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Senate Bill No. 555

(By Senators Minard, Stollings and D. Facemire)

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[Introduced March 12, 2009; referred to the Committee on Government Organization.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact §60-6-1 and §60-6-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to state control of alcoholic liquors; and allowing owners of warehouses which are customs bonded warehouses or such other warehouses which are approved by the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner to store and transport into, out of and within the state alcoholic liquors, wine, beer or nonintoxicating beer not held or intended for retail or use within the state.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §60-6-1 and §60-6-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
§60-6-1. When lawful to possess, use or serve alcoholic liquors.
The provisions of this chapter may not prevent:
(1) A person from keeping and possessing alcoholic liquors in his or her residence for the personal use of himself or herself, his or her family, his or her employee or his or her guests if the alcoholic liquors have been lawfully acquired by him or her;
(2) A person, his or her family, or employee from giving or serving such alcoholic liquors to guests in the residence, when the gift or service is not for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter;
(3) The holder of a winery or a farm winery license from serving complimentary samples of its wine in moderate quantities for tasting on the winery or the farm winery premises; and
(4) The holder of a distillery or a mini-distillery license from serving complimentary samples of its alcoholic liquor in moderate quantities for tasting on the distillery or the mini-distillery premises.
(5) Any owner of a warehouse which is approved as a customs bonded warehouse under the provisions of Title 19, U.S.C. §1555, or who has first obtained written approval from the commissioner, to use the warehouse as a place for storage and not for sale or use within the state of alcoholic liquors, wine, beer or nonintoxicating beer being stored in the warehouse when not for the purpose of evading the provisions of this chapter.
§60-6-6. Transporting alcoholic liquor in excess of ten gallons.
The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent a person from bringing into or transporting in this state, in his or her possession or in his or her baggage, and not for resale, alcoholic liquor in a quantity not to exceed ten gallons: Provided, That upon written permission of the commissioner, quantities of alcoholic liquor in excess of ten gallons may be transported within this state: Provided, however, That an owner of a warehouse which is approved as a customs bonded warehouse under the provisions of Title 19, U.S.C. §1555, or who has first obtained written approval from the commissioner, as provided in section one of this article, may transport into the state to the warehouse and out of the state from the warehouse, or from the warehouse to a lawful purchaser under the provisions of this chapter, any quantity of alcoholic liquors, wine, beer or nonintoxicating beer.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow owners of warehouses which are customs bonded warehouses or such other warehouses which are approved by the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner to store and transport into, out of and within the state alcoholic liquors, wine, beer or nonintoxicating beer not held or intended for retail or use within the state.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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