125.27(5)(d)1.
1.
A permit issued under this subsection does not authorize retail sales of fermented malt beverages for consumption off the racetrack grounds.
125.27(5)(d)2.
2.
A permit issued under this subsection authorizes the retail sale of fermented malt beverages for possession and consumption off the premises where sold if the possession and consumption occurs within the racetrack grounds.
125.27(5)(e)
(e)
A permit issued under this subsection does not authorize retail sales of fermented malt beverages at any designated camping area on racetrack grounds while the area is in use for camping.
125.27(5)(f)
(f)
The department shall establish a fee for a permit issued under this subsection in the amount of 50 percent of the fee for a permit issued under sub. (1).
125.27(6)(a)
(a) The state fair park board may issue Class “B" permits for locations at the state fair park to any person who holds a valid certificate issued under s.
73.03 (50), meets the qualifications under s.
125.04 (5) (a),
(b), and
(c), and, if applicable, satisfies the requirements under s.
125.04 (6). The state fair park board may use the application forms under s.
125.04 (3) (b) and
(d) 1. or may prepare its own application forms with application information tailored to the permits under this subsection. The state fair park board's notice of meeting under s.
19.84 for a meeting at which a permit application will be considered shall be given at least 15 days prior to the meeting.
125.27(6)(b)
(b)
A permit issued under this subsection authorizes the retail sale of fermented malt beverages on the premises covered by the permit, for consumption anywhere at the state fair park.
125.27(6)(c)
(c)
A permit issued under this subsection may describe as premises under the permit multiple locations at the state fair park.
125.27(6)(d)
(d)
A person holding a permit under this subsection is subject to any requirements or conditions imposed upon the person by the state fair park board in the permit or under a lease or vendor agreement. This agreement may require the person to remit to the state fair park board a percentage of gross sales of alcohol beverages as specified in the agreement.
125.27(6)(e)
(e)
Persons holding a permit under this subsection may sell beverages containing less than 0.5 percent of alcohol by volume without obtaining a license under s. 66.0433.
125.27(6)(g)
(g)
A permit issued under this subsection shall be valid for one year and expire on June 30. The state fair park board shall establish an annual fee for a permit issued under this subsection in the amount of 50 percent of the annual fee for a permit issued under sub. (1). All fees received under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.190 (1) (h).
125.27(6)(h)1.1. The state fair park board shall establish standards, consistent with par. (a), and procedures for renewal of a permit issued under this subsection.
125.27(6)(h)2.
2.
The state fair park board shall establish standards and procedures for suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew a permit issued under this subsection. A suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew a permit under this subsection is a contested case under ch. 227.
125.27(6)(i)
(i)
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all sections of this chapter relating to Class “B" licenses apply to Class “B" permits issued under this subsection.
125.27(6)(j)
(j)
The state fair park board shall have the enforcement powers of s. 42.01 over a permittee under this subsection.
125.27(6)(k)
(k)
A municipality may not issue a Class “B” license for premises within the state fair park. Except as provided in ss. 125.29 (3) (j) and 125.295 (1) (i), no person may sell fermented malt beverages at retail at the state fair park unless the person holds a permit issued under this subsection, and no brewer, brewpub, or wholesaler may sell fermented malt beverages to a person for resale at the state fair park unless the person holds a permit issued under this subsection.
125.272
125.272
Face-to-face retail sales. Except as provided in ss.
125.26 (2m),
(2s), and
(2x) and
125.27 (4) and except with respect to caterers, a retail license issued under s.
125.25 or
125.26, and a retail permit issued under s.
125.27, authorizes only face-to-face sales to consumers at the premises described in the retail license or permit.
125.272 History
History: 2007 a. 85;
2017 a. 95.
125.275
125.275
Industrial fermented malt beverages permit. 125.275(1)(1)
The department may issue an industrial fermented malt beverages permit which authorizes the permittee to purchase and use fermented malt beverages for industrial purposes only. Such permits may be issued only to persons who prove to the department that they use alcohol for industrial purposes and who holds a valid certificate issued under s.
73.03 (50).
125.275(2)(a)(a) Industrial fermented malt beverages permits may be issued to any person qualified under s.
