Bill Text - SB418 (2018)

(Third New Title) relative to wine samples and samples for consumption on the premises of a beverage manufacturer.


Revision: Dec. 20, 2017, 11:59 a.m.

SB 418  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2800

08/03

 

SENATE BILL 418

 

AN ACT relative to nano breweries and defining table wine.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Innis, Dist 24; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Biggie, Hills. 23; Rep. Fraser, Belk. 1; Rep. Williams, Hills. 4

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows nano breweries to sell under 2 pints per person for consumption on premises and adds to the definition of table wine.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2800

08/

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to nano breweries and defining table wine.

 

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

 

1  Sales for Consumption; Nano Brewery.  Amend RSA 178:12-a, II(e) to read as follows:

(e)  Sales for consumption on the premises shall be limited to [one 4-ounce glass per label] 2 pints per person.

2  Table Wine; Definition.  Amend RSA 175:1, XIX to read as follows:

LXIX.  "Wine-table'' means a product obtained by the fermentation of the natural content of fruit or other agricultural products containing sugar and containing more than 6 percent but not more than 18 percent alcoholic content by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit.  The commission may approve as a table wine a higher alcoholic content product, not to exceed 24 percent, that is obtained in the same manner.  The commission may approve as a table wine a lower alcoholic content product that is obtained in the same manner.  

3 Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.