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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Taylor		DATE TYPED:	2/20/03		HB	722
SHORT TITLE:		Sales and Transportation of Wine				SB
					ANALYST:		Maloy

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY03

FY04

FY03

FY04

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Responses Received From

Regulation and Licensing Department

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

House Bill 722 changes the Liquor Control Act to allow a winegrower to transport an unlimited amount of wine within New Mexico, and to allow certain sales of wine at winery off-premises locations.

Significant Issues

Currently, the Liquor Control Act provides that a winegrower is allowed to transport not more than one hundred cases of wine in a calendar year to another location within New Mexico by common carrier. The bill eliminates the one hundred case limitation and the reference to ‘calendar year’. The effect would be that winegrowers are permitted to transport an unlimited amount of wine to another location within New Mexico.

The bill further provides that a winegrower would have the ability to sell wine by the glass at the three off-premises locations. Under the current law, a winegrower cannot sell wine by the glass at any of their off-premises locations.

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