New Hampshire Revised Statutes 179:27-a – Removal of Opened Table Wine Bottle
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I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any food service business holding an on-premises license may allow any person who has purchased a full course meal and purchased and partially consumed a bottle of table wine with said meal, to remove such partially consumed bottle from the premises upon departure, provided that the person is not in a state of intoxication as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 507-F:1, IV and such bottle of table wine is removed and transported in a manner consistent with paragraph II.
II. Any partially consumed bottle of table wine which is to be removed from the premises under paragraph I shall be securely sealed and bagged, by the licensee, either to be in conformance with any applicable local open container law for those patrons on foot, or transported as required by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265-A:44, in the trunk of a motor vehicle. If the vehicle is not equipped with a trunk, the securely sealed opened table wine bottles may be stored and transported in that compartment or area of the vehicle which is the least accessible to the driver.
II. Any partially consumed bottle of table wine which is to be removed from the premises under paragraph I shall be securely sealed and bagged, by the licensee, either to be in conformance with any applicable local open container law for those patrons on foot, or transported as required by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265-A:44, in the trunk of a motor vehicle. If the vehicle is not equipped with a trunk, the securely sealed opened table wine bottles may be stored and transported in that compartment or area of the vehicle which is the least accessible to the driver.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 179:27-a
- Food service business: means a business kept, used, maintained, advertised, and held out to the public primarily as a place where meals are served. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Full course meal: means a diversified selection of food which ordinarily cannot be consumed without the use of tableware and which cannot be conveniently consumed while standing or walking. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- License: means the authority granted by the commission to engage in the sale of liquor, wine, beverages, tobacco products, or e-cigarettes otherwise unlawful unless evidenced by such document. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Licensee: means the person to whom a license of any kind is issued by the commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Person: means an individual, partnership, limited liability company or corporation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- Premises: means and includes all parts of the contiguous real estate occupied by a licensee over which the licensee has direct or indirect control or interest and which the licensee uses in the operation of the licensed business, and which have been approved by the commission as proper places in which to exercise the licensee's privilege. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 175:1
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4