Session of 2023 House Substitute for SENATE BILL No. 116 By Committee on Federal and State Affairs 3-20 AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; relating to spirits distributors, wine distributors and cereal malt beverage distributors; regulating samples; relating to the special order shipping of wine; requiring monthly remittance of gallonage taxes; amending the common consumption area law to permit rather than require that roads be blocked and to allow designation of such areas by signage; relating to the Kansas cereal malt beverage act; allowing businesses to sell cereal malt beverage by the drink on Sundays without requiring that 30% of the gross receipts of such businesses be derived from the sale of food; amending K.S.A. 41-306, 41-306a, 41-307, 41-350 and 41-2659 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 41-2704 and repealing the existing sections. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. K.S.A. 41-306 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41- 306. A spirits distributor's license, shall allow: (a) The wholesale purchase, importation and storage of spirits, but all such spirits so purchased or imported which are manufactured in the United States shall be purchased from the primary American source of supply or from another licensed spirits distributor, except that a licensed spirits distributor may purchase confiscated spirits at a sheriff's sale. (b) The sale of spirits to: (1) Spirits distributors licensed in this state; (2) retailers licensed in this state, except that such distributor shall sell a brand of spirits only to those retailers whose licensed premises are located in the geographic territory within which such distributor is authorized to sell such brand, as designated in the notice or notices filed with the director pursuant to K.S.A. 41-410, and amendments thereto; and (3) such persons located outside such territory or outside this state as permitted by law. (c) The purchase of spirits in barrels, casks or other bulk containers and the bottling thereof before resale, but all bottles or containers filled with such spirits shall be sealed, labeled and otherwise made to comply with all laws and rules and regulations governing the preparation and bottling of spirits by manufacturers and with all federal rules, regulations and laws. (d) The storage and delivery to a retailer licensed under the Kansas 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 H sub SB 116 2 liquor control act or a retailer licensed under K.S.A. 41-2702, and amendments thereto, on the distributor's licensed premises, of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage of another licensed distributor authorized by law to sell such alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to such retailer, in accordance with an agreement entered into with such other distributor and approved by the director. (e) The storage and delivery to a public venue licensed under the club and drinking establishment act of alcoholic liquor purchased by the public venue licensee from a retailer authorized by law to sell such alcoholic liquor to such public venue licensee. (f) The withdrawal of spirits from such licensee's inventory for use as samples in the course of the business of the distributor or at industry seminars. Samples may only be provided to persons licensed as a distributor or a retailer under the Kansas liquor control act, and such person's employees or to persons licensed under the club and drinking establishment act and such persons' employees. Samples may be served on the licensed premises of the licensee, or on the premises of a licensed retailer, provided except that no sample shall be served on that portion of the premises of a licensed retailer that is open to the public and where sales of alcoholic liquor at retail are made. Only products that have not been purchased from the distributor licensee by the retailer or club and drinking establishment act licensee within the previous 12 months may be provided for sampling pursuant to this subsection. No sample shall be provided to any minor. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to permit the licensee to sell any alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises. The withdrawal of spirits shall be subject to the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, based on the applicable current posted bottle or case price. For purposes of providing samples pursuant to this subsection other than at industry seminars or to the licensee's employees, the term "sample" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in K.S.A. 41-2601, and amendments thereto this subsection, "sample" means not more than three liters of distilled spirits. Sec. 2. K.S.A. 41-306a is hereby amended to read as follows: 41- 306a. A wine distributor's license shall allow: (a) The wholesale purchase, importation and storage of wine, but all wine so purchased or imported which is manufactured in the United States shall be purchased from the primary American source of supply or from another licensed wine distributor, except that a licensed wine distributor may purchase confiscated wine at a sheriff's sale. (b) The sale of wine to: (1) Wine distributors licensed in this state; (2) retailers licensed in this state, except that such distributor shall sell a brand of wine only to those retailers whose licensed premises are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 H sub SB 116 3 located in the geographic territory within which such distributor is authorized to sell such brand, as designated in the notice or notices filed with the director pursuant to K.S.A. 41-410, and amendments thereto; and (3) such persons located outside such territory or outside this state as permitted by law. (c) The sale of wine, but only in barrels, casks and other bulk containers, to: (1) Licensed caterers; and (2) public venues, clubs and