Bill Text: MS HB1392 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Beer; revise certain provisions regarding certain manufacturer owning and operating brewpub.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [HB1392 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-HB1392-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Ways and Means
By: Representative Barker
House Bill 1392
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-3-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO
PROVIDE THAT A MANUFACTURER OF BEER WITH A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 200,000 BARRELS ANNUALLY MAY OWN AND OPERATE A BREWPUB WITHIN THE SAME MUNICIPALITY AS ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS UPON A SEPARATE PREMISES, SO LONG AS BOTH FACILITIES FULLY COMPLY WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAW AND THEIR OPERATION FULLY COMPORTS WITH THE EXISTING THREE-TIER SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTION OF ALCOHOL EXISTING IN THIS STATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 67-3-45, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
67-3-45. No manufacturer, distributor or wholesale dealer to whom or to which this chapter applies shall:
(a) Make any loan, directly or indirectly, or furnish any fixtures of any kind, directly or indirectly, to any retail dealer in light wines and/or beer;
(b) Have any interest, direct or indirect, in the business of or in the furnishings or fixtures or in the premises used by any such retail dealer in connection with his or its business;
(c) Have any lien on any such property of any such retail dealer; or
(d) Sell light wines and/or beer to any such retail dealer on credit.
This section shall not apply to a brewpub licensed pursuant to Article 3, Chapter 71, Title 27, Mississippi Code of 1972, and expressly permits any manufacturer of beer with a maximum capacity of two hundred thousand (200,000) barrels annually to own and operate a brewpub within the same municipality as its principal place of business upon a separate premises, so long as both facilities fully comply with all applicable state and federal law and their operation fully comports with the existing three-tier system of distribution of alcohol existing in Mississippi.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
