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State of Arkansas 1
94th General Assembly A Bill 2
Regular Session, 2023 HOUSE BILL 1264 3
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By: Representative M. Brown 5
By: Senator Irvin 6
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For An Act To Be Entitled 8
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING ALCOHO LIC BEVERAGES 9
RELATED TO MICROBREW ERY-RESTAURANT PRIVATE C LUB 10
PERMITS; TO PERMIT A MICROBREWERY-RESTAURANT PRIVATE 11
CLUB PERMITTEE TO ST ORE AND SELL SPIRITU OUS LIQUOR TO 12
MEMBERS FOR ON-PREMISES CONSUMPTION ; AND FOR OTHER 13
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TO PERMIT A MICROBREWERY -RESTAURANT 18
PRIVATE CLUB PERMITTEE TO STORE AND SELL 19
SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR TO MEMBERS FOR ON -20
PREMISES CONSUMPTION. 21
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 24
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SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 3-5-1904(a)(2) and (3), concerning the 26
scope of a microbrewery -restaurant private club permit, are amended to read 27
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(2)(A) Store beer, malt beverage, and hard cider manufactured by 29
the microbrewery-restaurant private club and any other beer, malt beverage, 30
and hard cider, and spirituous liquor that the microbrewery -restaurant 31
private club permittee may purchase from retailers and small brewers 32
permitted by this state on the microbrewery -restaurant private club permitted 33
premises and on the premises of the one (1) separate brewing facility of a 34
microbrewery-restaurant private club authorized under subdivision (a)(8) of 35
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(B) Two (2) or more microbrewery -restaurant private clubs 1
sharing common ownership or a brewery of any size sharing common ownership 2
with a microbrewery-restaurant private club shall be considered one (1) 3
entity for purposes of: 4
(i) Calculating barrel production; and 5
(ii) The transportation of beer, malt beverage, or 6
hard cider produced by one (1) entity among no more than three (3) 7
microbrewery-restaurant private clubs of the one (1) entity; 8
(3) Operate a restaurant that is the sales outlet for beer, malt 9
beverage, or hard cider manufactured by the microbrewery -restaurant private 10
club and that sells the beer, malt beverage, or hard cider and any other 11
beer, malt beverage, hard cider, or wine, or spirituous liquor that the 12
microbrewery-restaurant private club permittee may purchase from retailers 13
permitted by this state for consumption on the per mitted premises or 14
purchased directly from permitted small brewers allowed to distribute 15
directly to the microbrewery -restaurant private club; 16
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SECTION 2. Arkansas Code § 3 -5-1906(1), concerning fees or taxes paid 18
by a microbrewery-restaurant private club permittee, is amended to read as 19
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(1) Pay the applicable city or county permit fees and barrelage 21
or taxes and shall pay a state permitting fee to the Alcoholic Beverage 22
Control Division of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) per fiscal year to 23
manufacture and sell to members its beer, malt beverages, and hard cider for 24
consumption on the premises and to sell to members other beer, malt 25
beverages, and hard cider, and spirituous liquor purchased from a permitted 26
wholesaler for consumption on t he premises; 27
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