Indiana House Bill 1227 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-09 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
Pending: House Public Policy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates an artisan distiller's permit for a person who desires to commercially manufacture not more than 40,000 gallons of liquor in a calendar year (excluding liquor sold through a liquor wholesaler). Provides that an artisan distiller may do the following: (1) Manufacture liquor. (2) Blend liquor purchased from another manufacturer with the artisan distiller's product. (3) Bottle the artisan distiller's liquor. (4) Store the artisan distiller's liquor. (5) Transport, sell, and deliver the artisan distiller's liquor to places outside of Indiana and to a liquor wholesaler. (6) Sell the artisan distiller's liquor to consumers by the drink, bottle, or case at the artisan's distillery. (7) Serve complimentary samples of the artisan distiller's liquor to consumers at the artisan distiller's distillery. (8) Hold an interest in a farm winery brandy distiller's permit that allows the artisan distiller to sell and serve complimentary samples of the artisan distiller's liquor to consumers at the farm winery brandy distiller's additional locations. (9) Hold an interest in a brewer's permit for a microbrewery to permit the artisan distiller to sell and serve samples of the artisan distiller's liquor on the brewery premises. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to collect an annual $250 permit fee for a biennial artisan distiller's permit. Provides that a percentage of the artisan distiller's permit fee is deposited in the enforcement and administration fund and the state general fund. Makes conforming amendments.

Artisan distiller's permit.

Rep. Edward Clere [R]

Rep. Richard Dodge [R]

Rep. Rhonda Rhoads [R]

Rep. Peggy Welch [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-09		First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2012-01-09		Coauthored by Representatives Dodge, Welch and Rhoads
2012-01-09		Authored by Representative Clere

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1227
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN1227.1.html