§ 44-3-425 — Wine packaging permit - limitations - rules

(1) (a) The state
licensing authority may issue a wine packaging permit to a winery licensed under
section 44-3-402, a limited winery licensed under section 44-3-403, or a
wholesaler licensed under section 44-3-407 that allows the licensed winery, limited
winery, or wholesaler to package tax-paid wine manufactured by another winery or
manufacturer.

(b) A licensed winery, limited winery, or wholesaler that obtains a wine
packaging permit under this section shall:

(I) Take possession and custody of the tax-paid wine that it packages; and

(II) Return the packaged tax-paid wine either to the original manufacturer of
the tax-paid wine or to the original manufacturer's licensed wholesaler; except
that, if the original manufacturer's wholesaler obtains a wine packaging permit
pursuant to this section, the wholesaler need not return the packaged tax-paid wine
to the original manufacturer.

(2) A licensed winery or limited winery that obtains a wine packaging permit
pursuant to this section shall not sell or distribute tax-paid wine it packages:

(a) To a person licensed to sell alcohol beverages at retail, for consumption
on or off the licensed premises, under section 44-3-409, 44-3-410, 44-3-411, 44-3-412, 44-3-413, 44-3-414, 44-3-415, 44-3-416, 44-3-417, 44-3-418, 44-3-419, 44-3-420, 44-3-421, 44-3-422, 44-3-424, 44-3-426, or 44-3-428; or

(b) Directly to a consumer.

(3) The state licensing authority may adopt rules as necessary to implement
and administer this section.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1025), ch. 152, p. 1028, � 2, effective October 1.