Revision: Nov. 16, 2017, 12:32 p.m.
HB 1720-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2582
08/03
HOUSE BILL 1720-FN
AN ACT relative to the storage of beverages produced by contract brewers.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows a beverage manufacturer in a contract brewing arrangement to store beverages produced by the contract brewer at its facility.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2582
08/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to the storage of beverages produced by contract brewers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Contract Brewing Arrangements. Amend RSA 178:12 by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraph:
XI.(a) In this section:
(1) "Contract brewer" means a brewery hired by a beverage manufacturer to produce a beverage for the beverage manufacturer.
(2) "Contract brewing arrangement" means a business relationship in which a beverage manufacturer pays another brewer to produce a beverage for the beverage manufacturer for sale outside the state.
(b) A beverage manufacturer may enter into a contract brewing arrangement with a contract brewer. Beverages produced by a contract brewer intended for sale outside the state may be warehoused at the beverage manufacturer's facility or at some other facility accessible only to the beverage manufacturer.
2 Contract Brewing Arrangements; Transport of Beverages. Amend RSA 178:12, VIII to read as follows:
VIII. Each beverage manufacturer shall have the right to transport the beverage it manufactures in barrels, kegs, bottles, or other closed containers within the state for sale to licensees and to the state border for transportation and sale outside the state. A beverage manufacturer in a contract brewing arrangement may transport the beverage produced by the contract brewer in barrels, kegs, bottles, or other closed containers within the state for storage or to the state border for transportation and sale outside the state.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
18-2582
11/15/17
HB 1720-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to the storage of beverages produced by contract brewers.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2022.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
New Hampshire Liquor Commission