HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1037 FILED ON: 1/18/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 212
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jonathan D. Zlotnik
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the wholesale of malt beverages produced by a pub brewery.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Jonathan D. Zlotnik | 2nd Worcester | 1/18/2017 |
Timothy R. Whelan | 1st Barnstable | 1/18/2017 |
James R. Miceli | 19th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Sarah K. Peake | 4th Barnstable | 1/18/2017 |
William L. Crocker, Jr. | 2nd Barnstable | 1/18/2017 |
Susannah M. Whipps | 2nd Franklin | 1/18/2017 |
Chris Walsh | 6th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 1/18/2017 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 1/18/2017 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Natalie Higgins | 4th Worcester | 1/18/2017 |
Colleen M. Garry | 36th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
John W. Scibak | 2nd Hampshire | 1/18/2017 |
Jennifer L. Flanagan | Worcester and Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Christopher M. Markey | 9th Bristol | 1/18/2017 |
Thomas M. Stanley | 9th Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Anne M. Gobi | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | 1/18/2017 |
Stephan Hay | 3rd Worcester | 1/18/2017 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1037 FILED ON: 1/18/2017
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 212
By Mr. Zlotnik of Gardner, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 212) of Jonathan D. Zlotnik and others relative to the selling of malt beverages or malt beverage products produced by a pub brewery. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 282 OF 2015-2016.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)
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An Act relative to the wholesale of malt beverages produced by a pub brewery.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 19D of Chapter 138 of Title XX of Part 1 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking subsections one through four under section (g) and replacing it with the following:
(1) at wholesale to any person holding a valid wholesalers’ and importers’ license under section 18;
(2) at wholesale in kegs, casks, barrels or bottles to any person holding a license to sell under section twelve, thirteen or fourteen, and, for the sole purpose of resale in containers in which the malt beverage was delivered, to any person holding a license to sell under section fifteen; provided that the total annual sales to sections twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen licensees shall not exceed fifty thousand gallons;
(3) at wholesale to churches and religious societies, educational institutions, incorporated hospitals, homes for the aged, manufactures of food products and manufacturers of drugs and chemicals as authorized by and subject to the provisions of section 28;
(4) at retail by the bottle to consumers for consumption off the brewery premises;
(5) at wholesale to any person in any state or territory in which the importation and sale of malt beverages is not prohibited by law; and
(6) at wholesale to any person in a foreign country.