CHAPTER 79
HB 1217 – FINAL VERSION
2014 SESSION
03/08
HOUSE BILL 1217
AN ACT allowing wholesale distributors to purchase beverages from nano brewery licensees.
SPONSORS: Rep. O’Flaherty, Hills 12; Rep. Sandblade, Hills 18; Rep. Warden, Hills 39
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill amends the definition of “wholesale distributor” to allow purchases of beverages from nano brewery licensees.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2170
03/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT allowing wholesale distributors to purchase beverages from nano brewery licensees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
79:1 Alcoholic Beverages; Definitions; Wholesale Distributor. Amend RSA 175:1, LXVI to read as follows:
LXVI. “Wholesale distributor” means a person licensed by the commission to engage in the purchase of beverages only from the holders of wholesale distributor licenses, beverage manufacturer licenses, beverage vendor licenses, [or] brew pub licenses, or nano brewery licenses. Wholesale distributors may resell, to other licensees, beverages in their original containers, as prepared for the market by the manufacturer, but not for consumption, except for tasting on the premises of the wholesaler.
79:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 27, 2014
Effective Date: July 26, 2014