HB79: relative to New Hampshire products purchased and sold by the liquor commission.

HB 79-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

8Mar2017... 0273h

2017 SESSION

17-0021

03/05

HOUSE BILL 79-FN

AN ACT relative to New Hampshire products purchased and sold by the liquor commission.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hansen, Hills. 22; Rep. Williams, Hills. 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the requirement that the liquor commission purchase and list for sale New Hampshire products.

This bill was requested by the commission to review and consider alcoholic beverage manufacturing processes and retail sales at manufacturing facilities established by RSA 175:10.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

8Mar2017... 0273h 17-0021

03/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT relative to New Hampshire products purchased and sold by the liquor commission.

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

1 New Hampshire Products. Amend RSA 176:12 to read as follows:

176:12 New Hampshire Products.

I. The commission, wherever feasible, shall purchase and list for sale in all state stores [the domestic] liquor and wines [manufactured or bottled in this state by a manufacturer] that are grown in New Hampshire, made in New Hampshire, or packaged in New Hampshire. This section shall only apply to New Hampshire domestic manufacturers selling less than 15,000 9-liter-equivalent total cases annually within the state of New Hampshire.

II. In this section:

(a) “Grown in New Hampshire” means that at least 80 percent of the primary ingredients were grown or produced in New Hampshire and the finished product was manufactured and packaged in New Hampshire.

(b) “Made in New Hampshire” means that the finished product was packaged in New Hampshire and was at least 50 percent manufactured in New Hampshire.

(c) “Packaged in New Hampshire” means that the finished product was packaged in New Hampshire.

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

LBAO 17-0021

Amended 3/9/17

HB 79-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2017-0273h)

AN ACT relative to New Hampshire products purchased and sold by the liquor commission.

FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

Revenue

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Expenditures

$0

$0

$0

$0

Funding Source:

[ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - Liquor Fund

METHODOLOGY:

This bill establishes liquor and wine labeling requirements that apply to domestic manufacturers in New Hampshire selling less than 15,000 9-liter-equivalent total cases annually within New Hampshire. Specifically, the bill creates legal definitions for the following terms:

Grown in New Hampshire

Made in New Hampshire

Packaged in New Hampshire

The Liquor Commission states it has no method available to estimate the potential increase the new labeling requirements would have on sales. During FY 2016, out of $681 million of total Liquor Commission sales, $1.9 million (0.28 percent) represented product made by New Hampshire wineries and distilleries that would be effected by the new labeling requirements. The Liquor Commission indicates this bill will not result in any new state expenditures.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Liquor Commission