SPONSOR: Kimble
Currently, a person licensed as a wine manufacturer can apply for a wine direct shipper license, which allows a wine manufacturer to ship up to two cases of wine per month directly to Missouri residents.
This bill allows any person or establishment licensed as a manufacturer to apply for a direct shipper license of alcohol beverages, and allow the manufacturer to ship all types of alcohol beverages that the licensee is authorized to sell.
This bill also gives an alcoholic beverage direct shipper licensee the authorization to ship directly to residents over the age of 21, with the following aggregate limits:
(1) Distilled alcohol, in quantities not to exceed nine liters per consumer per month; and
(2) Undistilled alcohol, in quantities not to exceed 18 liters or two cases, containing a maximum of nine liters per case, per consumer per months.
An alcoholic beverage direct shipper licensee, as described in the bill, can ship, for personal use and not for resale, the same quantities listed above per month to any adult resident in Missouri. Delivery of a shipment will not constitute a sale.
Shipping containers of any alcohol beverage sent into or out of Missouri must be clearly labeled to indicate that the package cannot be delivered to a person under the age of 21.
No broker in Missouri can engage consumers in interstate reciprocal shipments of alcoholic beverages. No shipper outside of Missouri can advertise such interstate reciprocal shipments in Missouri.
Statutes affected: