| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4130 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, October 18, 2023. |
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| 5 | 5 | | The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure to |
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| 6 | 6 | | whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 266) of |
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| 7 | 7 | | Tackey Chan relative to the direct wine shipper license, reports |
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| 8 | 8 | | recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4130) ought to |
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| 9 | 9 | | pass. |
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| 10 | 10 | | For the committee, |
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| 11 | 11 | | TACKEY CHAN. 1 of 1 |
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| 12 | 12 | | FILED ON: 10/16/2023 |
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| 13 | 13 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4130 |
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| 14 | 14 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 15 | 15 | | _______________ |
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| 16 | 16 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 18 | 18 | | _______________ |
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| 19 | 19 | | An Act relative to the direct wine shipper license. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 Section 19F of chapter 138 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in place thereof |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3the following 2 subsections:- |
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| 25 | 25 | | 4 (a) The commission may issue a direct wine shipper license pursuant to this section to a |
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| 26 | 26 | | 5person, firm or corporation that is actively operating as a winery; holds a federal basic permit |
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| 27 | 27 | | 6pursuant to the federal Alcohol Administration Act, compiled in 27 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | 7holds a license in the commonwealth or any other state to manufacture and export wine. |
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| 29 | 29 | | 8 (b) Under this section, a direct wine shipper licensee may make retail sales and delivery |
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| 30 | 30 | | 9directly to residents of the commonwealth who are 21 years of age or older, for personal use and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 10not for resale, only of wine produced by or for the licensee and sold under the licensee’s brand |
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| 32 | 32 | | 11name. For the purposes of this section, the term “brand name” shall also mean any wine |
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| 33 | 33 | | 12exclusively produced by or for the licensee and marketed under a different label owned by or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 13registered to the licensee. |
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