HB860: relative to maintenance of draft beer equipment.

HB 860 – AS INTRODUCED

2007 SESSION

07-0792

03/10

HOUSE BILL 860

AN ACT relative to maintenance of draft beer equipment.

SPONSORS: Rep. Baroody, Hills 13; Rep. D. Eaton, Ches 2; Rep. Belanger, Rock 4; Rep. Kopka, Hills 26

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill allows certain liquor licensees to service and repair, at no cost, the draft beer equipment of on-premises licensees.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0792

03/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to maintenance of draft beer equipment.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Alcoholic Beverages; Holders of Licenses; Prohibited Interests; Draft Equipment Exception. Amend RSA 179:11, I to read as follows:

I. No holder of a beverage manufacturer license, brew pub license, wholesale distributor license, or beverage vendor license shall sell, cause to be sold, rent, lend or cause to be loaned, or give to any on-premises or off-premises licensee or to the owner of the premises on which the business of any on-premises or off-premises licensee is to be conducted any money, equipment, furniture, fixtures, or property with which the business of any on-premises or off-premises licensee is to be conducted, nor shall any on-premises or off-premises licensee purchase, cause to be purchased, rent, borrow, solicit, or accept from any holder of a beverage manufacturer license, brew pub license, wholesale distributor license, or beverage vendor license any money, equipment, furniture, fixtures, or property with which the business of the on-premises or off-premises licensee is to be conducted, nor shall any holder of a beverage manufacturer license, brew pub license, wholesale distributor license, or beverage vendor license install or service equipment, furniture, fixtures, or property of any on-premises or off-premises licensee, except as may be designated by the commission or permitted by this paragraph. The holder of a beverage manufacturer license, brew pub license, wholesale distributor license, or beverage vendor license may service and repair draft equipment belonging to an on-premises licensee, at no charge, for the purpose of cleaning the draft beer lines to keep such lines in good working condition. The servicing licensee may only clean, service, and repair draft beer lines that dispense the beers sold by the servicing licensee.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.