125.04 (5), except a person acting as agent for or in the employ of another. Notwithstanding s.
125.04 (5) (a) 5., a person is not required to complete a responsible beverage server training course to be qualified for a permit under this section.
125.275(2)(b)
(b) An industrial fermented malt beverages permit may not be issued to a person holding a wholesaler's permit issued under s.
125.28 or to a person who has a direct or indirect ownership interest in a premises operating under a wholesaler's permit issued under s.
125.28.
125.275(3)
(3) Shipments of industrial fermented malt beverages shall be conspicuously labeled “for industrial purposes" and shall meet other requirements which the department prescribes by rule.
125.28
125.28
Wholesalers' permits. 125.28(1)(a)
(a) Subject to par.
(b), the department may issue permits to wholesalers for the sale of fermented malt beverages from premises within this state, which premises shall comply with the requirements under s.
125.34 (2). Subject to s.
125.34, and except as provided in pars.
(e) and
(f), a wholesaler's permit authorizes sales of fermented malt beverages only in original packages or containers to retailers or wholesalers.
125.28(1)(b)
(b) If a wholesaler does not maintain any warehouse in this state but is licensed and maintains a warehouse in an adjoining state that allows wholesalers holding a wholesaler's permit in this state to deliver fermented malt beverages to retailers in the adjoining state without warehousing in that state and that further requires that all fermented malt beverages be first unloaded and physically at rest at, and distributed from, the warehouse of the licensed wholesaler in that state, the wholesaler's permit shall be issued by the department. Notwithstanding s.
125.04 (5) (a) 2. and
(c) and
(6), the department may issue the wholesaler's permit to a wholesaler described in this paragraph who is a natural person and not a resident of this state or that is a corporation or limited liability company and has not appointed an agent in this state.
125.28(1)(c)
(c) No additional license or permit is required for the solicitation of orders for sale to or by wholesalers holding a permit under this section.
125.28(1)(d)
(d) Wholesalers holding a permit under this section, employees of such wholesalers, and individuals representing such wholesalers may not provide or participate in providing taste samples under ss.
125.25 (1) and
125.33 (12).
125.28(1)(e)
(e) Notwithstanding ss.
125.04 (9) and
125.09 (1), if a wholesaler was issued a retail license prior to January 1, 2011, then the wholesaler may, under its wholesaler's permit, continue to sell at retail fermented malt beverages to individuals as was permitted under the previously issued retail license.
125.28(1)(f)
(f) A wholesaler's permit authorizes the wholesaler to sell or give fermented malt beverages to its employees. Fermented malt beverages may be consumed on a wholesaler's premises at events not open to the general public.
125.28(2)(a)(a) A wholesaler's permit may be issued to any person qualified under s.
125.04 (5) except a person acting as an agent for, or in the employ of, another person. Notwithstanding s.
125.04 (5) (a) 5., a person is not required to complete a responsible beverage server training course to be qualified for a permit under this section.
125.28(2)(b)
(b) A wholesaler's permit may not be issued to any of the following:
125.28(2)(b)1.
1. A person holding one or more of the following licenses or permits:
125.28(2)(b)2.
2. Except as provided in s.
125.33 (2m), a person who has a direct or indirect ownership interest in a premises operating under one or more of the licenses or permits listed in subd.
1. a. to
f. 125.28(2)(d)
(d) Notwithstanding par.
(b) 1. f. and
2., a wholesaler may not hold any ownership interest in any brewer, except a wholesaler that holds an ownership interest in a brewer on July 1, 2011, may continue to hold that interest.
125.28(2)(e)1.1. Any person holding an unexpired wholesaler's license issued under s.
125.28, 2009 stats., prior to January 1, 2012, shall be treated as holding a valid wholesaler's permit under this section until January 1, 2013. On January 1, 2013, all wholesaler's licenses issued under s.
125.28, 2009 stats., shall be void.
125.28(2)(e)2.
2. After January 1, 2012, the department shall issue to each person holding an unexpired wholesaler's license issued under s.
125.28, 2009 stats., a wholesaler's permit if the person does not hold a license or permit prohibited under par.
