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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session |
House: COM DP 8-0-0-2 |
HB 2905: craft producer; festival; fair; license
Sponsor: Representative Weninger, LD 13
Caucus & COW
Overview
Creates a craft producer festival license. Repeals the wine, craft distillery and microbrewery festival licenses.
History
The Department of Liquor Licenses and Control (DLLC), which consists of the State Liquor Board and the Office of the Director of DLLC (Director), regulates the manufacture, distribution and sale of liquor in Arizona through the issuance of a series of licenses and investigating licensee compliance with liquor laws.
DLLC may issue a microbrewery license to any microbrewery that meets the statutory requirements. A microbrewery must produce or manufacture at least 5,000 gallons and fewer than 6,200,000 gallons of beer in a calendar year to maintain a microbrewery license. A microbrewery may: 1) sell beer produced or manufactured on the premises for consumption on or off the premises; 2) make sales and deliveries of beer that the microbrewery produces or manufactures to persons licensed to sell beer in Arizona through wholesalers licensed in Arizona or to persons licensed to sell beer in another state, if lawful; and 3) sell beer produced or manufactured by other microbreweries for consumption only on the licensee's premises (A.R.S. § 4-205.08).
DLLC may issue a farm winery license to a person who produces at least 200 gallons and fewer than 40,000 gallons of wine in a calendar year. A licensed farm winery may: 1) make sales and deliveries of wine to wholesalers licensed to sell wine; 2) serve wine produced or manufactured on the premises for the purpose of sampling the wine; 3) sell to a consumer physically present on the premises wine produced or manufactured on the premises in the original container for consumption on or off the premises; and 4) allow a representative of the licensed farm winery to consume small amounts of the products of the licensed farm winery on the premises for the purpose of sampling the wine (A.R.S. § 4-205.04).
DLLC may issue a craft distiller license allowing a person to sale distilled spirits if the person produces or manufactures no more than 20,000 gallons of distilled spirits. A craft distiller may make sales and deliveries of distilled spirits subject to outlined criteria, including: 1) make sales and deliveries of distilled spirits to wholesalers that are licensed to sell distilled spirits; 2) serve distilled spirits that are produced or manufactured on the premises for the purpose of consumption on the premises and may charge for samples on the premises of the craft distiller; and 3) sell distilled spirits that are produced or manufactured on the premises in the original container for consumption off the premises to a consumer who is physically present on the premises (A.R.S. § 4-205.10).
Provisions
1. Allows the Director to issue, on a temporary basis, a craft producer festival license, authorizing:
a) sampling of the craft producer products on the craft producer festival premises; and
b) the sale of craft producer products for consumption on or off the festival premises. (Sec. 3)
2. Provides approval requirements for a craft producer festival license for festivals that occur at an otherwise unlicensed location or at a location that is not fully within the licensee's existing licensed premises. (Sec. 3)
3. Requires denial of a craft producer festival license be forwarded to the Director within 60 days after the submission of a license application unless the applicant has requested more time for consideration of the application. (Sec. 3)
4. Specifies that the approval process for licensure for festivals that occur at an unlicensed location does not apply to physical locations that are fully within a licensed premises. (Sec. 3)
5. Allows a representative of the licensed craft producer to consume small amounts of the products of the producer on the festival premises for the purpose of quality control. (Sec. 3)
6. Authorizes the Director to:
a) issue one or more craft producer festival licenses for each licensed craft producer, for a total of up to 150 days for each craft producer;
b) establish a fee for each day of each event for a craft producer festival or fair license; and
c) issue a craft producer fair license with the permission of state or county fair organizers. (Sec. 3)
7. Permits a craft producer, at any sanctioned state or county fair, to allow:
a) sampling of craft producer products on the fair premises;
b) the sale of the products for consumption on or off the fair premises. (Sec. 3)
8. Exempts craft producer licenses from certain licensing requirements. (Sec. 3)
9. Allows the Director to issue a special event license concurrently with a craft producer festival license. (Sec. 1)
10. Reduces, from 5,000 gallons to 1,000 gallons, the minimum required amount of beer that must be annually produced or manufactured for a microbrewery license. (Sec. 4)
11. Exempts craft producer festival or fair licenses from the statutory restrictions on licensing premises that are within 300 feet of a public or private school building, or a fenced recreational area adjacent to the public or private school building. (Sec. 6)
12. Repeals statute relating to farm winery festival license, craft distillery festival license and microbrewery festival license. (Sec. 2, 5)
13. Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 1, 6)
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