HB 975 (2005) -  Beverage Law

General Bill by Bogdanoff (CO-SPONSORS) Davis, D.; Kyle; Planas
Beverage Law: Authorizes direct shipment of wine for personal consumption into this state by direct shippers; requires licensure of direct shippers; provides eligibility requirements to be licensed; provides a limitation on the size of shipments; requires recipient to be 21 years of age or older; requires proof of age and signature of recipient; requires reports; requires payment of taxes by direct shippers; provides for jurisdiction; provides penalties, includes criminal penalties, for certain violations relating to the shipment of wine into this state and the receipt thereof; includes Internet sales as sales construed to be actually made at the vendor's licensed place of business; exempts common carriers from certain report filing requirements; requires common carriers to verify the age of persons receiving shipments; provides a defense to certain actions.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law.
Last Event: Died in Business Regulation Committee on Friday, May 6, 2005 11:49 PM

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Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: SB 480 Subject: Direct Shipments of Wine Relationship: Similar
Bill #: SB 2552 Subject: Wine Shipments Relationship: Similar
Bill #: SB 906 Subject: Beverage Law/Direct Shippers/Wine Relationship: Compare

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Business Regulation Committee Time: 05/06/2005 - 11:49 PM Member: Committee: Business Regulation Committee Version:
Event: H Now in Business Regulation Committee Time: 03/09/2005 - 10:18 AM Member: Committee: Business Regulation Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Commerce Council Time: 03/09/2005 - 10:18 AM Member: Committee: Commerce Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to State Administration Appropriations Committee Time: 03/09/2005 - 10:18 AM Member: Committee: State Administration Appropriations Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Business Regulation Committee Time: 03/09/2005 - 10:18 AM Member: Committee: Business Regulation Committee Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/08/2005 - 10:57 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 02/21/2005 - 5:07 PM Member: Bogdanoff Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
561.54
561.545
561.57 HB 1529
561.585