Three-Tier System of Distribution and Sale of Distilled Spirits; Sunday Sales; Regulatory Authority; Conditions or Limitations

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  3. Alcoholic Beverages
  4. Distilled Spirits
  5. State License Requirements and Regulations for Manufacture, Distribution, and Package Sales
  6. Three-Tier System of Distribution and Sale of Distilled Spirits; Sunday Sales; Regulatory Authority; Conditions or Limitations

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  1. A limited exception to the provisions of this title providing a three-tier system for the distribution and sale of distilled spirits shall exist to the extent that the license to manufacture distilled spirits in this state shall include the right to sell up to 500 barrels of distilled spirits per year produced at the distiller's licensed premises to individuals who are on such premises for:
    1. Consumption on the premises; and
    2. Consumption off the premises, provided that such sales for consumption off the premises shall not exceed a maximum of 2,250 milliliters of distilled spirits per consumer per day.
  2. A distiller may sell distilled spirits pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section on all days and at all times that sales of distilled spirits by retailers and retail consumption dealers are lawful within the county or municipality in which the licensed premises of the distiller is located, including, but not limited to, Sundays.
  3. A distiller shall not sell any distilled spirits for consumption off the premises pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section at a price less than the price at which a person licensed to sell distilled spirits by the package is permitted to sell distilled spirits pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 3-4-26.
  4. Any distiller engaging in sales of distilled spirits pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section shall remit all state and local sales, use, and excise taxes to the proper tax collecting authority.
  5. The commissioner shall promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as he or she may deem reasonable and necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Code section.
  6. Upon a violation by a distiller of any provision of this Code section or this title or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, the commissioner shall have the power to place conditions or limitations on such distiller's license and to modify or amend such conditions or limitations.

(Code 1981, §3-4-24.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 406, § 4/SB 85.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, Code Section 3-4-24.2, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 820, § 1/HB 485, was redesignated as Code Section 3-4-24.3.


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