Last Action | to Licensing & Occupations (H) |
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Title | AN ACT relating to promotional sampling of distilled spirits and wine. |
Bill Documents |
Bill
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Impact Statements | Local Mandate |
Bill Request Number | 399 |
Sponsors | S. Westrom, L. Belcher, S. Brinkman, T. Burch, L. Clark, J. Crenshaw, R. Crimm, J. DeCesare, B. DeWeese, B. Farmer, K. Flood, D. Floyd, J. Gooch Jr., D. Horlander, J. Jenkins, C. Miller, D. Osborne, D. Owens, R. Palumbo, C. Rollins II, R. Weston, A. Wuchner |
Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 243.0305 to make the hours and days of operation for a souvenir retail liquor licensee subject to local ordinance; amend KRS 243.130, 243.154, and 243.170 to allow manufacturers, small farm winery wholesalers, and wholesalers to distribute wine or distilled spirits under a sampling license; amend KRS 244.050 to allow retail drink, retail package, and souvenir retail liquor licensees to give a customer 3 distilled spirit samples per day rather than 2 samples under a sampling license; permit a licensed distiller, wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler to acquire a sampling license; limit these sampling licensees to providing the standard size and number of complimentary samples of distilled spirits or wine per day to each customer during regular business hours at a retailer's licensed premises; authorize the sampling licensee or its agents, servants, or employees to address the customer and pour and serve samples at the retailer's premises; require retail licensees to sell the distilled spirits used for a complimentary sampling event at no more than the retail licensee's normal selling price; permit the retail licensee to bill on a per-event basis in the usual course of business; forbid a distiller from using its sampling license on its distillery premises unless it also holds a souvenir retail liquor license; prohibit a wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler from using its sampling license at its business premises if the premises is located in dry territory; preclude a distiller, wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler sampling licensee from concurrently holding a distilled spirits sampling event and a wine sampling event at the same premises unless the Office for Alcoholic Beverage Control has approved the event in advance; authorize distiller licensees to give a consumer who is touring the distillery for educational purposes one complimentary sample of up to 1/2 ounce of un-aged product manufactured at the distillery premises; enable distiller, wholesaler, small farm winery, or small farm winery wholesaler sampling licensees to offer consumers branded nonalcoholic promotional items of nominal value in conjunction with a distillery or winery tour or a complimentary sampling event; prohibit the use of caffeinated alcoholic beverages as samples or promotional items either offered or provided to customers or consumers under a sampling license. |
Index Headings of Original Version |
Local Mandate - Sampling license, use by distillers, small farm wineries, and all wholesalers Alcoholic Beverages - Sampling license, used by distillers, small farm wineries, and all wholesalers Distilled Spirits - Sampling license, used by distillers, small farm wineries, and all wholesalers Licensing - Sampling license, used by distillers, small farm wineries, and all wholesalers Local Government - Souvenir retail liquor licensees, hours and days of operation to be set by local ordinance Sunday Closing - Souvenir retail liquor licensees, hours and days of operation to be set by local ordinance Wines and Wineries - Sampling license, use by distillers, small farm wineries, and all wholesalers |
12/18/09 |
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01/05/10 |
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Last updated: 8/28/2019 7:34 AM (EDT)