drinking establishments licensed in this state, except that such distributor shall sell a brand of wine only to such public venues, clubs and drinking establishments the licensed premises of which are located in the geographic territory within which such distributor is authorized to sell such brand, as designated in the notice or notices filed with the director pursuant to K.S.A. 41-410, and amendments thereto. (d) The purchase of wine in barrels, casks or other bulk containers and the bottling thereof before resale, but all bottles or containers filled with such wine shall be sealed, labeled and otherwise made to comply with all laws and rules and regulations governing the preparation and bottling of wine by manufacturers and with all federal rules, regulations and laws. (e) The storage and delivery to a retailer licensed under the Kansas liquor control act or a retailer licensed under K.S.A. 41-2702, and amendments thereto, on the distributor's licensed premises, of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage of another licensed distributor authorized by law to sell such alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to such retailer, in accordance with an agreement entered into with such other distributor and approved by the director. (f) The withdrawal of wine from such licensee's inventory for use as samples in the course of the business of the distributor or at industry seminars. Samples may only be provided to persons licensed as a distributor or a retailer under the Kansas liquor control act, and such person's employees, or to persons licensed under the club and drinking establishment act, and such person's employees. Samples may be served on the licensed premises of the licensee, or on the premises of a licensed retailer, provided no sample shall be served on that portion of the premises of a licensed retailer that is open to the public and where sales of alcoholic liquor at retail are made. Samples may be served on the premises of a licensee holding a license issued under the club and drinking establishment act, provided no sample shall be served on that portion of the premises that is open to the public and where sales of alcoholic liquor are made. Only products that have not been purchased from the distributor licensee by the retailer or club and drinking establishment licensee within the previous 12 months may be provided for sampling pursuant to this subsection. No sample shall be provided to any minor. Nothing in this subsection shall be 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 H sub SB 116 4 construed to permit the licensee to sell any alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises. The withdrawal of wine shall be subject to the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, based on the applicable current posted bottle or case price. For purposes of providing samples pursuant to this subsection other than at industry seminars or to the licensee's employees, the term of this subsection, "sample" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in K.S.A. 41- 2601, and amendments thereto means not more than three liters of any brand of wine. (g) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas liquor control act. Sec. 3. K.S.A. 41-307 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41-307. A beer distributor's license shall allow: (a) The wholesale purchase, importation and storage of beer. (b) The sale of beer to: (1) Licensed caterers; (2) beer distributors licensed in this state; (3) retailers, public venues, clubs and drinking establishments, licensed in this state, except that such distributor shall sell a brand of beer only to those retailers, public venues, clubs and drinking establishments of which the licensed premises are located in the geographic territory within which such distributor is authorized to sell such brand, as designated in the notice or notices filed with the director pursuant to K.S.A. 41-410, and amendments thereto; and (4) such persons located outside such territory or outside this state as permitted by law. (c) The sale of cereal malt beverage to: (1) Beer distributors licensed in this state; (2) clubs and drinking establishments, licensed in this state, and retailers licensed under K.S.A. 41-2702, and amendments thereto, except that such distributor shall sell a brand of cereal malt beverage only to those such clubs, drinking establishments and retailers of which the licensed premises are located in the geographic territory within which such distributor is authorized to sell such brand, as designated in the notice or notices filed with the director pursuant to K.S.A. 41-410, and amendments thereto; (3) retailers; and (4) such persons located outside such territory or outside this state as permitted by law. (d) The sale of beer containing not more than 6% alcohol by volume to cereal malt beverage retailers licensed pursuant to K.S.A. 41-2702, and amendments thereto. (e) The purchase of cereal malt beverage in kegs or other bulk 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 H sub SB 116 5 containers and the bottling or canning thereof in accordance with law. (f) The storage and delivery to a retailer licensed under the Kansas liquor control act or a retailer licensed under K.S.A. 41-2702, and amendments thereto, on the distributor's licensed premises, of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage of another licensed distributor authorized by law to sell such alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage to such retailer, in accordance with an agreement entered into with such other distributor and approved by the director. (g) The storage and delivery, with proper invoicing in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary, on the premises of a public venue licensee, of beer sold to or available for purchase by the public venue during an event. (h) The withdrawal of beer