Beer Transfer Bill Before LA Governor

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Awaiting gubernatorial action, S.B. 450 seeks to authorize a licensed wholesaler to transfer from a permitted microbrewery to another permitted microbrewery up to 50% of the total manufactured beverages sold at the receiving microbrewery provided all of the following conditions are met: (1) The microbrewery receiving the transferred manufactured beverages be wholly owned by the permitted microbrewery that brews the manufactured beverages authorized for transfer; (2) The receiving microbrewery have, at a minimum, a 10-barrel brewing system; (3) The microbrewery receiving the manufactured beverages be responsible for paying all state and local sales taxes and all federal, state, and local excise taxes on the transferred manufactured beverages; (4) Only one permitted microbrewery within the same municipality be allowed to receive the transfer of manufactured beverages.

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