Alcoholic Beverage Advertising - H.B.
2997
by Representative Delwin Jones
Senate Sponsor: Senator Duncan
§ Authorizes the placement of a billboard advertising alcoholic
beverages in an area where the sale of alcoholic beverages is
prohibited by law, under the following conditions:
§ the premises that the billboard advertises are located
in a county with a population of 250,000 or less; and
§ the billboard is within 1,500 feet of the premises that
the billboard advertises; and
§ a U.S. highway that merges into and becomes an interstate
highway separates the premises and the billboard; or
§ the billboard is located adjacent to a wet precinct separated
by a U.S. highway that merges into and becomes an interstate highway
in a county with a population of 250,000 or less and advertises
directions to a winery located in the adjacent wet precinct.
Wine Tasting Fee - H.B. 3176
by Representative Delwin Jones
Senate Sponsor: Senator Duncan
§ Allows wineries to conduct wine samplings and tastings
on approved premises and to collect a fee for the sampling.
§ Prohibits a sampling event from being advertised except
by on-site communication or direct mail.
§ Prohibits a person who receives a wine sample from removing
the sample from the premises.
§ Provides that the holder of a permit, during the sampling
of wine, is not the holder of a permit authorizing the sale of
alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; and is not considered
to have received any revenue from the on-premises sale of alcoholic
beverages.
