Bill Text: MS HB1300 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Alcoholic beverages; allow manufacturer with distillery in state to provide samples subject to certain conditions.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-18 - Approved by Governor [HB1300 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-HB1300-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Ways and Means
By: Representatives Martinson, Reynolds
House Bill 1300
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A HOLDER OF A MANUFACTURER'S DISTILLER'S PERMIT WHO DISTILLS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT A DISTILLERY IN THIS STATE MAY PROVIDE LIMITED AMOUNTS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON THE PREMISES OF THE DISTILLERY FOR TASTING OR SAMPLING; TO PROVIDE THAT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES PROVIDED FOR TASTING OR SAMPLING MUST BE MANUFACTURED IN THIS STATE BY THE HOLDER OF THE PERMIT AT THE DISTILLERY; TO PROVIDE THAT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SAMPLES MAY BE PROVIDED ONLY TO PERSONS ON THE PREMISES OF A DISTILLERY AT NO COST AND FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES OF THE DISTILLERY; TO PROVIDE THE TIMES DURING WHICH ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SAMPLES MAY BE PROVIDED AND THAT THE SAMPLES MUST BE PROVIDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A TOUR OF THE DISTILLERY; TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SAMPLES THAT MAY BE PROVIDED TO AN INDIVIDUAL WITHIN A TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR PERIOD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The holder of a manufacturer's distiller's permit who distills alcoholic beverages at a distillery located in this state may offer and provide limited amounts of alcoholic beverages on the premises of the distillery for the purpose of tasting or sampling, subject to the following conditions:
(a) The alcoholic beverages provided for tasting or sampling must be manufactured in this state by the holder of the permit operating the distillery at the site of and on the premises of the distillery;
(b) The alcoholic beverages may be provided only to persons on the premises of the distillery at no cost and for consumption on the premises of the distillery;
(c) The alcoholic beverages may be provided for tasting or sampling between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on the same day and only in conjunction with a structured tour of the distillery and related facilities which must include the entire manufacturing and distilling processes and methods used at the distillery;
(d) No one under twenty-one (21) years of age may participate in the tasting or sampling, and a sign indicating that prohibition shall be placed in a visible location at the entrance to the area where the tasting or sampling will be conducted;
(e) An individual size sample of alcoholic beverages shall not exceed one-fourth (1/4) ounce, and no more than four (4) samples of alcoholic beverages may be provided to an individual within a twenty-four-hour period; and
(f) The holder of the permit operating the distillery shall keep an accurate accounting of the various alcoholic beverages provided and consumed as samples.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
