§ 28-5-2 — Authorization and Procedure Generally for Granting of Permits for Operation of Alcohol Distilleries and Denaturing Plants in Connection with Sugar Refineries

Alabama § 28-5-2

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 28: Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine
• Ch. 5: Regulation of Manufacture, Sale, Etc., of Industrial Alcohol

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Upon the filing with the Governor of Alabama by any person, firm or corporation of an application to operate on any state-owned land that constitutes, in whole or in part, any plan of development by the state or its agency for the improvement or expansion of any of the harbors or seaports of the state an alcohol distillery and alcohol denaturing plant for the production of industrial alcohol solely for nonbeverage use, the Governor may, in his discretion, grant a permit, as provided in this chapter, to such applicant to operate an alcohol distillery and alcohol denaturing plant, in connection with a sugar refinery, where the distillation of alcohol may be economically undertaken to conserve the by-product materials used in or incident to the operation of such sugar refinery; provided, that the applicant has or does secure, by lease, the right to occupy the premises described in the application.
No permit shall be granted to operate an alcohol denaturing plant away from the premises of the sugar refinery and the alcohol distillery where the alcohol is produced.

Legislative History

(Acts 1927, No. 474, p. 516; Code 1940, T. 29, §79.)