Bill > A1326

Introduced Session

This bill creates a restricted distillery license, the holder of which may produce distilled alcoholic beverages in accordance with the new subsection creating the license. The restricted distillery license may only be issued to a person or an entity which holds a plenary retail consumption license used in connection with a premises located in a Garden State Growth Zone, as defined in section 2 of P.L.2011, c.149 (C.34:1B-243), and operated in conjunction with a restaurant immediately adjoining the distillery. The restaurant is to be regularly and principally used for the purpose of providing meals to its customers and have adequate kitchen and dining room facilities. Under the bill, "Garden State Growth Zone" means the four New Jersey cities with the lowest median family income based on the 2009 American Community Survey from the U.S. Census, or a municipality which contains a Tourism District as established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2011, c.18 (C.5:12-219) and regulated by the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority. These cities include Atlantic City, Camden, Passaic, Paterson, and Trenton.

Committee Categories

Reed Gusciora (D)*,  Elizabeth Muoio (D)*,  Craig Coughlin (D),  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee (on 01/09/2018)