Revision: July 7, 2015, midnight
CHAPTER 215
SB 189 – FINAL VERSION
2015 SESSION
15-0389
03/09
SENATE BILL 189
AN ACT relative to liquor manufacturers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Kaen, Straf 5; Rep. Hunt, Ches 11; Rep. F. Rice, Rock 21
This bill requires that all liquor manufacturer licensees ferment and distill liquor from raw materials and expands their authority to sell their products.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0389
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to liquor manufacturers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
215:1 New Paragraph; Definitions; Liquor Manufacturer. Amend RSA 175:1 by inserting after paragraph XLIV the following new paragraph:
XLIV-a. “Liquor manufacturer” means a licensee who produces liquor from raw materials by the process of fermentation and distillation.
215:2 New Paragraph; Definitions; Rectifier. Amend RSA 175:1 by inserting after paragraph LVIII the following new paragraph:
LVIII-a. “Rectifier” means a licensee who produces liquor by combining liquor with other products.
215:3 Liquor Manufacturer Licensee. Amend RSA 178:6, I to read as follows:
I. A liquor manufacturer licensee [may] must ferment[,] and distill liquor from raw materials, and may blend, age, and bottle [liquor other than wine] those liquors or wine produced at the licensed premises in this state. A liquor manufacturer licensee may sell the liquor it manufactures to the commission for resale in this state and may transfer in bond to other licensed rectifiers, wine manufacturers, and liquor manufacturers.
215:4 Liquor Manufacturer; Retail Sales. Amend RSA 178:6, III to read as follows:
III. Each liquor manufacturer [distilling less than 5,000 cases of liquor per year] shall have the right to sell at retail at its licensed manufacturing facility no more than the equivalent of 3,000 9-liter cases for off-premises consumption any of its liquor. Each retail sale shall be limited to one 9-liter case or less per sale. No liquor manufacturer shall sell more than 12 9-liter cases of liquor to any one customer in any calendar year.
215:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 6, 2015
Effective Date: September 4, 2015