CHAPTER 197

(HB 1004)

Direct sale of distilled spirits from artisan distillers
to retailers and wholesalers.


        ENTITLED, An Act to authorize the direct sale of distilled spirits from artisan distillers to retailers and wholesalers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

    Section 1. That § 35-13-9 be amended to read as follows:

    35-13-9. A license issued pursuant to § 35-13-2 authorizes the sale on the distillery premises of distilled spirits produced by the artisan distillery at for on-sale or off-sale, in total quantities not in excess of and the dispensing of free samples of the distilled spirits offered for sale, on the distillery premises. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 35-4-47 or 35-4-60, an artisan distiller licensed pursuant to this chapter may also sell the distilled spirits produced pursuant to the license to wholesalers and retailers licensed pursuant to subdivisions 35-4-2(2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (9), (11), and (13). Distilled spirits sold pursuant to this section may not exceed fifty thousand gallons in a calendar year and the dispensing of free samples of distilled spirits offered for sale. Except as provided in this chapter, such sales shall comply with the provisions of Title title 35.

     Signed February 19, 2015
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