Bill Text - HB253 (2013)

(New Title) relative to limitations on sales by nano breweries for consumption on the premises.


Revision: March 7, 2013, midnight

HB 253 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

6Mar2013… 0358h

2013 SESSION

13-0831

08/03

HOUSE BILL 253

AN ACT relative to limitations on sales by nano breweries for consumption on the premises.

SPONSORS: Rep. O'Flaherty, Hills 12; Rep. Warden, Hills 39; Rep. Michael Garcia, Hills 34

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows a nano brewery to obtain a license upgrade exempting the licensee from sales limitations when the licensee is selling food.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6Mar2013… 0358h

13-0831

08/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to limitations on sales by nano breweries for consumption on the premises.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Nano Brewery; On-Premises Licensing. Amend RSA 178:12-a, II(a) to read as follows:

II.(a) The annual fee for each license issued under this section shall be $240. The licensee may elect to be licensed as an on-premises nano brewery by paying an additional annual fee of $240, which shall entitle the licensee to be exempt from the limitations on sales in subparagraph III(e) during such times as the licensee offers food for sale.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.