(b). The issuance of a wholesaler's permit by the department to any person shall invalidate any previous wholesaler's license issued under s.
125.28, 2009 stats., to the person.
125.28(3)
(3) Wholesalers' permits shall particularly describe the premises for which issued and are not transferable, except as provided in s.
125.04 (12). A wholesaler's permit is subject to revocation for violation of any of the terms or provisions thereof.
125.28(4)
(4) The amount of the permit fee shall be established by the department and shall be an amount that is sufficient to fund one special agent position dedicated to alcohol and tobacco enforcement at the department, but the permit fee may not exceed $2,500 per year or fractional part thereof. All permit fees received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s.
20.566 (1) (hd).
125.28(5)(a)(a) The premises described in a permit issued under this section shall be capable of warehousing fermented malt beverages. Any fermented malt beverages sold by the wholesaler shall be physically unloaded at the premises described in the permit, or at any warehouse premises for which the wholesaler also holds a permit under this section and a permit issued under s.
125.19, prior to being delivered to a retail licensee or to another wholesaler.
125.28(5)(b)
(b) A wholesaler under this section shall annually sell and deliver fermented malt beverages to at least 25 retail licensees or other wholesalers that do not have any direct or indirect interest in each other or in the wholesaler. The department may not issue a permit under this section unless the applicant represents to the department an intention to satisfy this requirement, and may not renew a permit issued under this section unless the wholesaler demonstrates that this requirement has been satisfied.
125.28(5)(c)
(c) No fermented malt beverages retail licensee or wholesaler may receive a benefit from a violation under par.
(a) or
(b) with knowledge of the circumstances giving rise to the violation.
125.28(5)(d)1.1. A wholesaler that violates this subsection shall be fined not more than $10,000. In addition, a court shall order the wholesaler to forfeit an amount equal to any profit gained by the wholesaler or retail licensee that violates par.
(c), or by both, resulting from the violation, and the court shall further order that the wholesaler's permit be revoked.
125.28(5)(d)2.
2. A court shall order a retail licensee or wholesaler that violates this subsection to forfeit an amount equal to any profit gained by the retail licensee or wholesaler resulting from the violation, and the court shall further order that the retail license or wholesaler's permit be revoked.
125.28(5)(d)3.
3. This paragraph shall not affect the authority of any municipality or the department to revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew or issue a license or permit under s.
125.12.
125.28(5)(e)
(e) The department shall promulgate rules to administer and enforce the requirements under this subsection. The rules shall ensure coordination between the department's issuance and renewal of permits under this section and its enforcement of the requirements of this subsection, and shall require that all applications for issuance or renewal of permits under this section be processed by department personnel generally familiar with activities of fermented malt beverages wholesalers. The department shall establish by rule minimum requirements for warehouse facilities on premises described in permits issued under this section and for periodic site inspections by the department of such warehouse facilities.
125.29(1)(1)
Permit. No person may operate as a brewer unless that person obtains a permit from the department. A permit under this section may only be issued to a person who holds a valid certificate issued under s.
73.03 (50).
125.29(2)(a)(a) No person holding a Class “A" license, Class “B" license or permit, or wholesaler's permit issued under this chapter may register as a brewer.
125.29(2)(b)1.1. Except as provided in subd.
2. or
3., no brewer may hold any ownership interest in any wholesaler.
125.29(2)(b)2.
2. A brewer may hold an ownership interest of less than 50 percent in a wholesaler if this ownership interest will not occur for more than 3 years.
125.29(2)(b)3.
3. If a wholesaler that has been granted distribution rights by a brewer for a brand in a designated sales territory is unable to service the designated sales territory for any reason, including the discontinuation of the wholesaler's distribution rights, bankruptcy, or criminal prosecution of the wholesaler in connection with operation of the wholesaler, and the reason is not the result of an action by the brewer, then a brewer shall be allowed, for a period of not more than one year, to take temporary control and operation of the wholesaler.
125.29(3)
(3)
Authorized activities. The department shall issue brewer's permits to eligible applicants authorizing all of the following:
125.29(3)(a)
(a) The manufacture of fermented malt beverages on the brewery premises.
