Revision: March 27, 2014, midnight
SB 257 – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
03/08
SENATE BILL 257
AN ACT relative to retail beer sales.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Hosmer, Dist 7; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. Carson, Dist?14; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Stephen Schmidt, Carr 6; Rep. Merrow, Carr 5
This bill authorizes off-premises licensees to sell beer in sealed refillable containers.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2685
03/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to retail beer sales.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Combination License; Container. Amend RSA 178:18, I to read as follows:
I. Off-premises licenses shall be issued only for grocery and drug stores not holding on-premises licenses. Such licenses shall authorize the licensees to sell fortified wine, table wine, and beverages for consumption only off the premises designated in the licenses and not to other licensees for resale. Such sale shall be made only in the immediate container in which the beverage, wine, or fortified wine was received by the off-premises combination licensee or in a refillable container sealed by the licensee that contains beer dispensed from a keg by the licensee; except that in the case of the holder of a wholesale distributor license, beverages may be sold only in such barrels, bottles, or other containers as the commission may by rule prescribe. Off-premises licenses may also authorize the licensee to sell tobacco products. There shall be no restriction on the number of combination licenses held by any person. The license shall authorize the licensee to transport and deliver beverages, tobacco products, and table or fortified wines ordered from and sold by the licensee in vehicles operated under the licensee's control or an employee's control.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.