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SENATE BILL NO. 1118 – Liquor license, winery/brewery empl

SENATE BILL NO. 1118

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S1118......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
LIQUOR LICENSES - Amends existing law to provide conditions where a
manufacturer, rectifier, wholesaler, stockholder, shareholder, partner or
the owner of any interest in any corporation, association or partnership
financially interested in the manufacture, transportation or sale of liquor
may hold an interest in premises licensed to sell liquor by the drink.

02/08    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/09    Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/15    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/16    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/18    3rd rdg - PASSED - 23-11-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow, Danielson,
      Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Ingram, Keough, King, McLaughlin,
      Riggs, Risch, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Twiggs,
      Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--Bunderson, Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins, Ipsen, Lee, Noh, Parry,
      Richardson, Sandy, Thorne
      Absent and excused--Branch
    Floor Sponsor - Sorensen
    Title apvd - to House
02/19    House intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/08    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/09    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/11    3rd rdg - PASSED - 53-12-5
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough(Barraclough), Barrett, Bieter, Black,
      Boe, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
      Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hammond, Hansen(29),
      Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kunz,
      Limbaugh, Mader, Marley, McKague, Montgomery, Moyle, Pischner,
      Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Schaefer, Sellman,
      Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Tilman, Tippets, Trail,
      Watson, Zimmermann
      NAYS -- Bell, Bruneel, Geddes, Hadley, Hansen(23), Kendell, Lake,
      Linford, Loertscher, Mortensen, Sali, Williams
      Absent and excused -- Meyer, Taylor, Wheeler, Wood, Mr Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Deal
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/12    To enrol
03/15    Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/16    Sp signed - to Governor
03/22    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 141
         Effective: 07/01/99

Bill Text


S1118


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                                      IN THE SENATE

                                   SENATE BILL NO. 1118

                                BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO PERSONS OR ENTITIES  QUALIFIED TO  HOLD  A  LIQUOR  BY  THE  DRINK
 3        LICENSE;  AMENDING  SECTION 23-910, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION TO
 4        OFFICERS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF A  DISTILLERY,  WINERY,  BREWERY  OR  ANY
 5        WHOLESALER  OR  JOBBER  OF  LIQUOR OR MALT BEVERAGES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUM-
 6        STANCES; AMENDING SECTION 23-911, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE AN  EXCEPTION  TO
 7        THE  RESTRICTIONS  ON  MANUFACTURERS, TRANSPORTERS OR DISTILLERS OF LIQUOR
 8        UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND AMENDING SECTION 23-912, IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 9        PROVIDE  CONDITIONS  WHERE  A  MANUFACTURER, RECTIFIER, WHOLESALER, STOCK-
10        HOLDER, SHAREHOLDER, PARTNER OR THE OWNER OF ANY INTEREST IN ANY  CORPORA-
11        TION,  ASSOCIATION  OR  PARTNERSHIP FINANCIALLY INTERESTED IN THE MANUFAC-
12        TURE, TRANSPORTATION OR SALE OF LIQUOR MAY HOLD AN INTEREST IN A  LICENSED
13        PREMISE.

14    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
15
16        SECTION  1.  That  Section  23-910, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
17    amended to read as follows:

18        23-910.  PERSONS NOT QUALIFIED TO BE LICENSED. No license shall be  issued
19    to:
20        (1)  Any  person,  or  any  one (1) of its members, officers, or governing
21    board, who has, within three (3) years prior to the date  of  making  applica-
22    tion,  been  convicted  of any violation of the laws of the United States, the
23    state of Idaho, or any other state of the United States, or of the resolutions
24    or ordinances of any county or city of this state, relating  to  the  importa-
25    tion,  transportation, manufacture or sale of alcoholic liquor or beer; or who
26    has been convicted of, paid any fine, been placed  on  probation,  received  a
27    deferred  sentence,  received a withheld judgment or completed any sentence of
28    confinement for any felony within five (5) years prior to the date  of  making
29    application for any license.
30        (2)  A  person  who is engaged in the operation, or interested therein, of
31    any house or place for the purpose of prostitution or who has  been  convicted
32    of any crime or misdemeanor opposed to decency and morality.
33        (3)  A  person  whose  license  issued under this act has been revoked; an
34    individual who was a member of a partnership or association which was a licen-
35    see under this act and whose license has been revoked; an individual  who  was
36    an officer, member of the governing board or one (1) of the ten (10) principal
37    stockholders  of  a  corporation which was a licensee under this act and whose
38    license has been revoked; a partnership or association one (1) of  whose  mem-
39    bers  was  a licensee under this act and whose license was revoked; a corpora-
40    tion one (1) of whose officers, member of the  governing  board  or  ten  (10)
41    principal  stockholders  was  a  licensee under the provisions of this act and
42    whose license has been revoked; an association  or  partnership,  one  (1)  of
43    whose  members was a member of a partnership or association licensed under the
44    provisions of this act and whose license has been revoked;  a  partnership  or


