Authorizing the direct shipment and delivery of native distilled spirits, providing for fees, and making penalties applicable

This bill authorizes a manufacturer of native distilled spirits licensed or permitted pursuant to state laws regulating alcoholic beverages to apply for a direct shipper permit. All shipments of native distilled spirits shall be made through the state’s wholesale distribution system. A direct shipper permit is required in order to sell native distilled spirits at retail for direct shipment to any person within the state or another state. The annual permit fee is $25. A direct shipper license allows a licensee to ship native distilled spirits to a resident of this state who is at least years of age, for the resident’s personal use and consumption and not for resale. The bill requires that native distilled spirits subject to direct shipping be properly registered, manufactured on the premises of the direct shipper permittee, and conspicuously labeled as set out in the bill. The bill establishes a native distilled spirits carrier permit for persons to deliver native distilled spirits subject to direct shipment within Iowa. The annual permit fee is $100. The bill requires that a carrier permittee not deliver native distilled spirits to any person under years of age, or to any person who either is or appears to be in an intoxicated state or condition; obtain valid proof of identity and age prior to delivery and obtain the signature of an adult as a condition of delivery; and maintain shipping records as provided in the bill. The bill modifies the definition of “native distilled spirits” by striking references to fermenting and distilling spirits and instead including manufacturing of spirits. Under current law, “manufacture” means to distill, rectify, ferment, brew, make, mix, concoct, or process any substance capable of producing a beverage containing more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume and includes blending, bottling, or the preparation for sale. Penalty provisions of Code chapter 123, including a civil penalty of up to $1,000 or suspension or revocation of a permit, are made applicable to the permits established by the bill.