HSB 210

_____ wholesale, or sell at retail alcoholic beverages.45(1), providing the general limitation on business interests, is amended to provide that a manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages is not an institutional investor and is not prohibited from being interested in the business of another retail licensee or permittee, or from holding a retail liquor control license or retail wine or beer permit, if the retail business, licensee, or permittee does not purchase or sell the alcoholic beverages of the person engaged in the business of manufacturing, bottling, or wholesaling alcoholic beverages.45, new subsection 1A, provides that a beer manufacturer or importer shall not have any ownership in a beer wholesaler and shall not sell beer at wholesale directly to a retail permittee. However, the bill provides that a beer manufacturer or importer that manufactures no more than 10,000 barrels of beer in a calendar year may own or have an interest in a beer wholesaler that sells the beer the beer manufacturer or importer manufactures.45, new subsection 1B, provides that a person employed by a manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler of alcoholic beverages may be employed by another manufacturer, bottler, or wholesaler, as well as by a business authorized to sell alcoholic beverages at retail, if the person is not an officer, owner, director, or managerial employee of any of the person’s employers.45 is further amended to provide that the exceptions established by this section to the general prohibition against tied interests shall be limited.175, concerning applications for a retail wine permit, is amended to provide that issuance of a class “C” wine permit, as established by the bill, shall be limited to a person engaged in the manufacturing of wine that is not native wine who intends to operate under the permit on the corporate campus of the person in this state.177 is amended to allow a person holding a class “A” wine permit to sell wine to a holder of the new class “C” wine permit established in the bill.178C provides for the authority under a class “C” wine permit which is established by the bill. The bill allows a person holding a class “C” wine permit to sell wine manufactured by that person at retail for consumption on or off the premises and provides that the permittee purchase wine for consumption on the premises only from a person holding a class “A” wine permit.179, establishing wine permit fees, is amended to provide that the annual permit fee for the new class “C” wine permit is $500.185, concerning records of wine permittees, is amended to provide that a class “C” wine permittee submit a quarterly report to the administrator of the alcoholic beverages division regarding sales of wine by the permittee.