or cereal malt beverage from such licensee's inventory for use as samples in the course of the business of the distributor or at industry seminars. Samples may only be provided to persons licensed as a distributor or a retailer under the Kansas liquor control act, and such person's employees, or to persons licensed under the club and drinking establishment act, and such person's employees. Samples may be served on the licensed premises of the licensee, or on the premises of a licensed retailer, provided no sample shall be served on that portion of the premises of a licensed retailer that is open to the public and where sales of alcoholic liquor at retail are made. Samples may be served on the premises of a licensee holding a license issued under the club and drinking establishment act, provided no sample shall be served on that portion of the premises that is open to the public and where sales of alcoholic liquor are made. Only products that have not been purchased from the distributor licensee by the retailer or club and drinking establishment act licensee within the previous 12 months may be provided for sampling pursuant to this subsection. No sample shall be provided to any minor. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to permit the licensee to sell any alcoholic liquor for consumption on the premises. The withdrawal of beer or cereal malt beverage shall be subject to the tax imposed by K.S.A. 79-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto, based on the applicable current posted bottle or case price. For purposes of providing samples pursuant to this subsection other than at industry seminars or to the licensee's employees, the term this subsection, "sample" shall have the same meaning as that term is defined in K.S.A. 41-2601, and amendments thereto means not more than three gallons of any brand of beer or cereal malt beverage. Sec. 4. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 41-350 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41-350. (a) For the purposes of this act, the term "winery" means any maker or producer of wine whether in this state or in any other state, who holds a valid federal basic wine manufacturing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 H sub SB 116 6 permit. The terms "director" and "secretary" have the meaning ascribed to these terms mean the same as defined in K.S.A. 41-102, and amendments thereto. (b) Any winery may be authorized to make direct shipments of wine to consumers in this state upon obtaining a special order shipping license from the secretary pursuant to this act. (1) A special order shipping license shall only be issued to a winery upon compliance with all applicable provisions of this act and the regulations promulgated pursuant to this act, and upon payment of a license fee in the amount of $100. The license term for a special order shipping license shall commence on the date specified on the license and shall end two years after that date. (2) A special order shipping license shall entitle the winery to ship wine upon order directly to consumers for personal or household use in this state. The purchaser shall pay the purchase price and all shipping costs directly to the permit holder. Enforcement taxes collected herein shall be paid solely on the purchase price and not on the shipping costs. (c) No holder of a special order shipping license shall be permitted to ship in excess of 12 standard cases of wine of one brand or a combination of brands into this state to any one consumer or address per calendar year. (d) (1) Before accepting an order from a consumer in this state, the holder of a special order shipping license shall require that the person placing the order to state affirmatively that he or she such person is 21 years of age or older and shall verify the age of such person placing the order either by the physical examination of an approved government issued form of identification or by utilizing an internet based age and identification service approved by the director of alcoholic beverage control, or the director's designee. (2) Every shipment of wine by the holder of a special order shipping license shall be clearly marked '"Alcoholic Beverages, Adult Signature Required'" and the carrier delivering such shipment shall be responsible for obtaining the signature of an adult who is at least 21 years of age as a condition of delivery. (e) A special order shipping license shall not authorize the shipment of any wine to any premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages pursuant to this act or the club and drinking establishment act. (f) The failure to comply strictly with the requirements of this act and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this act shall be grounds for the revocation of a special order shipping license or other disciplinary action by the director. After notice and an opportunity for hearing in accordance with the provisions of the Kansas administrative procedure act, the director may refuse to issue or renew or may revoke a shipping permit upon a finding that the permit holder has failed to comply with any 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 H sub SB 116 7 provision of this section or K.S.A. 41-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, or any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to such statutes. Upon revocation of a special order shipping license for shipment of wine to a person not of legal age as required herein such winery shall not be issued any special order shipping license pursuant to this act for a period of one year from the date of revocation. (g) The holder of a special order shipping license shall collect all gallonage taxes imposed by K.S.A. 41-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall on a quarterly monthly basis electronically remit such taxes in a manner prescribed by the secretary and shall