurrent license to manufacture mead and/or braggot in the applicant's\nstate of domicile along with a copy of the applicant's federal basic\npermit and/or brewer's notice after payment of an annual fee of one\nhundred twenty-five dollars. Notwithstanding the provisions of section\none hundred ten of this chapter, the authority in its discretion, may\nexcuse an out-of-state manufacturer of mead and/or braggot from the\nsubmission of such information.\n 3. Licensee's responsibilities. The holder of an out-of-state direct\nshipper's license:\n (a) shall ship no more than thirty-six cases (no more than nine liters\nper case) per year of mead and/or braggot produced by such license\nholder directly to a New York state resident who is at least twenty-one\nyears of age, for such resident's personal use and not for resale;\n (b) may ship within the same packaging any and all alcoholic beverages\nit lawfully produces and which it sells in accordance with its shipping\nprivileges and responsibilities pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection and sections fifty-nine-b, sixty-eight, and seventy-nine-c of\nthis chapter, as applicable;\n (c) shall ensure that the outside of each shipping container used to\nship mead and/or braggot directly to a New York resident is\nconspicuously labeled with the words: "CONTAINS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -\nSIGNATURE OF PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY - NOT FOR\nRESALE," or with other language specifically approved by the New York\nstate liquor authority;\n (d) shall maintain records in such manner and form as the authority\nmay direct, showing the total amount of mead and/or braggot shipped into\nthe state each calendar year; the names and addresses of the purchasers\nto whom the mead and/or braggot was shipped, the date purchased, the\nname of the common carrier used to deliver the mead and/or braggot, and\nthe quantity and value of each shipment;\n (e) shall in connection with the acceptance of an order for a delivery\nof mead and/or braggot to a New York resident, require the prospective\ncustomer to represent that he or she has attained the age of twenty-one\nyears or more and that the
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