Bill Text - SB306 (2016)

Enabling the sampling of beer or wine at farmers' markets.


Revision: June 8, 2016, midnight

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CHAPTER 179

SB 306 - FINAL VERSION

02/18/2016   0263s

2016 SESSION

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SENATE BILL\t306

 

AN ACT\tenabling the sampling of beer or wine at farmers' markets.

 

SPONSORS:\tSen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Rep. Butler, Carr. 7; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11; Rep. B. French, Merr. 6

 

COMMITTEE:\tCommerce

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill allows the sampling of beer or wine at farmers' markets if authorized by the town or city.

 

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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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\tenabling the sampling of beer or wine at farmers' markets.

 

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

 

\t179:1  New Paragraph; Free Drinks; Farmers' Markets.  Amend RSA 179:44 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

\t\tII-a.  Notwithstanding paragraph I, wine manufacturers, beverage manufacturers, nano breweries, and brew pubs may provide samples for tasting to persons of legal drinking age at a farmers' market provided they have received written authorization by the town or city's governing body, which authorization shall remain effective until revoked in writing, and they have provided the commission with a copy of that authorization.  Provision of samples shall be restricted to clearly defined areas approved by the commission.  Samples shall be limited to one 4-ounce sample per label per person for any beer, specialty beer, or cider, and one 2-ounce sample per label per person for any wine.

\t179:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 3, 2016

Effective Date: August 2, 2016