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SB 306 Alcoholic beverage control; sales by brewery on licensed premises.

Introduced by: Ryan T. McDougle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Alcoholic beverage control; sales by brewery on licensed premises. Requires that when a brewery licensee sells at retail the brands of beer that the brewery owns, at least 20 percent of the volume of beer sold for on-premises consumption in any calendar year shall be manufactured on the licensed premises. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019, with a further delayed effective date of April 30, 2022, for a brewery that has entered into (i) a performance agreement with the Commonwealth of Virginia Development Opportunity Fund on or about April 20, 2016; (ii) a performance agreement entitled "Regarding Operation Period Economic Development Grant" on or about April 20, 2016; and (iii) a commercial lease agreement on or about April 14, 2017. This bill is identical to HB 422.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Alcoholic beverage control; sales by brewery on licensed premises. Requires that at least 20 percent of the volume of beer sold by a brewery licensee for on-premises consumption in any calendar year be manufactured on the licensed premises. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2019.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Alcoholic beverage control; sales by brewery on licensed premises. Requires brewery licensees, in order to sell at retail the brands of beer that the brewery owns, to have on premises the equipment necessary to manufacture not less than three barrels of beer simultaneously and requires that at least 20 percent of the beer sold for on-premises consumption be manufactured on the licensed premises.