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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 64
BY SENATOR MORRISH
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 26:85.1, relative to alcohol permits; to provide for Class A-2
General retail permits; to provide for Class B Retail Liquor Permit; to allow3
manufacturers to obtain a Class A-General retail permit or a Class B Retail Liquor4
Permit, or both, under certain circumstances; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 26:85.1 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 7
ยง85.1. Combination of manufacturing and retail business permitted; certain8
circumstances9
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any person who10
holds a manufacturer's permit issued by the state of Louisiana as of April 1, 2003,11
and has been a licensed liquor distiller continuously since January 1, 1997, and is12
located in a facility within an historic preservation district or within one mile of an13
historic preservation district and whose facility provides guided tours to visitors of14
that facility, is eligible to apply for and receive a Class B Retail Liquor Permit, if15
otherwise eligible, to sell no more than two thousand five hundred cases of the16
alcoholic beverage manufactured on the premises annually. the commissioner may17
issue a Class A-General retail permit or a Class B Retail Liquor Permit, or18
both, to any person who holds a valid manufacturer's permit issued by the state19
of Louisiana for a portion of a manufacturer's business premises where the20
manufacturer engages in the making, blending, rectifying, or processing of any21
alcoholic beverage in Louisiana so long as the manufacturer complies with R.S.22
26:71.1(1)(f) and the following:23 SB NO. 64 ENROLLED
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(1) No person under the age of eighteen years is allowed in the portion1
of the premises permitted as a Class A-General retail establishment.2
(2) Only alcoholic beverages manufactured at the licensed premises shall3
be sold, served, or consumed.4
(3) The manufacturer shall not sell any alcoholic beverages for5
transportation off the premises to any other licensed alcoholic beverage retail6
dealer.7
(4) The manufacturer shall not sell more than one case, as defined in8
R.S. 26:351, to the same person each thirty-day period.9
(5)(a) The manufacturer shall file all excise tax reports and pay all10
excise taxes imposed pursuant to this Title in connection with all alcoholic11
beverages served or sold at its Class A-General retail establishment.12
(b) The manufacturer shall file all excise tax reports and pay all excise13
taxes imposed pursuant to this Title in connection with all alcoholic beverages14
sold at its Class B retail establishment.15
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: