Connecticut § 30-76a - Sale to person holding temporary liquor permit for a noncommercial entity. Prohibition. Exception.

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§ 30-76a. Sale to person holding temporary liquor permit for a noncommercial entity. Prohibition. Exception.

Sec. 30-76a. Sale to person holding temporary liquor permit for a noncommercial entity. Prohibition. Exception. A wholesaler permittee shall not sell alcoholic liquor to any person holding a temporary liquor permit for a noncommercial entity issued under section 30-35. The holder of a temporary liquor permit for a noncommercial entity issued under section 30-35 shall purchase alcoholic liquor only from permittees holding package store permits issued under subsection (b) of section 30-20. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale of beer in kegs or donations of any beer, spirits or wine to which a wholesaler permittee holds distribution rights.

(P.A. 81-294, S. 4, 22; P.A. 83-152, S. 6; P.A. 85-380, S. 9, 12; P.A. 89-155, S. 3, 4; P.A. 22-56, S. 8; P.A. 23-50, S. 21.)

History: P.A. 83-152 included nonprofit public television corporation permits within the meaning of charitable organization permits; P.A. 85-380 prohibited wholesaler permittees from selling liquor to holders of nonprofit golf tournament permits; P.A. 89-115 excluded nonprofit golf tournament permits from the operation of this section, where previously such permits were included; P.A. 22-56 added references to Secs. 30-35, 30-37d, 30-37g and 30-20(a), and made technical changes, effective May 23, 2022 (Revisor's note: A reference to “subsection (a) of section 30-20” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “subsection (b) of section 30-20” to conform with changes made by P.A. 22-104, S. 4); P.A. 23-50 substituted reference to person holding temporary liquor permit for a noncommercial entity issued under Sec. 30-35 for reference to person holding temporary permit for outings, picnics or special gatherings, deleted references to charitable organization permits, nonprofit public television corporation permit issued under Sec. 30-37d and nonprofit golf tournament permit issued under Sec. 30-37g, added provision re donations of beer, spirits or wine to which a wholesaler permittee holds distribution rights, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 1, 2023.

Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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