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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE

LICENSES

     Introduced By: Representatives Morin, Casey, Barros, Tanzi, and Fogarty

     Date Introduced: April 27, 2016

     Referred To: House Corporations

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Sections 3-6-1 and 3-6-1.2 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-6 entitled

"Manufacturing and Wholesale Licenses" are hereby amended to read as follows:

     3-6-1. Manufacturer's license. -- (a) A manufacturer's license authorizes the holder to

establish and operate a brewery, distillery, or winery at the place described in the license for the

manufacture of beverages within this state. The license does not authorize more than one of the

activities of operator of a brewery or distillery or winery and a separate license shall be required

for each plant.

      (b) The license also authorizes the sale at wholesale at the licensed place by the

manufacturer of the product of the licensed plant to another license holder and the transportation

and delivery from the place of sale to a licensed place or to a common carrier for that delivery.

The license does not authorize the sale of beverages for consumption on premises where sold,

provided that the manufacturer does not sell an amount in excess of seventy-two ounces (72 oz)

per visitor per day for consumption on the premises. The license also authorizes the sale of

beverages produced on the premises in an amount not in excess of two hundred eighty-eight

ounces (288 oz), per visitor per day, to be sold in bottles known as "growlers" that may hold no

more than seventy-two ounces (72 oz) each. These beverages may be sold to the consumers for

off-premise consumption, and shall be sold pursuant to the laws governing retail Class A

establishments. The sale of beverages for off-premises consumption shall be sealed in growlers.

The license does not authorize the sale of beverages in this state for delivery outside this state in

violation of the law of the place of delivery. The license holder may provide to visitors in

conjunction with a tour and/or tasting, samples, clearly marked as samples, not to exceed three

hundred seventy-five milliliters (375 ml) per visitor for distilled spirits and seventy-two ounces

(72 oz) per visitor for malt beverages at the licensed plant by the manufacturer of the product of

the licensed plant to visitors for off-premise consumption. The license does not authorize

providing samples to a visitor of any alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption that are

not manufactured at the licensed plant.

     (c) The annual fee for the license is three thousand dollars ($3,000) for a distillery, five

hundred dollars ($500) for a brewery, and one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for a

winery producing more than fifty thousand (50,000) gallons per year and five hundred dollars

($500) per year for a winery producing less than fifty thousand (50,000) gallons or less per year.

All those fees are prorated to the year ending December 1 in every calendar year and shall be paid

to the division of taxation and be turned over to the general treasurer for the use of the state.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES - MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE

LICENSES

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     This act would permit holders of a manufacture's license to sell at retail alcoholic

beverages manufactured by them known for on-site and off-site consumption and also authorizes

the holder to sell up to four (4) growlers per visitor per day. A growler would hold up to seventy-

two ounces (72 oz) of a beverage for consumers.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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