General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7117
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4241
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 7117
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4241
*04241_______GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)
AN ACT CONCERNING FARMERS' MARKET WINE SALES PERMITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 30-37o of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall issue a farmers' market wine sales permit to a holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery upon submission of proof to the commissioner that such holder is in compliance with the requirements of subsection (e) of section 30-16. Such permit shall authorize the sale of wine manufactured from such farm winery during an unlimited number of appearances at a farmers' market at not more than [three] ten farmers' market locations per year provided such holder: (1) Has an invitation from such farmers' market to sell wine at such farmers' market, (2) only sells wine by the bottle at such farmers' markets, and (3) is present, or has an authorized representative present, at the time of sale of any such bottle of wine from such farm winery at such farmers' market. Any such farmers' market wine sales permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance. The annual fee for a farmers' market wine sales permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars. There shall be a one-hundred-dollar, nonrefundable filing fee for any such permit.
(b) Any town or municipality may, by ordinance or zoning regulation, prohibit the sale of wine by the holder of a farmers' market wine sales permit at a farmers' market held in such town or municipality.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 30-37o
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
30-37o
Statement of Purpose:
To increase the number of farmers' market locations at which a farmers' market wine sales permittee may sell wine.
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