Connecticut § 30-37p - Gift basket retailer permit.

§ 30-37p. Gift basket retailer permit.

Sec. 30-37p. Gift basket retailer permit. (a) A gift basket retailer permit shall allow the retail sale of wine, mead or beer. Such wine, mead or beer shall be included in a gift basket sold at retail by the permit holder. Such wine, mead or beer shall not be consumed on the premises. The holder of a gift basket retailer permit shall be located in this state and such wine, mead or beer shall only be purchased by such permit holder from the holder of a package store permit issued pursuant to section 30-20, the holder of a manufacturer permit for a farm winery issued pursuant to subsection (c) of section 30-16, the holder of a manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead issued pursuant to subsection (d) of section 30-16, or the holder of a manufacturer permit for beer issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 30-16.

(b) The holder of a gift basket retailer permit may sell gift baskets which may include (1) a maximum of four bottles of wine or mead per basket or a maximum of seventy-two ounces of beer per basket, (2) food items, (3) nonalcoholic beverages, (4) concentrates used in the preparation of mixed alcoholic beverages, (5) wine-making kits and beer-making kits and products related to such kits, (6) ice in any form, (7) articles of clothing imprinted with advertising related to the alcoholic liquor industry or the permittee's gift basket business, (8) flowers, plants and garden-related items, (9) drinking glasses, bottle opening devices and literature related to wine, mead or beer, or (10) gift certificates. The sale of such gift baskets shall only take place during the times permitted for the sale of alcoholic liquor in places operating under package store permits pursuant to section 30-91. The holder of a gift basket retailer permit shall not sell such gift baskets on premises operating under any other permit issued pursuant to this title. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the holder of a package store permit issued pursuant to section 30-20 from selling any item permitted for sale by such permittee pursuant to said section.

(c) The annual fee for a gift basket retailer permit shall be two hundred dollars.

(P.A. 11-250, S. 1; P.A. 19-24, S. 6; P.A. 21-37, S. 106.)

History: P.A. 19-24 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to beer, adding provision re holder of manufacturer permit for wine, cider and mead, and adding provision re holder of manufacturer permit for beer, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re maximum of 72 ounces of beer in Subdiv. (1), adding reference to beer-making kits in Subdiv. (5), adding reference to beer in Subdiv. (9), and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2020; P.A. 21-37 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding references to mead, effective June 4, 2021.