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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Silva
DATE TYPED 02/17/05 HB 425/aHBIC
SHORT TITLE Intrastate Wine Shipping and Sales
SB
ANALYST Ford
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY05
FY06
FY05
FY06
NFI
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD)
Department of Agriculture (NMDA)
Department of Public Safety (DPS)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of HBIC Amendment
The House Business and Industry Committee amendment places a limit on a winegrower’s intra-
state shipments of wine at 200 cases per calendar year.
Synopsis of Original Bill
House Bill 425 removes winegrowers’ limitations on intrastate shipments of wine and allows
winegrowers to sell wine by the glass at off-premise locations.
Significant Issues
Current law limits intrastate shipment by winegrowers to not more than 100 cases per calendar
year. House Bill 425 would remove that limitation. Current law allows winegrowers, at no more
than three off-premises locations, to conduct wine tastings and sell wine in unbroken packages.
House Bill 425 would also allow the winegrower to sell wine by the glass at such locations.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
DPS notes a possible increase in law enforcement costs.