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 1    association,  one (1) of whose members was an officer, a member of the govern-
 2    ing board, or one (1) of the ten (10) principal stockholders of a  corporation
 3    licensed  under the provisions of this act and whose license has been revoked;
 4    a corporation, one (1) of whose officers, member of the  governing  board,  or
 5    ten  (10)  principal stockholders was a member of a partnership or association
 6    licensed under the provisions of this act and whose  license  was  revoked;  a
 7    corporation,  one (1) of whose officers, member of the governing board, or ten
 8    (10) principal stockholders was an officer, member of the governing board,  or
 9    one  (1)  of  the  ten  (10) principal stockholders of a corporation  licensed
10    under the provisions of this act and whose license was revoked.
11        (4)  Any officer, agent, or employee of any distillery,  winery,  brewery,
12    or any wholesaler, or jobber, of liquor or malt beverages  except as pro-
13    vided  in  section 23-912, Idaho Code . This prohibition shall not apply
14    to officers, agents, or employees of any winery operating a golf course on the
15    same premises as the winery.
16        (5)  A person who does not hold a retail beer  license  issued  under  the
17    laws of the state of Idaho.
18        (6)  Any  license,  held by any licensee disqualified under the provisions
19    of this section from being issued a license, shall forthwith be revoked by the
20    director.

21        SECTION 2.  That Section 23-911, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
22    amended to read as follows:

23        23-911.  RESTRICTIONS  ON MANUFACTURERS, TRANSPORTERS OR DISTILLERS. 
24    Except as provided in section 23-912, Idaho Code, n  N o man-
25    ufacturer, rectifier, wholesaler, stockholder, shareholder,  partner,  or  the
26    owner  of  any  other interest in any corporations, association or partnership
27    financially interested in the manufacture, transportation or  sale  of  liquor
28    shall  furnish, give, rent, lend or sell any equipment or fixtures directly or
29    indirectly, or through a subsidiary or affiliate or by any officer,  director,
30    or  firm member of the industry or otherwise furnish financial aid to any per-
31    son engaged in the sale of liquor hereunder and no  licensee  hereunder  shall
32    receive or be the beneficiary of any of the benefits hereby prohibited.

33        SECTION  3.  That  Section  23-912, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
34    amended to read as follows:

35        23-912.  RESTRICTIONS OF PERSONS INTERESTED IN PREMISES.  (1)  Except
36    as  provided  in subsection (2) of this section, n  N o manu-
37    facturer, rectifier, wholesaler,  stockholder,  shareholder,  partner  or  the
38    owner  of  any  other  interest in any corporation, association or partnership
39    financially interested in the manufacture, transportation (except public  car-
40    riers) or sale of liquor shall hold any interest in any premise licensed here-
41    under  for  the  sale of liquor or receive any rental or remuneration from any
42    such premise.
43         (2)  A  manufacturer,  rectifier,  wholesaler,  stockholder,  share-
44    holder,  partner  or the owner of any interest in any corporation, association
45    or partnership financially interested in the  manufacture,  transportation  or
46    sale  of liquor may hold interest in a licensed premises if the licensed prem-
47    ises serves food cooked on the site of the licensed premises, and  the  person
48    or entity can show through recordkeeping that no more than fifty percent (50%)
49    of  the  gross  revenue  to  the licensed premises is derived from the sale of
50    alcoholic beverages on-site. The owner of the licensed  premises  pursuant  to
51    this  subsection  shall comply with and be subject to all other rules, regula-


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 1    tions or other provisions of law which  apply  to  manufacturers,  rectifiers,
 2    wholesalers,  stockholders, shareholders, partners or the owners of any inter-
 3    est in any corporation, association or partnership financially  interested  in
 4    the  manufacture,  transportation  or  sale  of liquor save and except as such
 5    rules, regulations or laws may restrict such sales at the  licensed  premises.
 6    The  holder  of  a  license pursuant to this section shall not be disqualified
 7    from holding a beer license, a retail  wine  license  or  wine  by  the  drink
 8    license  for  the sale of beer or wine at the licensed premises on the grounds
 9    that the licensee is also  a  manufacturer,  wholesaler,  stockholder,  share-
10    holder,  partner  or the owner of any interest in any corporation, association
11    or partnership financially interested in the  manufacture,  transportation  or
12    sale  of liquor, beer or wine.  This subsection shall not be deemed to grant a
13    license for the retail sale of liquor by the drink and  the  license  must  be
14    obtained through normal lawful means. 

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                     STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                            RS08724
                                
 The purpose of this legislation is to amend Idaho Code to allow an owner or interest
 holder in a facility with a state liquor license to also own or hold interest in a distillery
 in the State of Idaho, provided that the licensed premises serves food cooked on the
 site. Currently, it is legal in the State of Idaho to sell liquor by the drink through a
 licensed facility and it is legal to own a distillery. However, Idaho Code prohibits
 owning an interest in both practices at the same time. This legislation also requires an
 individual who owns or has interest involved in both a liquor licensed premises and
 distillery to demonstrate that no more than fifty percent (50 /O) of the gross revenue to
 the licensed facility is derived ffom the sale of alcoholic beverages on site.
 
 
 
 
                         FISCAL IMPACT
                                
 This legislation will have no fiscal impact to the general fund.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 CONTACT
 Name: Skip Smyser
 Agency:
 Phone: 342-0777
 
 Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact
 
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