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Senate File 370

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  123.56A  MANUFACTURE OF BEER FOR
  1  2 PERSONAL OR FAMILY USE – EXEMPTION.
  1  3    1.  A person who is not prohibited from possessing
  1  4 alcoholic beverages and who manufactures beer in the person's
  1  5 residence for personal or family use, and not for sale, in the
  1  6 amounts provided in this section shall be exempt from the
  1  7 requirements of this chapter governing the manufacture and
  1  8 sale of beer.
  1  9    2.  The aggregate amount of beer permitted to be
  1 10 manufactured with respect to any person's residence shall be
  1 11 as follows:
  1 12    a.  An amount not in excess of two hundred gallons per
  1 13 calendar year if there are two or more persons not prohibited
  1 14 from possessing alcoholic beverages in the residence.
  1 15    b.  An amount not in excess of one hundred gallons per
  1 16 calendar year if there is only one person not prohibited from
  1 17 possessing alcoholic beverages in the residence.
  1 18    3.  Any personal or family manufacture of beer in excess of
  1 19 the amounts permitted in this section or any sale of such beer
  1 20 shall not be exempt from the requirements of this chapter
  1 21 governing the manufacture and sale of beer.
  1 22    4.  Beer manufactured under the provisions of this section
  1 23 may be removed from the premises where made for personal or
  1 24 family use, including use at organized affairs, exhibitions,
  1 25 or competitions.  Beer used as provided in this subsection
  1 26 shall not be sold or offered for sale.  
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill provides an exemption from the requirements of
  1 29 chapter 123 governing alcoholic beverages concerning beer
  1 30 manufactured for personal or family use and not for sale.  The
  1 31 bill provides for limits on the total amount of beer that can
  1 32 be brewed at a person's residence based upon the number of
  1 33 persons in the residence permitted to possess alcohol.  The
  1 34 bill provides that a person is not exempt from the
  1 35 requirements of chapter 123 if the person brews beer in an
  2  1 amount that exceeds the limits specified in the bill.  The
  2  2 bill also provides that the beer can be removed from the place
  2  3 of manufacture for personal or family use, including use at
  2  4 organized exhibitions or competitions.  
  2  5 LSB 2471XS 77
  2  6 ec/jj/8
     

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