accompany such remittance with any reports, documentation or other information as may be required by the secretary. In addition, an applicant for and a holder of a special order shipping license, as a condition of receiving and holding a valid license, shall: (1) Collect and pay the applicable Kansas enforcement tax on each sale shipped to a consumer in Kansas imposed by K.S.A. 79-4101 et seq., and amendments thereto; (2) accompany each remittance with such sales tax reports, documentation and other information as may be required by the director of taxation; and (3) if the holder of the license is an out-of-state shipper, the licensee shall be deemed to have appointed the secretary of state as the resident agent and representative of the licensee to accept service of process from the secretary of revenue, the director and the courts of this state concerning enforcement of this section, K.S.A. 41-501 et seq., and amendments thereto, and any related laws and rules and regulations and to accept service of any notice or order provided for in the liquor control act. (h) The secretary of revenue may adopt rules and regulations to implement, administer and enforce the provisions of this section. (i) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas liquor control act. Sec. 5. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 41-2659 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41-2659. (a) (1) A city or a county may establish one or more common consumption areas within the limits of the city or within the unincorporated portion of the county, as applicable, by ordinance or resolution, respectively, and authorize the possession and consumption of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage within the common consumption area. The ordinance or resolution shall designate the boundaries of any common consumption area and prescribe the times during which alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage may be consumed therein. The ordinance or resolution shall may require that any public street or roadway that lies within a common consumption area shall be blocked from motorized traffic during the hours in which alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 H sub SB 116 8 consumed. (2) The city or county shall immediately notify the director of the division of alcoholic beverage control of the establishment of a common consumption area and submit a copy of the ordinance or resolution along with such notice. (b) A common consumption area permit shall allow the consumption of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage in any area designated by such permit. The director may issue common consumption area permits to the city or county or any one person who shall be a resident of Kansas or an organization that has its principal place of business in Kansas and that has been approved by the respective city or county, in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of revenue. (c) Applications for common consumption area permits shall be submitted to the director, subject to the following: (1) A copy of any ordinance or resolution promulgated in accordance with subsection (a) shall accompany any application for a common consumption area permit. (2) Each application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable permit fee of $100. All permit fees collected by the director pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state general fund. (3) A common consumption area permit shall be issued for a period of not to exceed one year. A common consumption area permit shall not be transferable or assignable. (d) Any licensee immediately adjacent to, or located within a common consumption area may request that the licensee's licensed premises participate in the common consumption area for the duration of the common consumption area permit. Such a request shall be made upon forms prescribed by the director. (e) (1) Any licensee who has requested and received permission to participate in the common consumption area may allow its legal patrons to remove alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage purchased from the licensee into the premises described by the common consumption area permit. All alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage removed from a licensed premises in such fashion shall be served in a container that displays the licensee's trade name or logo or other identifying mark that is unique to the licensee. (2) In addition to their licensed premises, one or more licensees that have requested and received permission to participate in a common consumption area may offer for sale, sell and serve alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage for consumption from one non-contiguous service 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 H sub SB 116 9 area within the common consumption area, as designated and approved by the common consumption area permit holder. The licensee shall prominently display a copy of its drinking establishment license and the approval of the common consumption area permit holder at its non- contiguous service area. (f) (1) Each licensee within a common consumption area shall be liable for violations of all liquor laws governing the sale and consumption of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage that occur on the licensee's premises. (2) Each common consumption area permit holder shall be liable for violations that occur off the licensee's premises, but within the common consumption area identified in the permit. No permit holder shall permit any person to remove any open container of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage from the boundaries of the common consumption area. (g) (1) For the purposes of this section, "common consumption area" means a defined indoor or outdoor area not otherwise subject to a license issued pursuant to the Kansas liquor