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Connecticut House Bill HB05306

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7-General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5306
5+General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5306
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10+Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
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1419 AN ACT ALLOWING CERT AIN PERMITTEES TO SELL ALCOHOLIC
1520 LIQUOR FOR OFF-PREMISES CONSUMPTION.
1621 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
1722 Assembly convened:
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1924 Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) From the effective date of 1
2025 this section until three years after the effective date of this section, the 2
21-holder of a permit issued pursuant to section 30-16, 30-21 or 30-22 of the 3
22-general statutes or subsection (a), (g), (h) or (i) of section 30-22a of the 4
23-general statutes, may sell for off-premises consumption sealed 5
26+holder of a permit issued pursuant to sections 30-16, 30-21, and 30-22 of 3
27+the general statutes or subsections (a), (g) (h) or (i) of section 30-22a of 4
28+the general statutes may sell for consumption off-premise sealed 5
2429 containers of all such alcoholic liquor such permit holder is allowed to 6
25-sell for on-premises consumption, subject to the requirements of this 7
30+sell for on-premise consumption, subject to the requirements of this 7
2631 section and consistent with all local ordinances for the town in which 8
27-the premises are located. 9
28-(b) Any alcoholic liquor sold for off-premises consumption pursuant 10
32+the premise is located. 9
33+(b) Any alcoholic liquor sold for off-premise consumption pursuant 10
2934 to this section shall be accompanied by food prepared on the permit 11
30-premises for off-premises consumption. 12
31-(c) Alcoholic liquor sold for off-premises consumption pursuant to 13
32-this section may be sold in a container other than the manufacturer's 14
33-original sealed container, unless sold by a permittee under section 30-16 15
34-of the general statutes. All such alcoholic liquor sold for off-premises 16
35-consumption shall be given to a consumer in a securely sealed container 17
36-that prevents consumption without the removal of a tamper-evident lid, 18 Substitute Bill No. 5306
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36+(c) Alcoholic liquor sold for off-premise consumption pursuant to this 13
37+section may be sold in a container other than the manufacturer's original 14
38+sealed container. All such alcoholic liquor sold for off-premise 15 Raised Bill No. 5306
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43-cap or seal. A securely sealed container does not include a container 19
44-with a lid with sipping holes or openings for straws. Each securely 20
45-sealed container shall be placed in a bag by the permittee's agent or 21
46-employee prior to removal from the permit premises. 22
47-(d) If a permittee is delivering alcoholic liquor and food, such 23
48-delivery shall be made only by a direct employee of the permittee and 24
49-not by a third-party vendor or entity, unless such third-party vendor or 25
50-entity holds an in-state transporter's permit. 26
51-(e) The sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption 27
52-pursuant to this section shall (1) be conducted only during the hours a 28
53-package store is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under the provisions 29
54-of subsection (d) of section 30-91 of the general statutes, and (2) if sold 30
55-by a permittee under section 30-21 or 30-22 of the general statutes, 31
56-comply with all applicable requirements of said sections and the limits 32
57-imposed under subsection (g) of this section. 33
58-(f) A sealed container of alcoholic liquor sold pursuant to this section 34
59-shall not be deemed an open container, provided the sealed container is 35
60-unopened, the seal has not been tampered with, and the contents of the 36
61-sealed container have not been partially removed. 37
62-(g) The sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premises consumption 38
63-pursuant to this section by a permittee under section 30-21 or 30-22 of 39
64-the general statutes shall comply with the following limits for any one 40
65-order, per customer: (1) One hundred ninety-six ounces, for beer, (2) one 41
66-liter, for spirits, and (3) one and one-half liters, for wine. 42
67-(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the retail sale of 43
68-any alcoholic liquor manufactured by a manufacturer permittee under 44
69-section 30-16 of the general statutes on its permit premises for off-45
70-premises consumption, which shall be subject to the requirements of 46
71-said section, including, but not limited to, the volume limits and hours 47
72-of sale set forth in said section. 48
73-Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) From the effective date of this 49 Substitute Bill No. 5306
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80-section until three years after the effective date of this section, the holder 50
81-of any manufacturer permit issued pursuant to section 30-16 of the 51
82-general statutes may deliver alcoholic liquor manufactured by such 52
83-permittee, provided such delivery is made only by a direct employee of 53
84-the permittee and not by a third-party vendor or entity, unless such 54
85-third-party vendor or entity holds an in-state transporter's permit. Any 55
86-alcoholic liquor delivered by a permittee under this section shall comply 56
87-with all applicable limits of section 30-16 of the general statutes allowing 57
88-the permittee to sell at retail, from the permittee's premises, sealed 58
89-bottles or other sealed containers of alcoholic liquor manufactured by 59
90-the permittee on the premises for off-premises consumption. 60
91-(b) Any alcoholic liquor delivered by a permittee under section 30-16 61
92-of the general statutes for off-premises consumption pursuant to this 62
93-section need not be accompanied by food. 63
94-(c) The delivery of alcoholic liquor by a permittee under section 30-64
95-16 of the general statutes for off-premises consumption pursuant to this 65
96-section shall (1) be conducted only during the hours a package store is 66
97-permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under the provisions of subsection (d) 67
98-of section 30-91 of the general statutes, and (2) comply with all 68
99-applicable requirements of section 30-91 of the general statutes. 69
44+consumption shall be given to a consumer in a securely sealed container 16
45+that prevents consumption without the removal of a tamper-evident lid, 17
46+cap or seal. A securely sealed container does not include a container 18
47+with a lid with sipping holes or openings for straws. Each securely 19
48+sealed container shall be placed in a bag by the permittee's agent or 20
49+employee prior to removal from the premises. 21
50+(d) If a permittee is delivering alcoholic liquor and food, such 22
51+delivery shall be made only by a direct employee of the permittee and 23
52+not by a third-party vendor or entity, unless such third-party vendor or 24
53+entity holds an in-state transporters permit. 25
54+(e) The sale of alcoholic liquor for off-premise consumption pursuant 26
55+to this section shall be conducted only during the hours a package store 27
56+is permitted to sell alcoholic liquor under the provisions of subsection 28
57+(d) of section 30-91 of the general statutes. 29
58+(f) A sealed container of alcoholic liquor sold pursuant to this section 30
59+shall not be deemed an open container, provided the sealed container is 31
60+unopened, the seal has not been tampered with, and the contents of the 32
61+sealed container have not been partially removed. 33
10062 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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106-GL Joint Favorable Subst.
67+Statement of Purpose:
68+To allow certain permittees to sell alcoholic liquor for off-premises
69+consumption.
70+[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
71+that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
72+underlined.]
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