Bill Text - HB1613 (2022)

(New Title) relative to certain liquor manufacturers.


Revision: March 8, 2022, 3:59 p.m.

Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11

February 23, 2022

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Amendment to HB 1613-FN

 

Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

AN ACT relative to certain liquor manufacturers.

 

Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:

 

1  New Paragraph; Liquor Manufacturer License; Authorizing Retail Sale for Off-Premises Consumption at Certain Facilities.  Amend RSA 178:6 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

III-a.  Each liquor manufacturer distilling less than 1,000 cases of liquor per year may sell at retail at its facility 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 distilling less than 1,000 cases of liquor per year shall sell more than 12 9-liter cases of liquor to any one customer in any calendar year.

2  Annual Wine and Liquor License Fees.  Amend RSA 178:29, V(b) to read as follows:

(b)(1)  Domestic [manufacturers of liquor] liquor manufacturers of 1,000 or more cases of liquor per year, $1,692.

(2)  Domestic liquor manufacturers of less than 1,000 cases of liquor per year, $300.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill authorizes a liquor manufacturer distilling less than 1,000 cases of liquor per year to sell its liquor at its facility for off-premises consumption and establishes fees for domestic liquor manufacturers based on the number of cases they produce per year.