HB 1062: Lim. spirits retail license

Summary

• Creates a new retail liquor license called a limited spirits retail license, which is available to eligible grocery stores, authorizing the licensee to sell spirits in original containers to consumers for off-premises consumption, to sell spirits to permit holders, and to export spirits.
• Authorizes local government bans and moratoria on the issuance of limited spirits retail licenses in their jurisdiction.
• Dedicates spirits fees paid by spirits distributors as mitigation fees on sales to limited spirits retail licensees, and establishes a 5 percent mitigation fee on spirits sales by distilleries and craft distilleries to limited spirits retail licensees.
• Specifies how mitigation fees may be used, including for Liquor and Cannabis Board enforcement, for the Department of Commerce for distribution to countywide community mobilization programs, for law enforcement, and for the creation of a repayment fund.
• Establishes a repayment fund to enable purchasers of state liquor store operating rights from the 2012 auction to seek reimbursement with interest, and makes additional changes to liquor statutes.

From the House Bill Analysis 2021 (HB 1062), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