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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1937 By: Garvin
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to alcoholic beverages; amending 3 7A
66	66	O.S. 2021, Section 5 -132, as amended by Section 4,
67	67	Chapter 94, O.S.L. 2023 (37A O.S. Supp. 2023, Section
68	68	5-132), which relates to brand label re gistration;
69	69	exempting registration for certain licensees;
70	70	updating statutory language; and providing an
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE O F OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 37A O.S. 2021, Section 5 -132, as
77	77	amended by Section 4, Chapter 94, O.S.L. 2023 (37A O.S. Supp. 2023,
78	78	Section 5-132), is amended to read as follows:
79	79	Section 5-132. A. Except as provided in subsection D of this
80	80	section, no alcoholic beverage shall be labeled, offered , or
81	81	advertised for sale in this state unless in acc ordance with rules
82	82	promulgated pursuant to the provisions of Sectio n 5-130 of this
83	83	title and unless the brand label shall have been registered with and
84	84	approved by the ABLE Commission and the appropriate fee paid as
85	85	provided for in this section.
86	86	B. An application for registration of a bran d label shall be
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139	139	distiller, or nonresident seller of the brand. Licensees, other
140	140	than the foregoing applicants, shall not be required to verify
141	141	registration to the ABLE Commission and shall not be penalized fo r
142	142	any applicant’s failure to register its brand label in accordance
143	143	with this section. Cordials and wines which differ only as to age
144	144	or vintage year, as defined by such rules, sh all be considered the
145	145	same brand, and those that differ as to type or class may be
146	146	considered the same brand by the ABLE Commission where consistent
147	147	with the purposes of this section. A licensee registering a brand
148	148	label with an appropriate federal a gency as prescribed by fede ral
149	149	law and regulations shall be considered in compli ance with this
150	150	section and shall not be required to register with the ABLE
151	151	Commission.
152	152	C. The application for registration of a brand label shall be
153	153	filed on a form prescribed by the ABLE Commission, and shall contain
154	154	such information as the ABLE Commission shall require. Such
155	155	application shall be accompanied by a certified check, bank
156	156	officers’ check or draft or money order in the amount of the annual
157	157	registration fee, or the properly prorated portion thereof
158	158	prescribed by this secti on.
159	159	D. 1. The annual fee for registration of any brand label for
160	160	spirits shall be Three Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($375.00). The
161	161	annual fee for registration of any brand label for beer shall b e Two
162	162	Hundred Dollars ($200.00). The annual fee for regis tration of any
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214	214	brand label for wine made in the United States, or for registration
215	215	of any category of imported wine as defined by the Oklahoma Tax
216	216	Commission, shall be Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) . Beer
217	217	manufactured in this state shall be exempt from brand label
218	218	registration fees.
219	219	2. Each brand label registered and approved pursuant to this
220	220	section shall be valid for a term of up to one (1) year, ex piring on
221	221	the June 30 next following registration, an d may be renewed for
222	222	subsequent terms of one (1) year beginning on the July 1 following
223	223	the initial registration. Brand registration fees for labels
224	224	registered after July 1 may be prorated through the following June
225	225	30 on a quarterly basis . The brand registration fee shall not be
226	226	transferable, unless otherwise allow ed by law. A nonresident seller
227	227	who registered brands prior to May 7, 2019, may transfer brand
228	228	registrations to the brewer or manufacturer that produces those
229	229	brands, provided the brewer or ma nufacturer has obtained a license,
230	230	at no expense to the nonresi dent seller, brewer, or manufacturer.
231	231	E. If the ABLE Commission shall deny the application for
232	232	registration of a brand label, it shall return the registration fee
233	233	to the applicant, less twenty -five percent (25%) of such fee.
234	234	F. The ABLE Commission may at any time exempt any discontinued
235	235	brand from fee provisions of this section where a manufacturer,
236	236	brewer, beer distributor, or wholesaler has an inventory of one
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289	289	less of beer, and certifies to the ABLE Commission in writing that
290	290	such brand is being discontinued.
291	291	G. No private labels or control labels shall be approved for
292	292	sale in this state, except for charity collaboration beer as
293	293	authorized in Section 2-102.1 of this title.
294	294	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
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