AL HB81

Allows licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to permit customers to remove one unsealed bottle of wine from licensed premises if the customer has purchased and consumed a portion of the bottle on-site.

Requires the licensee to either recork the bottle with an original or similar cork that can only be removed by a corkscrew, or securely reseal it in a tamper-evident bag with a dated receipt provided to the customer.

Deletes existing language that deemed recorked or resealed bottles not to be considered open containers and instead specifies permitted transportation locations in motor vehicles.

Recorked or resealed wine bottles in vehicles must be placed in a locked trunk, storage/luggage compartment, locked glove compartment, locked case behind the front seat of a pickup truck, or in the area behind the last upright seat of a vehicle without a trunk.

The act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.