Bill Text - HB1329 (2016)

(New Title) relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages.


Revision: May 23, 2016, midnight

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CHAPTER 108

HB 1329 - FINAL VERSION

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HOUSE BILL\t1329

 

AN ACT\trelative to transportation of alcoholic beverages.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Zaricki, Hills. 6; Rep. Fisher, Belk. 9

 

COMMITTEE:\tCommerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill revises provisions relating to prohibited transportation of alcoholic beverages.

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT\trelative to transportation of alcoholic beverages.

 

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

 

\t108:1  New Paragraph; Carrier Licenses.  Amend RSA 178:14 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

\t\tIII.  A licensed carrier shall not transport any liquor, wine, or beverage within a 90-day period that has been identified by the commission as originating from a person who does not hold a valid New Hampshire direct shipper permit, provided that such identification has first been provided to and received by the licensed carrier in writing.  The commission shall notify carriers by mail on a monthly basis of the identity of unauthorized shippers, which notification shall be effective 15 days after such mailing.  The commission may impose a fine by rule for violations within the reporting month per shipper.

\t108:2  Prohibited Sales.  Amend RSA 179:5, I to read as follows:

\t\tI.  No licensee, salesperson, direct shipper, common carrier, delivery agent, nor any other person, shall sell or give away or cause or allow or procure to be sold, delivered, or given away any liquor or beverage to a person under the age of 21 or serve an individual who is visibly intoxicated or who a reasonable and prudent person would know is intoxicated.  For all deliveries of packages by common carrier or delivery agent marked "alcoholic beverages'' or "alcoholic products,'' the carrier shall obtain an adult signature.  [A licensed carrier shall not transport any liquor, wine, or beverage that has been identified by the commission as originating from a person who does not hold a valid New Hampshire direct shipper permit, provided that such identification has first been provided to and received by the licensed carrier in writing.  The commission shall notify carriers by mail on a monthly basis of the identity of unauthorized shippers, which notification shall be effective 15 days after such mailing.]

\t108:3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 20, 2016

Effective Date: May 20, 2016