2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 30 - Intoxicating Liquors
Chapter 545 - Liquor Control Act
Section 30-37r - Farmers’ market beer sales permit. Municipal prohibition of sale of beer by permittee.

(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall issue a farmers’ market beer sales permit to a holder of: (1) A manufacturer permit for beer issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 30-16, (2) a manufacturer permit for a brew pub issued pursuant to subsection (g) of section 30-16,(3) a manufacturer permit for beer and brew pub issued pursuant to subsection (h) of section 30-16, or (4) a manufacturer permit for a farm brewery issued pursuant to subsection (f) of section 30-16.

(b) A farmers’ market beer sales permit shall authorize the sale of beer manufactured by the holder of a permit specified in subdivision (1), (2), (3) or (4) of subsection (a) of this section for an unlimited number of appearances at a farmers’ market at not more than three farmers’ market locations per year, provided such permit holder: (1) Has an invitation from such farmers’ market to sell beer at such farmers’ market, (2) sells only sealed bottles of beer for off-premises consumption at such farmers’ market, (3) is present, or has an authorized representative present, at the time of sale of any such beer at such farmers’ market, and (4) does not sell more than seven liters of such beer per day to any one person at such farmers’ market. A farmers’ market beer sales permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance. The annual fee for a farmers’ market beer sales permit shall be two hundred fifty dollars. There shall be a one-hundred-dollar nonrefundable filing fee for any such permit.

(c) Any town or municipality may, by ordinance or zoning regulation, prohibit the sale of beer by the holder of a farmers’ market beer sales permit at a farmers’ market held in such town or municipality.

(P.A. 15-24, S. 10; P.A. 17-160, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 15-24 effective June 4, 2015; P.A. 17-160 amended Subsec. (a) to replace references to Sec. 30-16(f) and (g) with references to Sec. 30-16(g) and (h) and add Subdiv. (4) re manufacturer permit for farm brewery, amended Subsec. (b)(4) to replace 5 with 7 re liters of beer sold per day to person at farmers’ market, and made technical and conforming changes, effective July 7, 2017.