FILED ON: 12/29/2014

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4571

Substituted by the House, on motion of Mr. Scibak of South Hadley, for a Bill regulating the granting of temporary licenses for the sale of wine, beer, and malt liquor at auctions (House, No. 270, changed).  December 29, 2014.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Fourteen

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An Act relative to direct wine shipper licenses.

 

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to authorize the limited self-distribution of wine, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public [Emergency Preamble Context].
 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 19F of chapter 138 of the General Laws, inserted by section 162 of chapter 165 of the acts of 2014, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(b) Under this section, a direct wine shipper licensee may make sales and delivery of wine: (1) at retail directly to residents of the commonwealth who are 21 years of age or older, for personal use and not for resale; (2) at wholesale in kegs, casks, barrels or bottles to a person licensed pursuant to section 12, 13 or 14; provided, however, that all direct deliveries of wine from a winery to a licensee pursuant to section 12, 13, or 14 shall not exceed 250 cases of wine annually; (3) at wholesale for the sole purpose of resale in containers in which wine was delivered to any person licensed pursuant to section 15; provided, however, that all direct deliveries of wine from a winery to a section 15 licensee shall not exceed 250 cases of wine annually; (4) at wholesale to a person licensed pursuant to section 18, 19 or 19B; (5) at wholesale to churches and religious societies, educational institutions, incorporated hospitals, homes for the aged, manufacturers of food products and manufacturers of drugs and chemicals pursuant to section 28; or (6) at wholesale to a registered pharmacist holding a certificate of fitness pursuant to section 30.