2014 Tennessee Code
Title 57 - Intoxicating Liquors
Chapter 3 - Local Option--Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors
Part 2 - Licenses and Fees
§ 57-3-209 - Collectors of containers that hold alcoholic beverages.

(a) For purposes of this section:

(1) "Alcoholic beverage collector" means an individual who collects commemorative bottles containing alcoholic beverages, wine or distilled spirits, where the individual displays the collection in a location available to the public, either by appointment or on a regular schedule, and who sells collectible alcoholic beverages for the purpose of collection, without the intent that the collectible alcoholic beverage be consumed; and

(2) "Collectible alcoholic beverage" means an alcoholic beverage, distilled spirit or wine in a unique or commemorative bottle, decanter or other container, not generally available at a licensee holding a permit issued pursuant to § 57-3-204.

(b) Any individual qualifying as an alcoholic beverage collector may apply to the commission for a license as an alcoholic beverage collector, authorizing that individual to purchase wine, distilled spirits and other alcoholic beverages from any entity authorized to sell such products and shall be authorized to sell, in a face to face transaction only, collectible alcoholic beverages, as defined in this section, to any person twenty-one (21) years of age or older. The license may be issued notwithstanding the requirements of § 57-3-106.

(c) No license shall be issued under this section to any person who has an interest, direct or indirect, in any business holding a license issued under chapter 2 of this title or pursuant to § 57-3-202, § 57-3-203, § 57-3-204, § 57-3-207, § 57-3-218 or § 57-4-101.

(d) Any sale of any alcoholic beverage, wine or distilled spirit by an individual licensed under this section shall be presumed not to be a sale of a collectible alcoholic beverage if the price of the sale is not at least three hundred percent (300%) of the price of the same brand, vintage, quantity and type of alcoholic beverage, distilled spirit or wine as is available at any licensee holding a license pursuant to § 57-3-204. The alcoholic beverage collector shall have the burden of proving that any sale authorized under this section satisfies the requirements of this section.

(e) (1) An alcoholic beverage collector shall be responsible for remitting all sales taxes due resulting from any sale by the collector under this section. Where the collector cannot demonstrate that the collectible alcoholic beverage was purchased from a licensee holding a license pursuant to § 57-3-204, the collector shall also pay the taxes imposed pursuant to § 57-3-302.

(2) The taxes levied on sales made by an alcoholic beverage collector as authorized by this section shall become due and payable on the first day of each month following the month when the sales occur and shall become delinquent if not paid on or before the twentieth day of each following month. For the purpose of ascertaining the amount of tax payable, it is the duty of each alcoholic beverage collector to transmit to the commissioner of revenue a return on forms prescribed by the commissioner.

(f) Each applicant for an alcoholic beverage collector's license under this section shall pay to the commission a one-time, nonrefundable fee in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) when the application is submitted for review. An alcoholic beverage collector's license under this section shall not be issued until the applicant has paid to the commission the annual license fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000).