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SB 486 Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licensee, samples, etc.

Introduced by: Bryce E. Reeves | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licensee; samples; banquet licenses. Allows licensed distillers to include in mixed beverages samples spirits or vermouth not manufactured on the licensed premises, provided that at least 75 percent of the alcohol used in such samples is manufactured on the premises. The bill also increases the number of banquet licenses for special events a licensed distiller may purchase per year from four to eight and allows the licensee to sell samples of spirits at such special events.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licensee; samples; hours of operation. Allows government stores established on the premises of a licensed distillery to operate on Sundays after 10:00 a.m. and allows licensed distillers to include in mixed beverages samples spirits or mixers not manufactured on the licensed premises, provided that at least 75 percent of the spirits used are manufactured on the premises. The bill also increases the number of banquet licenses for special events a licensed distiller may purchase per year from four to eight and allows the licensee to sell samples of spirits at such special events.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Alcoholic beverage control; distiller licensee; commission from sales on licensed premises; samples; hours of operation; markup. Requires the Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (the Authority) to pay a licensed distiller a commission of 25 percent of the retail price of any spirits sold by the distiller at a government store on his licensed premises and prohibits the Authority from imposing a markup when reselling such spirits to the licensee. The bill allows such stores to operate on Sundays after 10:00 a.m. and allows licensed distillers to include in samples of mixed beverages mixers consisting of other alcoholic beverages not manufactured on the licensed premises. The bill also increases the number of banquet licenses for special events a licensed distiller may purchase per year from four to eight and allows the licensee to sell samples of spirits at such special events.