control act or the club and drinking establishment act where the possession and consumption of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage is allowed pursuant to a common consumption area permit. (2) The boundaries of any common consumption area must be clearly marked using a physical barrier or any apparent line of demarcation. Every common consumption area shall have signs conspicuously posted identifying the boundaries of such area in a size and manner that provides notice to persons entering or leaving the area. (h) The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement this section. (i) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the club and drinking establishment act. Sec. 6. K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 41-2704 is hereby amended to read as follows: 41-2704. (a) In addition to and consistent with the requirements of the Kansas cereal malt beverage act, the board of county commissioners of any county or the governing body of any city may prescribe hours of closing, standards of conduct and rules and regulations concerning the moral, sanitary and health conditions of places licensed pursuant to this act and may establish zones within which no such place may be located. (b) Within any city where the days of sale at retail of cereal malt beverage in the original package have not been expanded as provided by K.S.A. 41-2911, and amendments thereto, or have been so expanded and subsequently restricted as provided by K.S.A. 41-2911, and amendments thereto, no cereal malt beverages or beer containing not more than 6% alcohol by volume may be sold: (1) Between the hours of 12 midnight and 6 a.m.; or 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 H sub SB 116 10 (2) on Sunday, except in a place of business which that is licensed to sell cereal malt beverage for consumption on the premises, which derives not less than 30% of its gross receipts from the sale of food for consumption on the licensed premises and which that is located in a county where such sales on Sunday have been authorized by resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county or in a city where such sales on Sunday have been authorized by ordinance of the governing body of the city. (c) Within any city where the days of sale at retail of cereal malt beverage in the original package have been expanded as provided by K.S.A. 41-2911, and amendments thereto, and have not been subsequently restricted as provided in K.S.A. 41-2911, and amendments thereto, no person shall sell at retail cereal malt beverage or beer containing not more than 6% alcohol by volume: (1) Between the hours of 12 midnight and 6 a.m.; (2) in the original package not earlier than 9 a.m. and not later than 8 p.m. on Sunday; (3) on Easter Sunday; or (4) for consumption on the licensed premises on Sunday, except in a place of business which that is licensed to sell cereal malt beverage for consumption on the premises, which derives not less than 30% of its gross receipts from the sale of food for consumption on the licensed premises and which that is located in a county where such sales on Sunday have been authorized by resolution of the board of county commissioners of the county or in a city where such sales on Sunday have been authorized by ordinance of the governing body of the city. (d) No private rooms or closed booths shall be operated in a place of business, but this provision shall not apply if the licensed premises also are licensed as a club pursuant to the club and drinking establishment act. (e) Each place of business shall be open to the public and to law enforcement officers at all times during business hours, except that a premises licensed as a club pursuant to the club and drinking establishment act shall be open to law enforcement officers and not to the public. (f) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, no licensee shall permit a person under the legal age for consumption of cereal malt beverage or beer containing not more than 6% alcohol by volume to consume or purchase any cereal malt beverage in or about a place of business. A licensee's employee who is not less than 18 years of age may dispense or sell cereal malt beverage or beer containing not more than 6% alcohol by volume, if: (1) The licensee's place of business is licensed only to sell at retail cereal malt beverage or beer containing not more than 6% alcohol by volume in the original package and not for consumption on the premises; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 H sub SB 116 11 or (2) the licensee's place of business is a licensed food service establishment, as defined by K.S.A. 36-501, and amendments thereto, and not less than 50% of the gross receipts from the licensee's place of business is derived from the sale of food for consumption on the premises of the licensed place of business. (g) No person shall have any alcoholic liquor, except beer containing not more than 6% alcohol by volume, in such person's possession while in a place of business, unless the premises are currently licensed as a club or drinking establishment pursuant to the club and drinking establishment act or the business is a farm winery licensed pursuant to K.S.A. 41-316, and amendments thereto, or a producer licensed pursuant to K.S.A. 41-355, and amendments thereto. (h) Cereal malt beverages may be sold on premises that are licensed pursuant to both the Kansas cereal malt beverage act and the club and drinking establishment act at any time when alcoholic liquor is allowed by law to be served on the premises. Sec. 7. K.S.A. 41-306, 41-306a and 41-307 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 41-2704 are hereby repealed. Sec. 8. On and after July 1, 2023, K.S.A. 41-350 and 41-2659 are hereby repealed. Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Kansas register. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23