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2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 455
BY SENATOR HENRY
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Provides relative to the limitation on size of containers of
beverage of high alcoholic content. (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 26:351(1)(a) and (3)(a), and to repeal R.S. 26:351(7), relative to
3 the limitation on size of containers of beverages of high alcohol content; to authorize
4 wholesalers and manufacturers to possess and pack distilled spirits in certain
5 containers; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 26:351(1)(a) and (3)(a) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8 follows:
9 ยง351. Limitation on size of containers of beverages of high alcoholic content;
10 standards of fill
11 Except for wines, no manufacturer or wholesaler in this state shall have in his
12 possession any beverages of high alcoholic content outside of his bonded stockroom
13 unless they are in containers of no greater capacity than 1.75 liters. The standards of
14 fill shall be the following:
15 (1)(a) All distilled spirits sold in or shipped into this state shall be in the
16 following containers: One and seventy-five hundredths liters, one liter, seven
17 hundred fifty milliliters, five hundred milliliters, three hundred seventy-five
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1 milliliters, and two hundred milliliters, and fifty milliliters.
2 * * *
3 (3)(a) Distilled spirits, whether domestically bottled or imported, subject to
4 the metric standard of fill prescribed in Paragraph (1) above shall be packed with the
5 following number of containers per shipping case or container:
6 Container sizes Containers per case
7 1.75 liters 6
8 1.00 liters 12
9 750 milliliters 12
10 375 milliliters 24
11 355 milliliters 24
12 200 milliliters 48
13 100 milliliters 48
14 50 milliliters 60
15 50 milliliters 120
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17 Section 2. R.S. 26:351(7) is hereby repealed.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jerry J. Guillot.
DIGEST
SB 455 Engrossed 2020 Regular Session Henry
Present law prohibits any manufacturer or wholesaler in this state to have in his possession
any beverages of high alcoholic content outside of his bonded stockroom unless they are in
containers of no greater capacity than 1.75 liters. The standards of fill shall be the following:
(1)1.75 liters
(2)One liter
(3)750 milliliters
(4)500 milliliters
(5)375 milliliters
(6)200 milliliters
Proposed law retains present law and adds 50 milliliter containers to the list of legal
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standards of fill.
Present law provides for an exemption to the current 50 milliliter prohibition in hotels or
motels located in Bossier, Caddo, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Lafayette,
Orleans, Ouachita, and Rapides parishes.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 26:351(1)(a) and (3)(a); repeals R.S. 26:351(7))
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