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SB 200 - Increases the Ability to Produce, Distribute, and Consume Alcohol - Kentucky Key Vote

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Title: Increases the Ability to Produce, Distribute, and Consume Alcohol

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Title: Amends Alcohol Regulations

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends regulations on alcoholic beverages.

Highlights:

  • Increases the amount of alcohol a distillery is authorized to sell in souvenir packages from 3 liters to 9 liters per visitor per day (Sec. 11).
  • Authorizes a distillery with a sampling license to provide up to 1.75 ounces of free samples per visitor per day (Sec. 11).
  • Authorizes a brewery to sell malt liquor at a fair, festival, or other event located in wet territory (Sec. 22).
  • Authorizes a bed and breakfast with a nonquota retail drink license to sell alcoholic beverages by the drink to paid overnight guests (Sec. 17).
  • Authorizes a commercial quadricycle business with an authorized public consumption license to authorize patrons to consume alcoholic beverages in nondescript plastic cups on the quadricycle (Sec. 9).
  • Authorizes an employee or agent of a distillery or winery to taste a product for the purpose of education, quality control, or product development (Sec. 20).
  • Authorizes an alcohol wholesaler to provide discounts to a retailer, if the discount is provided to all retailers with the same license type that are buying similar quantities (Sec. 28).
  • Prohibits the possession, sale, or use of powdered or crystalline alcohol (Sec. 24).
  • Specifies that an alcohol license issued after January 1, 2017 is valid for 1 year (Sec. 18).

 

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NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

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