DIGEST
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the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Adams HB No. 830
Abstract: Provides relative to requirements for the size and number of containers of high
alcoholic content beverages shipped and sold in Louisiana.
Present law provides that all wine sold or shipped into this state shall be in certain sized
containers.
Proposed law retains present law and adds the following container sizes: nineteen and five-tenths
liters, twenty liters, and five hundred milliliters.
Present law requires that wines bottled subject to the standards provided for in present law be
packed with a certain number of bottles per shipping case or shipping container and further
provides for the bottle size and the corresponding bottles per case.
Proposed law retains present law except that it changes all references from "bottles" to
"containers" and further changes a container size from 5 through 18 liters to 5 through 20 liters
and adds a container size of 500 milliliters with 12 bottles per case.
Proposed law exempts cider products from container size restrictions.
(Amends R.S. 26:351(2)(a) and (4); Adds R.S. 26:351(9))