House Bill 1243

Chair's Name: Roger Williams

Committee: Regulated Industries

House Sponsor: Ed Lindsey

Chairman Williams’ Opinion of the Legislation:

This bill amends provisions related to issuance of temporary permits for sale of alcoholic beverages by nonprofit civic organizations. It extends the permit to allow the sale of wine not only on premises but also at retail for off-premises consumption for a maximum period of three days. It also increases the number of permits allowed to be issued to an organization per year from two to six.

This bill further adds a new code section which allows a nonprofit organization, upon the approval of the local licensing authorities and the payment of a $25 fee, to obtain a special use temporary permit authorizing such organization to auction wine in sealed containers for a period of three days. It allows a maximum of six permits to be issued per year, which will be valid only for the locations specified in the permit. This bill also allows nonprofit organizations to conduct auctions of donated wine as well as to ship and transfer it under certain circumstances and further provides for tax obligations.

This bill comes to the House Floor under the Modified Structured Rule.