Alcoholic beverage permits.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify the exact types of events where off-premises permits can be used, leaving this detail open-ended.

Wine Sales Permit for Wineries

This law allows winery owners to sell their wine at events outside of their premises and permits both microbrewery and winery permit holders to hold a manufacturer's license.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new type of permit that lets wineries sell their own wine at meetings, conventions, private parties, dinners, and other similar gatherings for up to 24 hours.
• Limits each winery to no more than twelve off-premises permits per calendar year.
• Allows local licensing authorities to charge fees between $10 and $50 for each permit issued.
• Permits winery owners to also hold a manufacturer's license, which was previously not allowed.
• Gives microbreweries the same right as wineries to hold a manufacturer's license.

Who It Names or Affects

• Winery owners who want to sell their wine at events outside of their premises.
• Local licensing authorities responsible for issuing permits and collecting fees.
• Microbrewery owners interested in obtaining a manufacturer’s license.

Terms To Know

Manufacturer's License

A type of business permit that allows the holder to produce and sell alcoholic beverages.

Off-Premises Permit

A special permit allowing a winery or brewery to sell their products at events outside their main location for up to 24 hours.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify the exact types of events where off-premises permits can be used.
• It is unclear how local licensing authorities will enforce compliance with permit limits and fees.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 21LSO-0504
Bill No.:

HB0156

Effective:

7/1/2021 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

21LSO-0504

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0076

Chapter No.:

126

Prime Sponsor:

Sherwood

Catch Title:

Alcoholic beverage permits.

Subject:

Permits governing the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act creates a twenty-four (24) hour
permit
for winery permit holders to sell their manufactured wine off the premises of the winery at certain events.

The wine may not be sold or consumed off the premises described in the permit.

Permittees are limited to twelve twenty-four hour permits per calendar year. The act authorizes a local licensing authority to impose a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) to fifty dollars ($50.00) per permit.

The act also provides that microbrewery and winery permit holders may hold a manufacturer's license
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The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

21LSO-0504

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0156

ENROLLED ACT NO. 76,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2021 General Session

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; establishing a twenty-four hour permit for winery permit holders to sell their manufactured wine off-premises; authorizing fees; providing that microbrewery and winery permit holders may hold a manufacturer's license; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 12-4-414, as created by 2021 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 22, by creating new subsections (g) and (h) and 12-4-415, as created by 2021 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 22, by creating a new subsection (e) are amended to read:

12
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4
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414.

Winery permits; authorized; conditions; satellite winery permits; direct shipment of wine; fees; off
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premises permits.

(g)

The local licensing authority may issue to a winery permit holder an off
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premises wine permit for the purpose of selling its own manufactured wine at meetings, conventions, private parties, dinners and other similar gatherings to promote the holder's product. No permittee holding an off
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premises wine permit shall sell or permit consumption of any of their manufactured product off the premises described in the permit. An off
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premises wine permit shall be issued for one (1) twenty
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four (24) hour period, subject to the schedule of operating hours set pursuant to W.S. 12
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101. No holder of a wine permit shall receive more than twelve (12) off
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premises wine permits in any one (1) calendar year. An off
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premises wine permit may be issued on application to the appropriate licensing authority. The local licensing authority may require payment of an additional permit fee of not less than ten
dollars ($10.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00) per twenty
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four (24) hour period.

(h)

The holder of a winery permit under this section may also hold a manufacturer's license under W.S. 12
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2
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203(a).

12
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4
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415.

Microbrewery permits; authorized; conditions; fees.

(e)

The holder of a microbrewery permit under this section may also hold a manufacturer's license under W.S. 12
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2
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203(a).

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2021
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(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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