HB613 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mike Ball

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Alcoholic beverage manufacturers, beer transferred from brewery under same ownership deemed to be brewed at the manufacturer's premises, Sec. 28-3A-6 am'd.

Summary

HB613 changes how beer production is counted toward the 60,000-barrel limit, allows intra-ownership beer transfers to be treated as produced at the receiving site, and gives the ABC Board authority to designate the beverage types on manufacturer licenses.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, beer transferred between breweries owned by the same people would be treated as having been manufactured at the receiving brewery. The 60,000-barrel limit would include beer produced by affiliates and beer brewed exclusively for the manufacturer in the calculation. The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board would be allowed to designate, on a manufacturer's license, the type or types of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, or liquor) that the license covers. The bill also preserves small breweries' ability to sell beer at retail from their licensed premises under existing rules, with the new counting rules potentially affecting eligibility.

Who It Affects

• Smaller breweries (those producing fewer than 60,000 barrels per year) and their affiliates/contract brewers, by changing how their production is counted toward the 60,000-barrel limit and by clarifying retail sale allowances.
• The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and manufacturers licensed under Section 28-3A-6, by granting the board authority to designate beverage types on licenses and by updating licensing and record-keeping requirements related to production and sales.

Key Provisions

• Beer transferred from a brewery to another under the same ownership is deemed to have been manufactured by the receiving brewery at its licensed premises.
• When calculating the 60,000-barrel limit, beer produced by affiliates and beer brewed exclusively for the manufacturer must be included; transfers between qualifying manufacturers under the same ownership are allowed if the total production stays under the limit.

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Subjects

Alcoholic Beverages