CHAPTER 123
HB 140-FN - FINAL VERSION
8Mar2017... 0272h
04/20/2017 1408s
2017 SESSION
17-0107
03/04
HOUSE BILL 140-FN
AN ACT authorizing wine manufacturer retail outlets.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11; Rep. D. Long, Merr. 4; Sen. Daniels, Dist 11
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
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This bill authorizes a licensed wine manufacturer to operate an outlet for the sale, sampling, and promotion of its products.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
8Mar2017... 0272h
04/20/2017 1408s 17-0107
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT authorizing wine manufacturer retail outlets.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
123:1 New Paragraph; Definitions; Wine Manufacturer Retail Outlet. Amend RSA 175:1 by inserting after paragraph LXIX the following new paragraph:
LXIX-a. "Wine manufacturer retail outlet" means an outlet for the sale, sampling, and promotion of wine and other products manufactured by a wine manufacturer licensee.
123:2 Wine Manufacturer Licensee. Amend RSA 178:8, III to read as follows:
III. Each wine manufacturer shall have the right to sell at retail or wholesale at its winery, and at retail at one wine manufacturer retail outlet, for off-premises consumption any of its wines. The wine manufacturer shall pay an annual fee of $216 to the commission for the wine manufacturer retail outlet. The wine manufacturer may transport wines it manufactures to its wine manufacturer retail outlet for sample or sale. Visitors of legal drinking age at [said premises] the manufacturing location or wine manufacturer retail outlet may be provided with samples of wine manufactured [on the premises] by the licensee in this state for tasting. Samples may be provided either free or for a fee and shall be limited to one 2-ounce sample per label per person. Pursuant to rules adopted by the commission, a wine manufacturer may transport its products to a farmers' market or a wine festival licensed under RSA 178:31, and may sell such products at retail in the original container.
123:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
Approved: June 16, 2017
Effective Date: July 01, 2017