Bill Text: CT HB05713 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Farm Distillery Permit.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-11 - Vote to Hold Until Next Meeting [HB05713 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05713-Comm_Sub.html
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January Session, 2017 |
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AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FARM DISTILLERY PERMIT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 30-16 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (h) as follows (Effective October 1, 2017):
(NEW) (h) (1) A manufacturer permit for a farm distillery shall be in all respects the same as a manufacturer permit, except that the scope of operations of the holder shall be limited to distilled alcohol or spirits including, but not limited to, whiskey, gin, vodka and rum. As used in this section, "farm distillery" means any place or premises that is located on a farm in the state in which distilled spirits or alcohol are manufactured and sold.
(2) Such permit shall, at the single principal premises of the farm distillery, authorize (A) the sale in bulk by the holder thereof from the premises where the products are manufactured pursuant to such permit; (B) as to a manufacturer who produces twenty-five thousand gallons of distilled alcohol or spirits or less per year, the sale and shipment by the holder thereof to a retailer of distilled alcohol or spirits manufactured by the farm distillery permittee in the original sealed containers of not more than fifteen gallons per container; (C) the offering and tasting of free samples of such distilled alcohol or spirits, dispensed out of bottles or containers having capacities of not more than two gallons per bottle or container, to visitors and prospective retail customers for consumption on the premises of the farm distillery permittee; (D) the sale at retail from the premises of sealed bottles or other sealed containers of such distilled alcohol or spirits for consumption off the premises; and (E) the sale at retail from the premises of distilled alcohol or spirits by the glass and bottle to visitors on the premises of the farm distillery permittee for consumption on the premises. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (C), (D) and (E) of this subdivision, a town may, by ordinance or zoning regulation, prohibit any such offering, tasting or selling at retail at premises within such town for which a manufacturer permit for a farm distillery has been issued.
(3) No licensed farm distillery may sell any such distilled alcohol or spirits not manufactured by such distillery, except a licensed farm distillery may sell from the premises (A) distilled alcohol or spirits manufactured by another farm distillery located in this state, and (B) distilled alcohol or spirits manufactured from fruit or crops harvested in this state and distilled off the premises in this state.
(4) The farm distillery permittee shall grow on the premises of the farm distillery or on property under the same ownership and control of said permittee or leased by the backer of a farm distillery permit or by said permittee within the farm distillery's principal state an average crop of fruit or crops equal to not less than twenty-five per cent of the fruit or crops used in the manufacture of the farm distillery permittee's distilled alcohol or spirits. An average crop shall be defined each year as the average yield of the farm distillery permittee's two largest annual crops out of the preceding five years, except that during the first seven years from the date of issuance of a farm distillery permit, an average crop shall be defined as three tons of fruit or crops for each acre farmed by the farm distillery permittee. Such seven-year period shall not begin anew if the property for which the farm distillery permit is held is transferred or sold during such seven-year period. In the event the farm distillery consists of more than one property, the aggregate acreage of the farm distillery shall not be less than five acres.
(5) A holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm distillery may sell and offer free tastings of distilled alcohol or spirits manufactured from such distillery at a farmers' market, as defined in section 22-6r, that is operated as a nonprofit enterprise or association, provided such farmers' market invites such holder to sell distilled alcohol or spirits at such farmers' market and such holder would otherwise qualify for a farmers' market wine sales permit, as determined by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection.
(6) The annual fee for a manufacturer permit for a farm distillery shall be three hundred dollars.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2017 |
30-16 |
ENV |
Joint Favorable Subst. |