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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 370
BY REPRESENTATIVE MAGEE
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: Provides relative to the self-distribution of certain alcoholic
beverages by certain brewers
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 26:241(15) and to enact R.S. 26:241(27) and (28), 242, and
3 271(A)(7), relative to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; to provide for
4 definitions; to provide relative to the distribution of certain alcoholic beverages; to
5 provide for self-distribution; to provide for limitations; to provide relative to permit
6 fees; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 26:241(15) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S. 26:241(27)
9and (28), 242, and 271(A)(7) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §241. Definitions
11 The following terms have the respective meanings ascribed to them except
12 in those instances where the context indicates a different meaning:
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14 (15) "Manufacturer or brewer" means any person who, directly or indirectly,
15 personally or through any agency, person, or establishment, engages in the making,
16 blending, rectifying, brewing, or other processing of alcoholic beverages in
17 Louisiana or outside the state for shipments to licensed wholesale dealers within the
18 state subject to the provisions of R.S. 26:364. A manufacturer or brewer who
19 operates a brewing facility entirely located in the state of Louisiana shall brew at
20 least fifty percent of its monthly production at the permitted facility. Such facility
21 shall be equipped with adequate brewing systems sufficient to meet its monthly
22 production, and the facility shall maintain a valid health permit issued by the
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1 Louisiana Department of Health. A manufacturer or brewer who operates a brewing
2 facility entirely located in the state of Louisiana may sell or serve only those
3 products brewed at that facility to the public only at that facility for consumption on
4 or off the premises but not for resale. The total amount of such sales to the public
5 for any given month shall not exceed ten percent of the total amount of product
6 brewed at that facility monthly or two hundred fifty barrels, whichever is greater.
7 Any manufacturer or brewer who sells its products to the public pursuant to this
8 Paragraph shall remit all state and parish or municipal sales and excise taxes to the
9 proper tax collecting authority for all products sold to the public. A manufacturer
10 or brewer who sells or serves its products to the public pursuant to this Paragraph,
11 shall comply with the requirements set forth in R.S. 26:90 and 286 and shall comply
12 with all local zoning laws and regulations.
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14 (27) "Brewing facility" means a retail establishment wherein beer and other
15 malt beverages are brewed and sold at retail for consumption on or off the licensed
16 premises.
17 (28) "Self-distribution" means distribution by a brewer of beer or other malt
18 beverages brewed at a brewing facility entirely located in the state of Louisiana to
19 a retailer holding a Class A permit issued pursuant to R.S. 26:71.1 or 271.2, a Class
20 B permit issued pursuant to R.S. 26:71 or 271, or a Class C permit issued pursuant
21 to R.S. 26:71.2 or 271.3.
22 §242. Self-distribution
23 A brewer that produces less than ninety-three thousand gallons of beer
24 annually at a brewing facility located entirely in the state of Louisiana may self-
25 distribute up to forty-six thousand five hundred gallons of the two hundred fifty
26 barrels allowed pursuant to R.S. 26:241 to a retailer holding a Class A permit issued
27 pursuant to R.S. 26:71.1 or 271.2, a Class B permit issued pursuant to R.S. 26:71 or
28 271, or a Class C permit issued pursuant to R.S. 26:71.2 or 271.3 provided the
29 following conditions are met:
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1 (1) The brewer obtains a permit to self-distribute only those products brewed
2 on site from the commissioner according to established rules and regulations.
3 (2) The brewer does not have an existing distribution agreement with a
4 permitted wholesale dealer.
5 (3) The brewer owns or leases warehouse space that shall be maintained
6 separate from the brewing facility.
7 (4) The brewer owns or leases delivery equipment dedicated for the primary
8 use of distribution and delivery of only those products brewed at the brewing facility.
9 (5) The brewer shall self-distribute products at a standard price to all
10 retailers.
11 (6) The brewer shall provide a monthly report of all sales from the brewing
12 facility and all sales from self-distribution to the office of alcohol and tobacco
13 control. The office of alcohol and tobacco control shall publish these monthly
14 reports on its website to ensure collection of parish and municipal taxes.
15 (7) Any brewer that engages in self-distribution shall be subject to the rules
16 and regulations contained in LAC Title 55, Part VII.
17 §271. Permits required; fees
18 A. Before engaging in the business of dealing in malt beverages or beverages
19 of low alcoholic content, all manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers, and
20 microbrewers shall obtain from the commissioner, according to established rules and
21 regulations, a permit to conduct each separate manufacturing, wholesale, retail, or
22 microbrewery business and shall pay for each permit a fee not to exceed the amounts
23 provided for in the following schedule and in accordance with regulations
24 promulgated pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act for each
25 year the permit is valid:
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27 (7) Brewers engaged in self-distribution– one thousand dollars.
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1 Section 2. The Louisiana State Law Institute is hereby authorized and directed to
2arrange in alphabetical order and renumber the definitions provided in R.S. 26:241.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 370 Original 2022 Regular Session Magee
Abstract: Provides for the self-distribution of beer and malt beverages under certain
conditions.
Present law (R.S. 26:241) provides for definitions for alcohol beverage control and taxation.
Proposed law amends the definition of "manufacturer or brewer" and provides definitions
for "brewing facility" and "self-distribution".
Proposed law provides requirements for self-distribution. Brewers who produce less than
93,000 gallons of beer annually may self-distribute up to 46,500 gallons of the 250 barrels
allowed pursuant to present law (R.S. 26:241) to retailers with certain Class A, Class B, and
Class C permits.
Proposed law provides that brewers may self-distribute if the following conditions are met:
(1)The brewer obtains a permit to self-distribute only products brewed on site from the
commissioner.
(2)The brewer does not have an existing distribution agreement with a permitted
wholesale dealer.
(3)The brewer owns or leases warehouse space that is maintained separately from the
brewing facility.
(4)The brewer owns or leases delivery equipment dedicated for the primary use of
distributing products brewed at the brewing facility.
(5)The brewer self-distributes products at a standard price to all retailers.
(6)The brewer provides a monthly sales report to the office of alcohol and tobacco
control, which in forth publishes these monthly reports on its website.
(7)Any brewer that engages in self-distribution shall be subject to the rules and
regulations contained in LAC Title 55, Part VII.
Present law (LAC Title 55, Part VII) provides for rules and regulations regarding alcohol
and tobacco control in the Louisiana Administrative Code.
Present law provides a fee schedule for those engaged in the business of dealing in malt
beverages or beverages of low alcoholic content.
Proposed law retains present law and adds that brewers engaged in self-distribution shall
pay a $1,000 permit fee.
(Amends R.S. 26:241(15); Adds R.S. 26:241(27) and (28), 242, and 271(A)(7))
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