Bill Text - HB1321 (2024)

Relative to repealing penalties for the sale of kegs of malt beverages without a receipt.


Revision: Dec. 6, 2023, 1:05 p.m.

HB 1321  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2391

12/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1321

 

AN ACT relative to repealing penalties for the sale of kegs of malt beverages without a receipt.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Berry, Hills. 39; Rep. Sweeney, Rock. 25; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals the penalty for the sale of malt beverage kegs and defines kegs for the purpose of scrap metal dealers.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2391

12/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to repealing penalties for the sale of kegs of malt beverages without a receipt.

 

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

 

1  Repeal.  RSA 179:5-a, relative to prohibited keg sales, is repealed.

2  Junk and Scrap Metal Dealers; Keg Purchase Requirements.  Amend RSA 322:12-a to read as follows:

322:12-a No junk or scrap metal dealer licensed by a governing body under the authority of this chapter shall purchase any metal keg for malt beverages[, as defined in RSA 179:5-a, V,] or pieces of such metal keg, unless the seller is the brewer whose name or marking appears on the keg. If the brewer's name or marking has been removed or obliterated, the licensee shall not purchase the keg. As used in this section, "keg" means any brewery-sealed, individual container of malt beverage having a liquid capacity of more than 7 gallons.

3 Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.