Session of 1998
SENATE BILL No. 586
By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
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AN ACT concerning intoxicating liquors and
beverages; relating to mi-
10 crobreweries; amending
K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 41-308b and repealing the
11 existing section.
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13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
14 Section 1. K.S.A.
1997 Supp. 41-308b is hereby amended to read as
15 follows: 41-308b. (a) A microbrewery
license shall allow:
16 (1) The manufacture of
not less than 100 nor more than 15,000
17 30,000 barrels of domestic beer
during the license year and the storage
18 thereof;
19 (2) the sale to beer
distributors of beer, manufactured by the licensee;
20 (3) the sale, on the
licensed premises in the original unopened con-
21 tainer to consumers for consumption off the
licensed premises, of beer
22 manufactured by the licensee;
23 (4) the serving on the
premises of samples of beer manufactured by
24 the licensee, if the premises are located
in a county where the sale of
25 alcoholic liquor is permitted by law in
licensed drinking establishments;
26 (5) if the licensee is
also licensed as a club or drinking establishment,
27 the sale of domestic beer and other
alcoholic liquor for consumption on
28 the licensed premises as authorized by the
club and drinking establish-
29 ment act; and
30 (6) if the licensee is
also licensed as a caterer, the sale of domestic
31 beer and other alcoholic liquor for
consumption on unlicensed premises
32 as authorized by the club and drinking
establishment act.
33 (b) Not less than 50% of
the products utilized in the manufacture of
34 domestic beer by a microbrewery shall be
grown in Kansas except when
35 a greater proportion of products grown
outside this state is authorized by
36 the director based upon findings that such
products are not available in
37 this state. The label of each container of
domestic beer shall clearly set
38 forth the proportion of the products
utilized in the manufacture of the
39 beer which was from agricultural products
grown in Kansas.
40 (c) A microbrewery may
sell domestic beer in the original unopened
41 container to consumers for consumption off
the licensed premises at any
42 time between 6 a.m. and 12 midnight on any
day except Sunday and
43 between 12 noon and 6 p.m. on Sunday. If
authorized by subsection (a),
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1 a microbrewery may serve samples of
domestic beer and serve and sell
2 domestic beer and other alcoholic
liquor for consumption on the licensed
3 premises at any time when a club or
drinking establishment is authorized
4 to serve and sell alcoholic
liquor.
5 (d) A microbrewery
license shall apply only to the premises described
6 in the application and in the license
issued and only one location shall be
7 described in the license.
8 (e) No
microbrewery shall:
9 (1) Employ any
person under the age of 18 years in connection with
10 the manufacture, sale or serving of any
alcoholic liquor;
11 (2) permit any employee
of the licensee who is under the age of 21
12 years to work on the licensed premises at
any time when not under the
13 on-premises supervision of either the
licensee or an employee of the
14 licensee who is 21 years of age or
over;
15 (3) employ any person
under 21 years of age in connection with mix-
16 ing or dispensing alcoholic liquor; or
17 (4) employ any person in
connection with the manufacture or sale of
18 alcoholic liquor if the person has been
convicted of a felony.
19 (f) Whenever a
microbrewery licensee is convicted of a violation of
20 the Kansas liquor control act, the director
may revoke the licensee's li-
21 cense and all fees paid for the license in
accordance with the Kansas
22 administrative procedure act.
23 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997
Supp. 41-308b is hereby repealed.
24 Sec. 3. This act
shall take effect and be in force from and after its
25 publication in the statute book.
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