SF 2037 (LSB 5065XS (2) 86)

SENATE FILE 2037

BY  SODDERS

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning the manufacture of wine for personal use.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 123.171, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   123.171  Wine certificate, permit, or license required —— exception for personal use.
   1.  A person shall not cause the manufacture, importation, or sale of wine in this state unless a certificate or permit as provided in this subchapter, or a liquor control license as provided in subchapter I of this chapter, is first obtained which authorizes that manufacture, importation, or sale.
   2.  Any person of legal age may manufacture wine for personal use without a class “A” wine permit, subject to the requirements of this subsection. Such wine may be consumed on the premises or removed from the premises where it was manufactured only if the wine is not sold, exchanged, bartered, dispensed, or given in consideration of purchase for any property or services or in evasion of the requirements of this chapter.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill amends Code section 123.171 to allow any person of legal age to manufacture wine for personal use without a class “A” wine permit if the wine is not sold or otherwise given in consideration of purchase for any property or services or in evasion of the requirements of Code chapter 123.