Alaska § 04.09.490 - Package store sampling endorsement.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 04.09.490 — Package store sampling endorsement., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 04.09.490. Package store sampling endorsement.
(a) A package store sampling endorsement authorizes the holder of a package store license to offer for consumption on the licensed premises at no charge a small sample of an alcoholic beverage from its inventory during the package store's stated hours of business, but not between the hours of midnight and 8:00 a.m.
(b) The biennial fee for a package store sampling endorsement is $200.
(c) Only the license holder or an agent or employee of the license holder may serve a sample.
(d) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement may serve a total volume of samples to a person on a licensed premises each day that does not exceed (1) 12 ounces of beer or mead or cider, if the mead or cider contains less than 8.5 percent alcohol by volume;
(2) six ounces of wine, sake, or mead or cider, if the mead or cider contains 8.5 percent or more alcohol by volume;
(3) 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits; or
(4) the alcoholic equivalent of (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection.
(e) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement may not publicly advertise, including through printed news, radio, or television, sampling activities conducted under the endorsement. However, the holder of a package store sampling endorsement may notify existing customers of sampling activities, including by electronic means.
(f) A person who offers a sample of an alcoholic beverage for consumption on the licensed premises of a package store without an endorsement under this section commits the offense of unendorsed package store sampling.
(g) Unendorsed package store sampling is a violation and is punishable by a fine of $500.
(h) The holder of a package store sampling endorsement who fails to comply with the requirements of (a) and (c) — (e) of this section commits the offense of failure to comply with the terms of a package store sampling endorsement.
(i) Failure to comply with the terms of a package store sampling endorsement is a violation.
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What does Alaska Statutes § 04.09.490 cover?
Section 04.09.490 ("Package store sampling endorsement.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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