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Connecticut Senate Bill SB00528

Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

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1-General Assembly Committee Bill No. 528
2-January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4776
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1+General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 528
2+January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2640
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44 Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
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6+SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.
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1212 January Session, 2017
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22+SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CRAFT BEER.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28-Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 30-63 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2017):
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30-(a) No holder of any manufacturer, wholesaler or out-of-state shipper's permit shall ship, transport or deliver within this state, or sell or offer for sale, any alcoholic liquors, except for beer manufactured by a permittee in this state and sold for consumption only on the permittee's premises, unless the name of the brand, trade name or other distinctive characteristic by which such alcoholic liquors are bought and sold, the name and address of the manufacturer thereof and the name and address of each wholesaler permittee who is authorized by the manufacturer or his authorized representative to sell such alcoholic liquors are registered with the Department of Consumer Protection and until such brand, trade name or other distinctive characteristic has been approved by the department. Such registration shall be valid for a period of three years. The fee for such registration, or renewal thereof, shall be two hundred dollars for out-of-state shippers and fifteen dollars for Connecticut manufacturers for each brand so registered, payable by the manufacturer or such manufacturer's authorized representative when such liquors are manufactured in the United States and by the importer or such importer's authorized representative when such liquors are imported into the United States. The department shall not approve the brand registration of any fortified wine, as defined in section 12-433, which is labeled, packaged or canned so as to appear to be a wine or liquor cooler, as defined in section 12-433.
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35-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
36-Section 1 July 1, 2017 30-63(a)
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38-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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28+That section 30-63 of the general statutes be amended to remove the registration requirement for beer sold only within the state.
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48-To encourage the expansion of the craft beer industry by easing labeling requirements.
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50-[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.]
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54-Co-Sponsors: SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.; SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist.
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58-SEN. FORMICA, 20th Dist.; SEN. LINARES, 33rd Dist.
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60-S.B. 528
32+To encourage expansion of the craft beer industry by easing labeling restrictions.