Bill > HB298

This bill establishes a wine direct shipper license in Kentucky. Key provisions include: 1. Allowing wine manufacturers, producers, suppliers, importers, wholesalers, and retailers licensed in Kentucky or other states to obtain a wine direct shipper license, which allows them to annually ship up to 24 9-liter cases of wine to each customer aged 21 or older for personal consumption. 2. Requiring licensees to report annual sales to the Department of Revenue and pay applicable sales and excise taxes, and allowing the Department of Revenue or the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to audit licensee records. 3. Prohibiting shipments to dry or moist territories in Kentucky and requiring packages to be labeled with age verification requirements. 4. Establishing an initial $100 registration fee and a $50 renewal fee for the wine direct shipper license. 5. Providing penalties of a Class B misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class A misdemeanor for subsequent offenses, with fines up to $1,000, for violations of the wine direct shipper license requirements.