(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall issue a farmers' market wine sales permit to a holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery upon submission of proof to the commissioner that such holder is in compliance with the requirements of subsection (e) of section 30-16. Such permit shall authorize the sale of wine manufactured from such farm winery during an unlimited number of appearances at a farmers' market at not more than ten farmers' market locations per year provided such holder: (1) Has an invitation from such farmers' market to sell wine at such farmers' market, (2) only sells wine by the bottle at such farmers' markets, and (3) is present, or has an authorized representative present, at the time of sale of any such bottle of wine from such farm winery at such farmers' market. Any such farmers' market wine sales permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance. The annual fee for a farmers' market wine sales permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars. There shall be a one-hundred-dollar, nonrefundable filing fee for any such permit.
(b) Any town or municipality may, by ordinance or zoning regulation, prohibit the sale of wine by the holder of a farmers' market wine sales permit at a farmers' market held in such town or municipality.
(P.A. 11-164, S. 2, 3; P.A. 17-90, S. 3.)
*Note: On and after July 1, 2020, this section, as amended by section 15 of public act 19-24, is to read as follows:
“Sec. 30-37o. Farmers' market sales permit. Municipal prohibition of sale. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall issue a farmers' market sales permit to a holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery, the holder of a manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead or the holder of a manufacturer permit for beer, upon submission of proof to the commissioner that such holder is in compliance with the applicable permit requirements of subsection (b), (c) or (d) of section 30-16. Such permit shall authorize the sale of products manufactured by such permittees during an unlimited number of appearances at a farmers' market at not more than ten farmers' market locations per year provided such holder: (1) Has an invitation from such farmers' market to sell such products at such farmers' market, (2) only sells such products by the bottle or sealed container at such farmers' markets, and (3) is present, or has an authorized representative present, at the time of sale of any such product from such permit holder at such farmers' market. Any such permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance. The annual fee for such permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars. There shall be a one-hundred-dollar, nonrefundable filing fee for any such permit.
(b) Any town or municipality may, by ordinance or zoning regulation, prohibit the sale of such products by the holder of such permit at a farmers' market held in such town or municipality.”
(P.A. 11-164, S. 2, 3; P.A. 17-90, S. 3; P.A. 19-24, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 11-164 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 17-90 amended Subsec. (a) to increase number of appearances at farmers' market locations per year from 3 to 10, effective June 9, 2017; P.A. 19-24 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to holder of manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead and holder of manufacturer permit for beer and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2020.