CHAPTER 20
HB 469 – FINAL VERSION
21Mar2007… 0248h
2007 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 469
AN ACT relative to on-premises cocktail lounge licenses for caterers and relative to beverage manufacturer hospitality rooms.
This bill allows brew pub licensees to obtain off-site catering licenses. This bill also permits a beverage manufacturer licensee to serve employees in its hospitality room and allows consumption in the hospitality room of any beverages manufactured or distributed by the manufacturer.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21Mar2007… 0248h
07-0794
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to on-premises cocktail lounge licenses for caterers and relative to beverage manufacturer hospitality rooms.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
20:1 Brew Pub License. Amend RSA 178:13, II to read as follows:
II. A brew pub licensee may sell beer manufactured on the premises to individuals for on-premises and off-premises consumption and to New Hampshire licensed retailers and wholesalers. A brew pub shall maintain a full service restaurant and may subsequently serve beverage and liquor as permitted by RSA 178:21, II(a)(1), RSA 178:22, V(e)(2), and RSA 178:22, V(q).
20:2 On-Premises Cocktail Lounge Licenses; Off-Site Caterers; Brew Pubs. Amend RSA 178:22, V(e)(2) to read as follows:
(2) The commission may issue a license to any person operating an off-site catering service or any person holding a full service restaurant license, hotel full service restaurant, brew pub, or convention center license to conduct an off-site catering business on the premises of other licensed establishments or the premises of any public building approved by the commission. For the purposes of this paragraph, persons under the age of 18 shall be allowed in rooms where liquor and beverages are sold. A license issued under the provisions of this paragraph shall allow the licensee to serve liquor and beverages with or without meals to members of a private party contracting for such service. Such caterers shall notify the commission not less than 5 days in advance of a function specifying the date, time, and location of the scheduled function. New premises and locations shall be approved by the commission at least 10 days before the scheduled event.
20:3 Beverage Manufacturer License; Hospitality Room. Amend RSA 178:12, III to read as follows:
III. The holder of a beverage manufacturer license may operate a hospitality room on the premises in which the licensee may make available to employees and visitors of legal drinking age for on-premises consumption free of charge samples of beverages manufactured [on the premises] or distributed in the United States by the beverage manufacturer. The hospitality room shall require commission approval in respect to its location, service facilities, and seating arrangements.
20:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 2, 2007
Effective Date: July 1, 2007