This bill proposes significant updates to current liquor licensing statutes in Arizona by establishing new craft producer festival and fair licenses while repealing existing licenses for farm wineries, craft distilleries, and microbreweries. Specifically, it will repeal the statutes authorizing farm winery festival or fair licenses, craft distillery festival or fair licenses, and microbrewery festival or fair licenses and replace them with a craft producer festival license that allows for the sampling and sale of craft producer products at festivals and fairs. The bill also reduces the minimum production requirement for microbreweries from 5,000 gallons to 1,000 gallons per year and exempts craft producer licenses from certain proximity restrictions to schools. Additionally, the bill outlines the approval process for issuing a craft producer festival license, which requires local government approval for events held in unlicensed locations. It allows the Director to issue multiple licenses for each craft producer, with a total duration of up to 150 days, and establishes a fee structure for these licenses. The bill also clarifies that the statutory application procedures for liquor licenses do not apply to craft producer festival or fair licenses and allows representatives of licensed craft producers to sample their products on-site for quality control.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 4-203.02, 4-203.03, 4-205.08, 4-204.11, 4-205.14, 4-207, 4-112, 4-244, 4-210.02, 4-201, 4-205.11
House Engrossed Version: 4-203.02, 4-203.03, 4-205.08, 4-204.11, 4-205.14, 4-207, 4-112, 4-244, 4-210.02, 4-201, 4-205.11
Chaptered Version: 4-203.02, 4-203.03, 4-205.08, 4-204.11, 4-205.14, 4-207, 4-112, 4-244, 4-210.02, 4-201, 4-205.11