Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 5.
ON MARCH 21, 2022, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2349, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and revises present law provisions regarding the authority for certain manufacturers of beer to self-distribute the manufacturer's beer. Under present law, a manufacturer brewing not more than 25,000 barrels of beer or high alcohol content beer, or both, annually and operating as a retailer may self-distribute the beer that it manufactures directly to retailers: (1) In the county in which the manufacturer is located; and (2) Outside the county in which the manufacturer is located, if the manufacturer: (A) Self-distributes not more than 1,800 barrels of such manufacturer's beer annually; and (B) Is not prohibited from self-distribution in the particular county by the manufacturer's contract with a beer wholesaler. This amendment clarifies that the authorization described above in (1) applies inside the county in which the manufacturer is located; and adds that the authorization described above in (2) applies to allow the manufacturer to self-distribute inside and outside the county in which the manufacturer is located, if the conditions in (A) and (B) are met.
ON MARCH 21, 2022, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2349, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and revises present law provisions regarding the authority for certain manufacturers of beer to self-distribute the manufacturer's beer. Under present law, a manufacturer brewing not more than 25,000 barrels of beer or high alcohol content beer, or both, annually and operating as a retailer may self-distribute the beer that it manufactures directly to retailers: (1) In the county in which the manufacturer is located; and (2) Outside the county in which the manufacturer is located, if the manufacturer: (A) Self-distributes not more than 1,800 barrels of such manufacturer's beer annually; and (B) Is not prohibited from self-distribution in the particular county by the manufacturer's contract with a beer wholesaler. This amendment clarifies that the authorization described above in (1) applies inside the county in which the manufacturer is located; and adds that the authorization described above in (2) applies to allow the manufacturer to self-distribute inside and outside the county in which the manufacturer is located, if the conditions in (A) and (B) are met.
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