Bill Text: IA SF323 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to canned cocktails and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1118.) Effective 5-10-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-10 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1195. [SF323 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF323-Introduced.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to canned cocktails and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1118.) Effective 5-10-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-10 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1195. [SF323 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF323-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1118)
(COMPANION
TO
HF
309
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
canned
cocktails
and
including
effective
1
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
123.3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10A.
“Canned
cocktail”
means
a
mixed
drink
3
or
cocktail
that
is
premixed
and
packaged
in
a
metal
can
and
4
contains
more
than
six
and
twenty-five
hundredths
percent
of
5
alcohol
by
volume
but
not
more
than
fifteen
percent
of
alcohol
6
by
volume.
7
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
28A.
“Mixed
drink
or
cocktail”
means
an
8
alcoholic
beverage,
composed
in
whole
or
in
part
of
alcoholic
9
liquor,
that
is
combined
with
other
alcoholic
beverages
or
10
nonalcoholic
beverages
or
ingredients
including
but
not
limited
11
to
ice,
water,
soft
drinks,
or
flavorings.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
123.3,
subsection
5,
Code
2019,
is
amended
13
to
read
as
follows:
14
5.
“Alcoholic
liquor”
means
the
varieties
of
liquor
defined
15
in
subsections
3
and
44
which
contain
more
than
five
percent
of
16
alcohol
by
weight,
beverages
made
as
described
in
subsection
7
17
which
beverages
contain
more
than
five
percent
of
alcohol
by
18
weight
or
six
and
twenty-five
hundredths
percent
of
alcohol
by
19
volume
but
which
are
not
wine
as
defined
in
subsection
48
,
or
20
high
alcoholic
content
beer
as
defined
in
subsection
20
,
or
21
canned
cocktails
as
defined
in
subsection
10A,
and
every
other
22
liquid
or
solid,
patented
or
not,
containing
spirits
and
every
23
beverage
obtained
by
the
process
described
in
subsection
48
24
containing
more
than
seventeen
percent
alcohol
by
weight
or
25
twenty-one
and
twenty-five
hundredths
percent
of
alcohol
by
26
volume,
and
susceptible
of
being
consumed
by
a
human
being,
27
for
beverage
purposes.
Alcohol
manufactured
in
this
state
28
for
use
as
fuel
pursuant
to
an
experimental
distilled
spirits
29
plant
permit
or
its
equivalent
issued
by
the
federal
bureau
of
30
alcohol,
tobacco
and
firearms
is
not
an
“alcoholic
liquor”
.
31
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
123.126A
Canned
cocktails
——
32
applicability.
33
Unless
otherwise
provided
by
this
chapter,
the
provisions
34
of
this
chapter
applicable
to
beer
shall
also
apply
to
canned
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cocktails.
1
Sec.
4.
Section
123A.2,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
2
following
new
subsection:
3
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6A.
“Canned
cocktail”
means
as
defined
in
4
section
123.3.
5
Sec.
5.
NEW
SECTION
.
123A.13
Canned
cocktails
——
6
applicability
of
chapter.
7
The
provisions
of
this
chapter
that
apply
to
a
brewer
and
8
wholesaler
of
beer
shall
apply
to
a
manufacturer
and
wholesaler
9
of
canned
cocktails.
10
Sec.
6.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
11
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
concerns
canned
cocktails.
16
Code
section
123.3
is
amended
by
adding
definitions
for
17
“canned
cocktail”
and
“mixed
drink
or
cocktail”
and
amending
18
the
definition
of
“alcoholic
liquor”.
“Canned
cocktail”
is
19
defined
as
a
mixed
drink
or
cocktail
that
is
premixed,
packaged
20
in
a
metal
can,
and
contains
more
than
6.25
percent,
but
not
21
more
than
15
percent,
of
alcohol
by
volume.
“Mixed
drink
or
22
cocktail”
is
defined
as
an
alcoholic
beverage,
consisting
in
23
whole
or
in
part
of
alcoholic
liquors,
that
is
combined
with
24
other
alcoholic
or
nonalcoholic
beverages.
The
definition
of
25
“alcoholic
liquor”
is
also
amended
to
exclude
canned
cocktails.
26
New
Code
section
123.126A
provides
that
the
provisions
of
27
Code
chapter
123
applicable
to
beer
shall
also
apply
to
canned
28
cocktails.
29
New
Code
section
123A.13
provides
that
the
provisions
of
30
Code
chapter
123A
that
apply
to
brewers
and
wholesalers
of
31
beer
also
apply
to
manufacturers
and
wholesalers
of
canned
32
cocktails.
33
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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