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2014 SESSION

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SB 430 Farm brewery licenses, limited; Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control may grant to certain breweries.

Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Alcoholic beverage control; limited brewery license created; local regulation of certain activities. Creates a new limited brewery license for breweries that manufacture no more than 15,000 barrels of beer per calendar year, are located on a farm in the Commonwealth, and use agricultural products that are grown on the farm in the manufacture of beer. The bill limits local regulation of limited brewery licensees and specifically allows any locality to exempt a brewery licensee from minimum parking, road access, or road upgrade requirements.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Alcoholic beverage control; limited brewery license created; local regulation of certain activities. Creates a new limited brewery license for breweries that manufacture no more than 15,000 barrels of beer per calendar year, are located on a farm in the Commonwealth, and use agricultural products that are grown on the farm in the manufacture of their beer. The bill limits local regulation of limited brewery licensees and specifically prohibits the imposition of minimum parking, road access, or road upgrade requirements on any licensed limited brewery.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Alcoholic beverage control; farm brewery license created; local regulation of certain activities. Creates a new farm brewery license and sets out the privileges of this new license and the state and local license tax. The bill defines farm brewery. The bill also limits application of local zoning ordinances to farm breweries in the same manner as farm wineries and specifically provides that no local ordinance shall impose minimum parking, road access, or road upgrade requirements on any licensed farm brewery. The bill contains numerous technical amendments.