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AZ SB1437
Bill
Status
2/9/2015
Primary Sponsor
Steve Smith
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AI Summary
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Repeals and replaces Arizona's microbrewery license statute (A.R.S. 4-205.08) to establish new production limits and licensing rules for microbreweries.
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Single microbrewery licensees may produce between 5,000 and 1,240,000 gallons annually; multiple licensees under common control may collectively produce up to 4,960,000 gallons annually across all locations.
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Microbreweries may sell beer to wholesalers, serve samples on-premises, sell in original containers to consumers on-site, hold on-sale retail licenses, and participate in charitable events and beer festivals without compensation to the brewery.
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Prevents a single microbrewery licensee not affiliated with other breweries from selling more than 93,000 gallons annually to retail establishments outside their common ownership structure.
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Prohibits persons holding microbrewery licenses from also holding producer licenses unless they surrender all microbrewery licenses; includes grandfather provisions for existing licenses held as of July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Microbrewery licenses; producer limitations
Last Action
Senate CWD Committee action: Held
2/9/2015