125.29(3)(b)
(b) The bottling, packaging, possession, and storage of fermented malt beverages on the brewery premises.
125.29(3)(c)
(c) The transportation of fermented malt beverages between the brewery premises and any depot or warehouse maintained by the brewer.
125.29(3)(d)
(d) The sale, shipment, transportation, and delivery, in original unopened packages or containers, to wholesalers, from the brewery premises, of fermented malt beverages that have been manufactured by the brewer on those premises or on other premises of the brewer.
125.29(3)(e)
(e) Notwithstanding ss.
125.04 (9) and
125.09 (1), the retail sale of fermented malt beverages that have been manufactured on the brewery premises or on other premises of the brewer for on-premise consumption by individuals at the brewery premises or an off-site retail outlet established by the brewer.
125.29(3)(f)
(f) Notwithstanding ss.
125.04 (9) and
125.09 (1), the retail sale to individuals of fermented malt beverages, in original unopened packages or containers, that have been manufactured on the brewery premises or on other premises of the brewer for off-premise consumption by individuals, if the sale occurs at the brewery premises or at an off-site retail outlet established by the brewer.
125.29(3)(g)
(g) Notwithstanding ss.
125.04 (9) and
125.09 (1), the retail sale of fermented malt beverages, for on-premise consumption or for off-premise consumption in original unopened packages or containers, that have been manufactured on another brewery premises in this state if the fermented malt beverages have been purchased by the brewer from a wholesaler holding a permit under s.
125.28 or from another brewery located in this state that manufactures 300,000 or less barrels of beer in a calendar year.
125.29(3)(h)
(h) Notwithstanding ss.
125.04 (9) and
125.09 (1), the retail sale of intoxicating liquor, for on-premise consumption by individuals at the brewery premises or an off-site retail outlet established by the brewer, if the brewer held, on June 1, 2011, a license or permit authorizing the retail sale of intoxicating liquor and if the intoxicating liquor has been purchased by the brewer from a wholesaler holding a permit under s.
125.54.
125.29(3)(i)
(i) The provision of free taste samples on the brewery premises, at an off-site retail outlet established by the brewer, or as authorized under s.
125.33 (12).
125.29(3)(j)
(j) The ownership, maintenance, or operation of places for the sale of fermented malt beverages at the state fair park or on any county fairgrounds located in this state. A brewer may not make retail sales of fermented malt beverages at the state fair park unless the state fair park board has approved the brewer to make such sales.
125.29(3m)(a)(a) Except as provided in pars.
(b) and
(c), no brewer may sell fermented malt beverages to a retail licensee.
125.29(3m)(b)
(b) A brewer that manufactures 300,000 or less barrels of fermented malt beverages in a calendar year from all locations may sell, ship, transport and deliver to retailers, from the brewery premises, fermented malt beverages, in original unopened packages or containers, that have been manufactured on the brewery premises, if the brewer complies with the requirements in ss.
125.33 and
125.34, as applicable, to the same extent as if the brewer were a wholesaler.
125.29(3m)(c)
(c) If a wholesaler that has been granted distribution rights by a brewer for a brand in a designated sales territory is unable to service the designated sale territory for any reason, including the discontinuation of the wholesaler's distribution rights, bankruptcy, or criminal prosecution of the wholesaler in connection with operation of the wholesaler, and the reason is not the result of an action by the brewer, then a brewer shall be allowed, for a period of not more than one year, to sell or ship any brand of fermented malt beverages to retailers located in the wholesaler's designated sales territory.
125.29(5)
(5)
Brewpubs. No person holding a brewpub permit under s.
125.295 may register as a brewer under this section.
125.29(6)
(6)
Restaurants. A brewer may operate a restaurant on the brewery premises and at an off-site retail outlet established by the brewer. A brewer may not operate a restaurant at any other location except that a brewer may possess or hold an indirect interest in a Class “B" license for not more than 20 restaurants in each of which the sale of alcohol beverages accounts for less than 60 percent of the restaurant's gross receipts if no fermented malt beverages manufactured by the brewer are offered for sale in any of these restaurants.
