Act No. 70 Page 1 of 1
2021
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Act No. 70 (H.313). Alcoholic beverages
An act relating to miscellaneous amendments to alcoholic beverage laws
This act enacts and amends statutes relating to alcoholic beverages to:
• authorize municipalities to assess a $50.00 local fee for stand-alone
third-class licenses
• establish a $230.00 fee for third-class licenses acquired by the holders
of a manufacturer’s or rectifier’s license
• establish temporary authority, expiring on July 1, 2023, for the sale of
alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption that authorizes:
o first- and third-class licensees to sell alcoholic beverages for
curbside pickup or delivery, provided that the licensee sells the
beverages in containers that meet enumerated packaging and
labeling requirements
o second- and fourth-class licensees to sell alcoholic beverages
for curbside pickup
• require a festival permit for any event that is open to the public for the
purpose of serving alcoholic beverages and enumerate the requirements
for issuance of a festival permit
• repeal the notice requirement for promotional tasting events at first- or
second-class license locations
• for the year 2021, waive the first- and third-class renewal fees for
clubs, as defined in 7 V.S.A. § 2
• require the Office of Legislative Counsel and the Joint Fiscal Office to
submit a report to the General Assembly concerning the current state of
the regulated sports betting market in the United States
• require the Department of Liquor and Lottery to submit a report to the
General Assembly concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages for
delivery and curbside pickup by first-, second-, third-, and fourth-class
licensees
Multiple effective dates, beginning on June 8, 2021
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Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 7-204, 7-221, 7-223, 7-253, 7-256, 7-230
As Passed By the House -- Official: 7-204, 7-221, 7-223, 7-253, 7-256, 7-230
As Passed By the House -- Unofficial: 7-204, 7-253, 7-256, 7-230
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Official: 7-204, 7-221, 7-223, 7-253, 7-256, 7-230
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Unofficial: 7-204, 7-253, 7-256, 7-230
As Enacted: 7-204, 7-253, 7-256, 7-230