General Assembly Raised Bill No. 893
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3145
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 893
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3145
*03145_______GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT ALLOWING PACKAGE STORE PERMITTEES TO HOLD GIFT BASKET RETAILER PERMITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 30-37p of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) A gift basket retailer permit shall allow the retail sale of wine included in a gift basket sold at retail by the permit holder. Such wine shall not be consumed on the premises. Such permit holder shall be located in this state and, except if such permit holder also holds a package store permit issued pursuant to section 30-20, such wine shall only be purchased by such permit holder from the holder of a package store permit issued pursuant to section 30-20 or the holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery issued pursuant to subsection (e) of section 30-16.
(b) The holder of a gift basket retailer permit may sell gift baskets which may include (1) a maximum of four bottles of wine per basket, (2) food items, (3) nonalcoholic beverages, (4) concentrates used in the preparation of mixed alcoholic beverages, (5) wine-making kits and products related to wine-making kits, (6) ice in any form, (7) articles of clothing imprinted with advertising related to the alcoholic liquor industry or the permittee's gift basket business, (8) flowers, plants and garden-related items, (9) drinking glasses, bottle opening devices and literature related to wine, or (10) gift certificates. The sale of such gift baskets shall only take place during the times permitted for the sale of alcoholic liquor in places operating under package store permits pursuant to section 30-91. [The] Except for the holder of a package store permit issued pursuant to section 30-20, the holder of a gift basket retailer permit shall not sell such gift baskets on premises operating under any other permit issued pursuant to this title. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the holder of a package store permit issued pursuant to section 30-20 from selling any item permitted for sale by such permittee pursuant to said section.
(c) A holder of a gift basket retailer permit who is also the holder of a package store permit issued pursuant to section 30-20 shall only sell gift baskets on the premises of the package store.
[(c)] (d) The annual fee for a gift basket retailer permit shall be two hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 30-48 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) No backer or permittee of one permit class shall be a backer or permittee of any other permit class except in the case of any class of airport, railroad, airline and boat permits, and except that: (1) A backer of a hotel or restaurant permit may be a backer of both such classes; (2) a holder or backer of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub, a restaurant permit or a cafe permit may be a holder or backer of any other or all of such classes; (3) a holder or backer of a restaurant permit may be a holder or backer of a bowling establishment permit; (4) a backer of a restaurant permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit, or both, when such restaurant is within a coliseum; (5) a backer of a hotel permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit, or both; (6) a backer of a coliseum permit may be a backer of a coliseum concession permit; (7) a backer of a coliseum concession permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit; (8) a backer of a grocery store beer permit may be a backer of a package store permit if such was the case on or before May 1, 1996; (9) a backer of a university permit may be a backer of a nonprofit theater permit; (10) subject to the discretion of the department, a backer of a permit provided for in section 30-33b, may be a backer of any other retail on-premise consumption permit, including those permits provided for in section 30-33b; (11) a backer of a nonprofit theater permit may be a holder or backer of a hotel permit; (12) a holder or backer of a restaurant permit may be a holder or backer of a special outing facility permit; (13) a backer of a concession permit may be a backer of a coliseum permit or a coliseum concession permit, or both; (14) a holder of an out-of-state winery shipper's permit for wine may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit or an out-of-state entity wine festival permit issued pursuant to section 30-37m, or of both such permits; (15) a holder of an out-of-state shipper's permit for alcoholic liquor other than beer may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit; [and] (16) a holder of a manufacturer's permit for a farm winery may be a holder of an in-state transporter's permit, a wine festival permit issued pursuant to section 30-37l, a farmers' market wine sales permit issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 30-37o or of any combination of such permits; and (17) a holder of a package store permit may be a holder of a gift basket retailer permit. Any person may be a permittee of more than one permit. A person may be a permittee under a permit provided for in section 30-33b and a backer of any other retail on-premise consumption permit, including those permits provided for in section 30-33b. The operator of a racing or jai alai exhibition with pari-mutuel betting licensed by the Gaming Policy Board may be a backer of any permit provided for in section 30-33b. No holder of a manufacturer permit for a brew pub and no spouse or child of such holder may be a holder or backer of more than three restaurant permits or cafe permits.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 30-37p
Sec. 2 from passage 30-48(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
30-37p
Sec. 2
from passage
30-48(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To allow holders of package store permits to also hold gift basket retailer permits.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]