Bill > A3354

This bill establishes a new "restricted distillery license" that allows the holder to produce distilled alcoholic beverages and sell them to wholesalers and to a restaurant located on the same property. This license can only be issued to an entity that already holds a plenary retail consumption license (a license to sell alcohol for consumption on-premises, typically a restaurant) and operates a restaurant with adequate kitchen and dining facilities. Crucially, this restaurant must be located within a "Garden State Growth Zone," which refers to specific New Jersey cities with the lowest median family income or municipalities containing a Tourism District, such as Atlantic City, Camden, Passaic, Paterson, and Trenton. The bill also specifies that the restaurant must be immediately adjacent to the distillery and that no more than 10 such restricted distillery licenses can be issued to any single entity holding a restaurant license. The holder of this new license can also sell their products to wholesalers and distribute them out of state, and they are permitted to offer samples of their distilled beverages. The bill also clarifies that the holder of this restricted distillery license cannot hold an interest in or share premises with any other type of alcohol manufacturing license and cannot own an interest in any other alcoholic beverage manufacturing license, whether domestic or foreign.

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