Bill Text: IN HB1354 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Small breweries.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy [HB1354 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1354-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 7.1-3-2-7.
Synopsis: Small breweries. Allows small brewers to participate in a
trade show or an exposition at which products of each small brewer
participant are displayed, promoted, and sold. Provides that the
approval of the alcohol and tobacco commission is required for a small
brewer to participate and each small brewer's participation is limited to
not more than 45 days in a calendar year. Allows a small brewer to sell
the brewery's beer to consumers for carryout by means of a glass
container or can at a farmers' market that is operated on a nonprofit
basis.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 10, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
alcohol and tobacco.
(1) Manufacture beer.
(2) Place beer in containers or bottles.
(3) Transport beer.
(4) Sell and deliver beer to a person holding a beer wholesaler's permit issued under IC 7.1-3-3.
(5) If the brewer's brewery manufactures not more than thirty thousand (30,000) barrels of beer in a calendar year, do the following:
(A) Sell and deliver beer to a person holding a retailer or a dealer permit under this title.
(B) Be the proprietor of a restaurant.
(C) Hold a beer retailer's permit, a wine retailer's permit, or a
liquor retailer's permit for a restaurant established under clause
(B).
(D) Transfer beer directly from the brewery to the restaurant
by means of:
(i) bulk containers; or
(ii) a continuous flow system.
(E) Install a window between the brewery and an adjacent
restaurant that allows the public and the permittee to view both
premises.
(F) Install a doorway or other opening between the brewery
and an adjacent restaurant that provides the public and the
permittee with access to both premises.
(G) Sell the brewery's beer by the glass for consumption on the
premises. Brewers permitted to sell beer by the glass under
this clause must furnish the minimum food requirements
prescribed by the commission.
(H) Sell and deliver beer to a consumer at the permit premises
of the brewer or at the residence of the consumer. The delivery
to a consumer may be made only in a quantity at any one (1)
time of not more than one-half (1/2) barrel, but the beer may
be contained in bottles or other permissible containers.
(I) Sell the brewery's beer as authorized by this section for
carryout on Sunday in a quantity at any one (1) time of not
more than five hundred seventy-six (576) ounces. A brewer's
beer may be sold under this clause only at the address for
which the brewer's permit was issued under this chapter.
(J) With the approval of the commission, individually or
with other brewers subject to this clause, participate in a
trade show or an exposition at which products of each
brewer participant are displayed, promoted, and sold. The
commission may not grant approval under this clause to a
brewer for more than forty-five (45) days in a calendar
year.
(K) Sell the brewery's beer to consumers for carryout by
means of a glass container or can at a farmers' market that
is operated on a nonprofit basis.
(6) If the brewer's brewery manufactures more than thirty
thousand (30,000) barrels of beer in a calendar year, own a
portion of the corporate stock of another brewery that:
(A) is located in the same county as the brewer's brewery;
(B) manufactures less than thirty thousand (30,000) barrels of
beer in a calendar year; and
(C) is the proprietor of a restaurant that operates under subdivision (5).
(7) Provide complimentary samples of beer that are:
(A) produced by the brewer; and
(B) offered to consumers for consumption on the brewer's premises.
(8) Own a portion of the corporate stock of a sports corporation that:
(A) manages a minor league baseball stadium located in the same county as the brewer's brewery; and
(B) holds a beer retailer's permit, a wine retailer's permit, or a liquor retailer's permit for a restaurant located in that stadium.
(9) For beer described in IC 7.1-1-2-3(a)(4):
(A) may allow transportation to and consumption of the beer on the licensed premises; and
(B) may not sell, offer to sell, or allow sale of the beer on the licensed premises.
