Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-183

GOV 183

Direct Shipment of Wine

Mr. Kennedy moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by striking out section 70; and by inserting after section 71 the following section:-

“SECTION 71A. Said subsection (g) of said section 19B of said chapter 138, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following clauses:-

(6) at wholesale in kegs, casks, barrels or bottles to a person licensed under section 12, 13 or 14;

(7) at wholesale for the sole purpose of resale in containers in which wine was delivered to any person licensed under section 15; provided, however, that direct deliveries of wine from a winery to a section 15 licensee shall not exceed 250 cases of wine annually;

(8) at wholesale to a person licensed under section 18, 19 or 19B;

(9) 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 under section 28; and

(10) at wholesale to a registered pharmacist holding a certificate of fitness under section 30”; and

in section 72, by striking out, in lines 951 and 952, inclusive, the words “an applicant” and inserting in place thereof the following words:-  “any person, firm or corporation”; and

in said section 72, by striking out, in line 954, the words “, export and sell” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “and export”; and

in said section 72, by striking out subsection (b) of proposed section 19F of chapter 138 of the General Laws and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

“(b) A direct wine shipper licensee may make sales and deliveries of wine directly to residents of the commonwealth who are 21 years of age or older for personal use and not for resale.”; and

in said section 72, by inserting after the word “separate”, in line 968” the following words “direct wine shipper”; and

in said section 72, by inserting after the word “A”, in lines 976 and 977, each time it appears,  the following words “direct wine shipper”; and

in said section 72, by inserting after the word “the”, in line 984, the second time it appears, the following words”-  “direct wine shipper”; and

in said section 72, in subsection (g) of proposed section 19F of chapter 138 of the General Laws, by adding the following sentence:-

“A person, firm or corporation who manufactures, exports or sells wine in violation of this section may be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 5 days”.