Adopted by House 3-9-07
SB712 H AN AMT 3-5
The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources moves to
amend the bill on page one, by striking out the title and
substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Senate Bill 712 -- "A BILL to amend and reenact §11-10-5s of
the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact
§17-22-7 of said code; to amend and reenact §60-1-5a of said code;
to amend and reenact §60-3A-18 of said code; to amend and reenact
§60-4-2, §60-4-3, §60-4-3a, §60-4-15 and §60-4-22 of said code; to
amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §60-4-
3b; to amend and reenact §60-6-1 and §60-6-2 of said code; to amend
and reenact §60-8-1, §60-8-2, §60-8-3, §60-8-4, §60-8-5, §60-8-6,
§60-8-7, §60-8-16, §60-8-18, §60-8-19, §60-8-20, §60-8-23, §60-8-
24, §60-8-25, §60-8-26, §60-8-28, §60-8-29, §60-8-30, §60-8-31,
§60-8-32 and §60-8-34 of said code; and to amend said code by
adding thereto a new section, designated §60-8-6a, all relating to
alcohol beverage regulation generally; the regulation of wine;
requiring farm wineries to pay taxes and license fees, equalizing
wineries with distilleries and farm wineries with mini-distilleries
as to signage, licensing, license fees, sales and the use of
suppliers and distributors; providing licensing procedure for
wineries, farm wineries, suppliers, distributors or retailers to sell and direct ship wine for personal consumption by an adult over
twenty-one years of age; providing licensing requirements and
registration procedures for wine suppliers, subject to a review of
all wine labels; amending the definition of "wine"; adding a
private wine bed and breakfast license and a private wine spa
license; permitting adult patrons at private wine bed and
breakfasts, private wine restaurants, private wine spas and private
clubs to recork or reseal, with a tamper resistant cork or seal,
for off-premises consumption up to two bottles of unconsumed wine
when the sale of wine is accompanied by food or a meal; extending
hours retail licensees may sell liquor; permitting a private wine
restaurant or a private club to sell from its inventory, for off-
premises consumption, one bottle of wine per adult; equalizing
certain license fees; adding protections for wineries, farm
wineries, suppliers and distributors by requiring written
agreements between the parties, a notice of termination and ninety
days for a party to either deplete wine inventories or reach some
other agreement; and permitting sharing of tax, licensing and
enforcement information between the Tax Commissioner and the
Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner."
Adopted
Rejected