CHAPTER 29

HB 167 - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0520

08/10

 

HOUSE BILL 167

 

AN ACT relative to nano brewery licensing.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Damon, Sull. 8

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes the requirement that nano breweries manufacture beverages in a public building.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0520

08/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to nano brewery licensing.

 

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

 

29:1  Nano Brewery License.  Amend RSA 178:12-a, I to read as follows:

I. The commission may issue a nano brewery license to a business that manufactures beer or specialty beer, not exceeding, 2,000 barrels annually for sale in any quantity to the general public or licensees. The license shall entitle the licensee to sell at retail or wholesale only beverages manufactured by the licensee [in a public building as defined in RSA 175:1, LV-a]. In addition to the annual license fees provided in this section, a fee of $.30 for each gallon of beverage sold or transferred for retail sale or to the public shall be required. On or before the tenth day of each month, a nano brewery licensee shall pay the license fees under this paragraph covering sales or transfers made during the preceding calendar month.

29:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: May 17, 2023

Effective Date: July 16, 2023