HB 2741
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
HB 2741: liquor sampling; reporting; requirements.
Sponsor: Representative Lopez, LD 16
Committee on Commerce
Overview
Allows a beer and wine store or liquor store to use any reasonable means for maintaining
records and reports.
History
The Department of Liquor Licenses and Control (DLLC) regulates the manufacture,
distribution and sale of liquor in Arizona through the issuance of a series of licenses and
investigating licensee compliance with liquor laws. Certain liquor licenses have on-sale retail
privileges allowing a customer to purchase and consume liquor on the licensed premises.
A liquor store licensee or a beer and wine store licensee may apply for sampling privileges
associated with the license. A license with sampling privileges allows the licensee to provide
spirituous liquor sampling subject to the following requirements:
1) any open product must be kept locked by the licensee when the sampling area is not
staffed;
2) the licensee is otherwise subject to all other statutory requirements and is liable for
any violation committed in connection with the sampling;
3) the licensed retailer must make sales of sampled products from the licensed retail
premises;
4) the licensee is prohibited from charging any customer for the sampling of any
products, except that the licensee may charge a fee for bona fide educational classes
conducted in a classroom by an instructor on the licensed premises where the
sampling of any spirituous liquor product is incidental to the course taught and to the
course materials presented;
5) the sampling must be conducted under the supervision of an employee of a sponsoring
distiller, vintner, brewer, wholesaler or retail licensee;
6) accurate records of sampling products dispensed must be retained by the licensee;
7) sampling must be limited to three ounces of beer or cooler-type products, one and one-
half ounces of wine and one ounce of distilled spirits per person, per brand, per day;
and
8) the sampling must be conducted only on the licensed premises (A.R.S. § 4-206.01).
Provisions
1. Prohibits DLLC from requiring a beer and wine store or liquor store licensee who have
sampling privileges to use a singular, department-maintained system for maintaining
required records and reports. (Sec. 1)
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2. Requires a beer and wine store or liquor store to report scheduled samplings to DLLC
once every two weeks. (Sec. 1)
3. Allows a beer and wine store or liquor store to use any reasonable means:
a) for maintaining the required records and reports; and
b) to report scheduled samplings. (Sec. 1)
4. Deletes archaic language. (Sec. 1)