HB639: relative to beverage container and packaging approval.

CHAPTER 72

HB 639 – FINAL VERSION

20Mar2013… 0688h

2013 SESSION

13-0131

03/09

HOUSE BILL 639

AN ACT relative to beverage container and packaging approval.

SPONSORS: Rep. Schroadter, Rock 17; Rep. Peckham, Rock 22

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill states that beverage container and packaging approval shall not require delivery of physical beverage samples of beer under 6 percent alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit unless the commission determines a physical sample is necessary for approval.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20Mar2013… 0688h

13-0131

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to beverage container and packaging approval.

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

72:1 Beverage Container and Packaging Approval. Amend RSA 179:33, II to read as follows:

II. Holders of beverage vendor, nano brewery, or beverage manufacturer licenses shall have their packaging or containers specifically approved by the commission and shall be fined $250 for each packaging or container violation. Container and packaging approval shall not require delivery of physical sample of beer under 6 percent alcohol by volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit unless the commission determines a physical sample is necessary for approval.

72:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 6, 2013

Effective Date: August 5, 2013