Beer keg registration.

WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0144

ENROLLED ACT NO. 48, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2006 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; providing standards for identification of beer kegs; requiring licensees to maintain records of sales of beer kegs; providing for criminal offenses and for penalties; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 12
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501 through 12
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505 are created to read:

ARTICLE 5
BEER KEG REGISTRATION

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501.

Definition.

As used in this article "beer keg" means any brewery sealed, single container that contains not less than seven (7) gallons of malt beverage.

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502.

Sale
of beer kegs.

No licensee shall sell beer kegs unless that licensee affixes an identification label or tag to each beer keg. An identification label or tag provided by the commission shall consist of paper, plastic, metal or another durable material that is not easily damaged or destroyed. Identification labels may contain a nonpermanent adhesive material in order to apply the label directly to an outside surface of a beer keg at the time of sale. Identification tags shall be attached to beer kegs at the time of sale with nylon ties or cording, wire ties or other metal attachment devices, or another durable means of tying or attaching the tag to the beer keg. The identification information contained on the label or tag shall include the licensee's name, address and telephone number, and a unique beer keg number assigned by the licensee. A prominently visible warning that intentional removal or alteration of the label or tag is a criminal offense shall be placed on the tag. Upon return of a beer keg to the licensee that sold the beer keg and attached the identification label or tag, the licensee shall be responsible for the complete and thorough removal of the entire identification label or tag, and any adhesive or attachment devices on the label or tag. The identification label or tag shall be kept on file with the licensee for not less than ninety (90) days after the date of return.

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Licensee to keep records.

(a)

A licensee at the time of selling any beer keg shall record:

(i)

The number on the purchaser's:

(A)

Motor vehicle driver's license issued by any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or by an official governmental agency of Canada or Mexico;

(B)

Permanent resident card issued by the
United States
citizenship and immigration services;

(C)

An identification card issued to a member of the armed forces;

(D)

An internationally accepted passport document with a discernible date of birth and photograph; or

(E)

An identification card issued by the department of transportation.

(ii)

The date and time of the purchase;

(iii)

The beer keg identification number; and

(iv)

The purchaser's signature.

(b)

The record shall be retained for not less than ninety (90) days after the date of the sale.

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Access to records.

A licensee required to retain records under W.S. 12
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Violation.

(a)

A person who is required to record information shall not knowingly make a materially false entry in the book or register required under W.S. 12
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503. Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

(b)

Any person who removes or alters an identification tag or label affixed to a beer keg as required by W.S. 12
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hundred dollars ($500.00).

Section 2.

This act is effective January 1, 2007.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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