Current through 11/5/2024 election
Section 44-3-425 - Wine packaging permit - limitations - rules(1)(a) The state licensing authority may issue a wine packaging permit to a winery licensed under section 44-3-402, a limited winery licensed under section 44-3-403, or a wholesaler licensed under section 44-3-407 that allows the licensed winery, limited winery, or wholesaler to package tax-paid wine manufactured by another winery or manufacturer.(b) A licensed winery, limited winery, or wholesaler that obtains a wine packaging permit under this section shall: (I) Take possession and custody of the tax-paid wine that it packages; and(II) Return the packaged tax-paid wine either to the original manufacturer of the tax-paid wine or to the original manufacturer's licensed wholesaler; except that, if the original manufacturer's wholesaler obtains a wine packaging permit pursuant to this section, the wholesaler need not return the packaged tax-paid wine to the original manufacturer.(2) A licensed winery or limited winery that obtains a wine packaging permit pursuant to this section shall not sell or distribute tax-paid wine it packages: (a) To a person licensed to sell alcohol beverages at retail, for consumption on or off the licensed premises, under section 44-3-409, 44-3-410, 44-3-411, 44-3-412, 44-3-413, 44-3-414, 44-3-415, 44-3-416, 44-3-417, 44-3-418, 44-3-419, 44-3-420, 44-3-421, 44-3-422, 44-3-424, 44-3-426, or 44-3-428; or(b) Directly to a consumer.(3) The state licensing authority may adopt rules as necessary to implement and administer this section.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-47-423 and amended by 2018 Ch. 152,§ 2, eff. 10/1/2018.Amended by 2016 Ch. 312,§ 17, eff. 8/10/2016.Amended by 2015 Ch. 121,§ 20, eff. 4/24/2015.Added by 2014 Ch. 148,§ 3, eff. 5/9/2014.L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 18-1025), ch. 152, p. 1028, § 2, effective October 1.This section is similar to former § 12-47-423 as it existed prior to 2018.