Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1025
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 7.1-1-3-26.2; IC 7.1-3-13-3.
Synopsis: Mixed beverages. Adds a definition of "mixed beverage".
Allows the holder of a wine wholesaler's permit to take certain actions
concerning mixed beverages and flavored malt beverages.
Effective: July 1, 2024.
Manning, Jeter, Steuerwald, Soliday
January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
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Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1025
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
alcohol and tobacco.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 7.1-1-3-26.2 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 26.2. "Mixed beverage" means a
4 prepared cordial, cocktail, or highball that is in a can or container
5 that holds not more than twenty-four (24) ounces of the beverage
6 and is a mixture of:
7 (1) whiskey, neutral spirits, brandy, gin, or another distilled
8 spirit; and
9 (2) carbonated or plain water, pure juice from a flower or
10 plant, or other flavoring materials;
11 that is suitable for immediate consumption and contains not less
12 than five-tenths percent (0.5%) of alcohol by volume and not more
13 than fifteen percent (15%) of alcohol by volume.
14 SECTION 2. IC 7.1-3-13-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.153-2015,
15 SECTION 10, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
16 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 3. (a) The holder of a wine wholesaler's permit
17 may purchase, import, and transport wine, brandy, mixed beverages,
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1 or flavored malt beverage from the primary source of supply. A wine
2 wholesaler may export and transport wine, brandy, or flavored malt
3 beverage by the bottle, barrel, cask, or other container, to points outside
4 Indiana. A wine wholesaler is entitled to sell, furnish, and deliver wine
5 or flavored malt beverage from inventory that has been located on the
6 wholesaler's premises before the time of invoicing and delivery to a
7 wine wholesaler, a wine retailer, a supplemental caterer, a temporary
8 wine permittee, and a wine dealer, but not at retail. A wine wholesaler
9 may sell, furnish, and deliver brandy or mixed beverages from
10 inventory that has been located on the wholesaler's premises before the
11 time of invoicing and delivery, but not at retail, only to a person who
12 holds a liquor retailer's permit, a supplemental caterer's permit, or a
13 liquor dealer's permit. A holder of a wine wholesaler's permit may sell
14 wine, mixed beverages, or flavored malt beverages to the wine
15 wholesaler's bona fide regular employees. A wine wholesaler may sell,
16 donate, and deliver wine, mixed beverages, or flavored malt beverage
17 from inventory that has been located on the wholesaler's premises
18 before the time of invoicing and delivery to a qualified organization
19 that is conducting an allowable event to which IC 7.1-3-6.1 applies or
20 a charity auction to which IC 7.1-3-6.2 applies.
21 (b) As used in this section, "brandy" means:
22 (1) any alcoholic distillate described in 27 CFR 5.22(d) as in
23 effect on January 1, 1983; or
24 (2) a beverage product that:
25 (A) is prepared from a liquid described in subdivision (1);
26 (B) is classified as a cordial or liqueur as defined in 27 CFR
27 5.22(h) as in effect on January 1, 1997; and
28 (C) meets the following requirements:
29 (i) At least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the
30 product's alcohol content is composed of a substance
31 described in subdivision (1).
32 (ii) The product's label makes no reference to any distilled
33 spirit other than brandy.
34 (iii) The product's alcohol content is not less than sixteen
35 percent (16%) by volume or thirty-two (32) degrees proof.
36 (iv) The product contains dairy cream.
37 (v) The product's sugar, dextrose, or levulose content is at
38 least twenty percent (20%) of the product's weight.
39 (vi) The product contains caramel coloring.
40 (c) Nothing in this section allows a wine wholesaler to sell, give,
41 purchase, transport, or export beer (as defined in IC 7.1-1-3-6) unless
42 the wine wholesaler also holds a beer wholesaler's permit under
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1 IC 7.1-3-3-1.
2 (d) A wine wholesaler that also holds a liquor wholesaler's permit
3 under IC 7.1-3-8 may not:
4 (1) hold a beer wholesaler's permit under IC 7.1-3-3;
5 (2) possess, sell, or transport beer; or
6 (3) sell more than one million (1,000,000) gallons of flavored
7 malt beverage during a calendar year.
8 (d) The holder of a wine wholesaler's permit may possess,
9 transport, sell, and deliver mixed beverages only to a person who
10 holds one (1) of the following:
11 (1) A liquor retailer's permit under IC 7.1-3-9.
12 (2) A supplemental caterer's permit under IC 7.1-3-9.5.
13 (3) A liquor dealer's permit under IC 7.1-3-10.
14 (4) A liquor wholesaler's permit under IC 7.1-3-8.
15 (5) A wine wholesaler's permit issued under this chapter.
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