SB329 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Bill Holtzclaw

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Wine, direct shipment to consumer, authorized under certain conditions, wine direct shipper license required by Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, penalties

Description

Currently, there is no specific license of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board relating to direct shipping of limited quantities of wine to Alabama residents for their personal use.

This bill would allow a currently licensed wine producer, supplier, importer, wholesaler, distributor, or retailer to obtain a wine direct shipper license from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to allow the licensee to ship limited quantities of wine directly to Alabama residents for their personal use, under certain circumstances.

A violation of the requirements of this bill would constitute a Class C misdemeanor.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.

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Subjects

Alcoholic Beverages