Bill Text - HB1217 (2014)

Allowing wholesale distributors to purchase beverages from nano brewery licensees.


Revision: March 27, 2014, midnight

HB 1217 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

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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

ANALYSIS

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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

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.

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