Bill Text: NH HB1321 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled

New Hampshire House Bill 1321

Bill Title: Relative to repealing penalties for the sale of kegs of malt beverages without a receipt.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-22 - Ought to Pass: Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; OT3rdg; 05/22/2024; Senate Journal 14 [HB1321 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB1321-Enrolled.html

HB 1321 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

28Mar2024... 0123h

2024 SESSION

24-2391

12/05

HOUSE BILL 1321

AN ACT relative to repealing penalties for the sale of kegs of malt beverages without a receipt.

SPONSORS: Rep. Berry, Hills. 39; Rep. Sweeney, Rock. 25; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

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ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the penalty for the sale of malt beverage kegs and defines kegs for the purpose of scrap metal dealers.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

28Mar2024... 0123h 24-2391

12/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to repealing penalties for the sale of kegs of malt beverages without a receipt.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Repeal. RSA 179:5-a, relative to prohibited keg sales, is repealed.

2 Junk and Scrap Metal Dealers; Keg Purchase Requirements. Amend RSA 322:12-a to read as follows:

322:12-a No junk or scrap metal dealer licensed by a governing body under the authority of this chapter shall purchase any metal keg for malt beverages[, as defined in RSA 179:5-a, V,] or pieces of such metal keg, unless the seller is the brewer whose name or marking appears on the keg. If the brewer's name or marking has been removed or obliterated, the licensee shall not purchase the keg. As used in this section, "keg" means any refillable brewery-sealed, individual container of malt beverage having a liquid capacity of more than 64 fluid ounces.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.