Rhode Island General Laws 3-6-9. Wholesaler’s license – Class A
A wholesaler’s license, Class A, authorizes the holder to keep for sale and to sell malt beverages and wines at wholesale at the place described to holders of licenses under this title within this state and to holders of wholesale licenses in other states and the transportation and delivery from the place of sale to those license holders or to a common carrier for that delivery. Sales by a wholesaler in this state to a holder of a wholesale license in another state shall be only to a wholesaler who is a distributor of the same brand of malt beverages or wines subject to permission by the department. The license shall not authorize the sale of malt beverages or wines for consumption on the premises where sold nor their sale for their delivery outside this state in violation of the law of the place of delivery. The annual fee for the license is two thousand dollars ($2,000) prorated to the year ending December 1 in every calendar year, and shall be paid to the general treasurer for the use of the state. Whenever any malt beverages or wines are sold outside the state pursuant to this section, refunds or credits of import fees previously paid on those malt beverages or wines shall be made to holders of wholesaler’s licenses under this title in accordance with regulations promulgated by the division of taxation.
History of Section.
P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 5; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 2; P.L. 1934 (S.S.), ch. 2173, § 1; P.L. 1934 (S.S.), ch. 2174, § 1; P.L. 1935, ch. 2270, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 3; P.L. 1942, ch. 1212, art. 12, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 3-6-9; P.L. 1960, ch. 75, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 145, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 36, § 9; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 30, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 176, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 289, § 3.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 3-6-9
- Department: means the department of business regulation. See Rhode Island General Laws 3-1-1
- Division of taxation: means the division of taxation of the department of administration. See Rhode Island General Laws 3-1-1
- Import: means at one time, or in one transaction, to take, or cause to be taken, into this state from outside the state any malt beverage in excess of eight (8) gallons or any vinous beverage or any beverage consisting in whole, or in part, of alcohol produced by distillation in excess of three (3) gallons. See Rhode Island General Laws 3-1-1
- Wines: means all fermented alcoholic beverages made from fruits, flowers, herbs, or vegetables and containing not more than twenty-four percent (24%) of alcohol by volume at sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60 degrees F), except cider obtained by the alcohol fermentation of the juice of apples and containing not less than five tenths of one percent (. See Rhode Island General Laws 3-1-1