Connecticut § 30-38a - Transfer of liquor between retail permit premises under common ownership.
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§ 30-38a. Transfer of liquor between retail permit premises under common ownership.
Sec. 30-38a. Transfer of liquor between retail permit premises under common ownership. In all cases where two or more retail liquor permit premises are in common or cooperative ownership, or where a majority of the capital stock having voting privileges of corporations owning together two or more retail liquor permit premises is held by the same person or persons, the permittees thereof may transfer any alcoholic liquor from one such retail premise to another such retail premise, for the purpose of inventory equalization or other business convenience, except when such permittee is a delinquent retailer as said term is used in subsection (b) of section 30-48.
(1959, P.A. 237; 1961, P.A. 267; P.A. 75-239, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-55, S. 6; 93-139, S. 47.)
History: 1961 act authorized transfers where majority of voting stock of corporations owning two or more premises is held by same person or persons; P.A. 75-239 substituted “any alcoholic liquor” for “alcoholic beverages” and added exception re delinquent permittees; P.A. 93-55 made technical changes, substituting reference to delinquent retailers for reference to delinquent permittees; P.A. 93-139 made technical changes.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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