| Chapter 134 |
| 2024 -- S 2127 Enacted 06/17/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES -- MANUFACTURING AND WHOLESALE LICENSES |
Introduced By: Senators Lawson, Lauria, Felag, Euer, Britto, Pearson, Gallo, Murray, DiMario, and Bissaillon |
| Date Introduced: January 12, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 3-6-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 3-6 entitled "Manufacturing |
| and Wholesale Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 3-6-1. Manufacturer’s license. |
| (a) A manufacturer’s license authorizes the holder to establish and operate a brewery, |
| distillery, or winery at the place described in the license for the manufacture of beverages within |
| this state. The license does not authorize more than one of the activities of operator of a brewery or |
| distillery or winery and a separate license shall be required for each plant. |
| (b) The license also authorizes the sale at wholesale, at the licensed place by the |
| manufacturer of the product of the licensed plant, to another license holder and the transportation |
| and delivery from the place of sale to a licensed place or to a common carrier for that delivery. The |
| license does authorize the sale of beverages for consumption on premises where sold; provided that |
| the manufacturer does not sell an amount in excess of forty-eight ounces (48 oz.) of malt beverage |
| or four and one-half ounces (4.5 oz.) of distilled spirits, or fifteen ounces (15 oz.) of wine per |
| visitor, per day, or a combination not greater than three (3) drinks where a drink is defined as up to |
| sixteen ounces (16 oz.) of beer or one and one-half ounces (1.5 oz.) or five ounces (5 oz.) of wine |
| of spirits, for consumption on the premises. The license also authorizes the sale of beverages |
| produced on the premises in an amount not in excess of forty-eight (48) twelve-ounce (12 oz.) |
| bottles or cans or forty-eight (48) sixteen-ounce (16 oz.) bottles or cans of malt beverages, or one |
| thousand five hundred milliliters (1,500 ml) of distilled spirits per visitor, or three (3) seven hundred |
| fifty milliliter (750 ml) bottles of wine or the equivalent amount of wine sold by the can or other |
| container, per day, to be sold in containers that may hold no more than seventy-two ounces (72 oz.) |
| each. These beverages may be sold to the consumers for off-premises consumption, and shall be |
| sold pursuant to the laws governing retail Class A establishments. The containers for the sale of |
| beverages for off-premises consumption shall be sealed. The license does not authorize the sale of |
| beverages in this state for delivery outside this state in violation of the law of the place of delivery. |
| The license holder may provide to visitors, in conjunction with a tour or tasting, samples, clearly |
| marked as samples, not to exceed three hundred seventy-five milliliters (375 ml) per visitor for |
| distilled spirits and seventy-two ounces (72 oz.) per visitor for malt beverages at the licensed plant |
| by the manufacturer of the product of the licensed plant to visitors for off-premises consumption. |
| The license does not authorize providing samples to a visitor of any alcoholic beverages for off- |
| premises consumption that are not manufactured at the licensed plant. All manufacturer licenses |
| conducting retail sales or providing samples shall be subject to compliance with alcohol server |
| training and liquor liability insurance requirements set forth in §§ 3-7-6.1 and 3-7-29 and the |
| regulations promulgated thereunder. |
| (c) The annual fee for the license is three thousand dollars ($3,000) for a distillery |
| producing more than fifty thousand gallons (50,000 gal.) per year and five hundred dollars ($500) |
| for a distillery producing less than or equal to fifty thousand gallons (50,000 gal.) per year; five |
| hundred dollars ($500) for a brewery; and one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for a winery |
| producing more than fifty thousand gallons (50,000 gal.) per year and five hundred dollars ($500) |
| per year for a winery producing less than fifty thousand gallons (50,000 gal.) per year. All those |
| fees are prorated to the year ending December 1 in every calendar year and shall be paid to the |
| general treasurer for the use of the state. |
| SECTION 32. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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