SB 216-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
15-0889
03/04
SENATE BILL 216-FN
AN ACT relative to sales on the premises of beverage manufacturers and nano breweries.
SPONSORS: Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Sen. Little, Dist 8; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
This bill allows a beverage manufacturer or nano brewery to sell beverages for consumption on its premises without serving food.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0889
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to sales on the premises of beverage manufacturers and nano breweries.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Beverage Manufacturer; Taproom. Amend RSA 178:12 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
III-a. The holder of a beverage manufacturer license may be licensed to operate a taproom. The taproom license shall authorize the holder to sell beverages for consumption on the premises where the beverages were manufactured. Sales for consumption on the premises shall be limited to 2 one-pint glass per label per person. The taproom license shall exempt the beverage manufacturer from maintaining minimum food service requirements. Food and non-alcoholic beverages may be provided in the taproom by a properly licensed third party food vendor, prepared on or off the premises.
2 Nano Brewery; Taproom. Amend RSA 178:12-a, II(e) to read as follows:
(e) The commission may issue a license allowing a nano brewery to operate a taproom on the premises which shall allow the licensee to sell beer or specialty beer produced on the premises. The taproom license shall exempt the nano brewery from maintaining minimum food service requirements. Sales for consumption on the premises shall be limited to 2 one-pint glasses per person for holders of taproom licenses and to one 4-ounce glass per label per person for nano breweries not holding a taproom license.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
LBAO
15-0889
01/14/15
SB 216-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to sales on the premises of beverage manufacturers and nano breweries.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Liquor Commission states this bill, as introduced, may increase state expenditures by $72,782 in FY 2016, $81,258 in FY 2017, $84,498 in FY 2018, and $88,011 in FY 2019. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenues, or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Liquor Commission states this bill allows a beverage manufacturer or nano brewery to obtain a taproom license where they may sell beverages for consumption on premises. The Commission assumes this bill will create 31 beer bars (17 beer manufacturers + 14 nano breweries) in the state. Consequently, the Commission states it will need an additional Liquor Examiner II position to absorb the projected workload associated with this bill because current liquor examiners will not have the capacity to do so. The following table details the new position costs:
FY 2016
FY 2017
FY 2018
FY 2019
Liquor Examiner II Salary (LG 20, step 1)
$20,709
$42,848
$44,595
$46,509
Benefits
$12,573
$26,410
$27,903
$29,502
Current Expenses
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
Equipment
$28,000
$500
$500
$500
Travel
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
Professional Development Training & Overtime
$3,500
$3,500
$3,500
$3,500
Total
$72,782
$81,258
$84,498
$88,011
This bill does not contain an appropriation or authorization for the new position identified by the Commission. Additionally, this bill does not give the Commission the authority to charge a fee for a taproom license.