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Alcohol Beverage
Newsletter - First Quarter 2002
 
In this Issue...
State Update
 
 January 22, 2002
 

Michigan

In August 2001, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission mandated server-training requirements for all new applicants for on-premises licenses and for such present licensees transferring more than 50% ownership in such licenses.

Minnesota

S.F. 1752, as enacted, specifically allows the use of machinery that mixes and dispenses frozen or iced cocktails provided that the machine is emptied on a daily basis.

Missouri

Recently enacted Senate Bill 130 mandates that any on-premises retailer maintain in a conspicuous location a sign at least 11 by 14 inches reading, "WARNING: Drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy may cause birth defects."

Montana

Senate Bill 48, as enacted, clarifies that only those in-state consumers holding a valid connoisseur's license may receive shipments of beer or wine from certain out-of-state shippers. In-state consumers who receive such shipments without a valid license, commit a criminal offense punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and a term of imprisonment of up to five years and not less than one year.

North Carolina

Recently enacted Senate Bill 833 criminalizes the possession and manufacture of fraudulent identification while attempting to enter an on-premises retailer or purchase alcohol beverages.

Ann Scott Fulton was appointed Intermediator of the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (NCABC) in July 2001. She previously served as General Counsel for the NCABC.

Pennsylvania

House Bill 2186, still pending vote in the state Senate, specifically permits out-of-state licensees who obtain a direct wine shipper's license to ship up to nine liters of wine per month to state stores when the shipment is made pursuant to a consumer order placed via the Internet.

A provision of the bill that would have allowed state stores to operate on Sundays was defeated in the House.

Washington

In July 2001, Merritt D. Long was appointed Acting Chair of the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB). Mr. Long previously served as Director of the Washington State Lottery Commission (WSLC) from January 1997, to January 2001.

Kathy Kreiter has resigned her post as Commissioner to serve as Assistant Director of the WSLC.

The WSLCB has established the state's first alcohol impact area in Tacoma, Washington. In 1999, the state adopted legislation that allows local jurisdictions to petition the WSLCB to designate an area in which chronic inebriation or illegal activity is associated with alcohol sales or consumption. The WSLCB has agreed to provide Tacoma with 90-days' advanced notice of any retail license renewal and 60-days' advanced notice for the city to comment on any retail license application for premises located within the impact area. Additionally, the WSLCB will restrict off-premises retailers from selling certain high-alcohol beer and wine products.