Code of Alabama - Title 28: Intoxicating Liquor, Malt Beverages and Wine - Chapter 7 - Importation, Distribution, and Sale of Table Wine

• Section 28-7-1 Short title
  This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the "Alabama Table Wine Act."
• Section 28-7-2 Legislative intent; purpose of chapter
  Repealed by Act 2010-607, p. 1478, §2, effective July 1, 2010.
• Section 28-7-4 By and to whom table wine may be sold
  Table wine may be sold in any county in Alabama which is now wet or may hereafter be designated a wet county pursuant to law,...
• Section 28-7-5 Authority of board to issue licenses; county or municipal approval
  The board shall have full and final authority, with the approval of the county or municipal governing body, to issue and renew licenses of wine...
• Section 28-7-6 Application for license; filing fee, license fee and bond
  Every applicant for a wine retailer's or wholesaler's license shall file a written application with the board in such form as the board may prescribe,...
• Section 28-7-7 Issuance of license, generally
  Upon receipt of the application, the proper fees, the bond, if required, and upon being satisfied of the truth of the statements in the application...
• Section 28-7-8 Wine retailer's license
  Upon applicant's compliance with Section 28-7-6, the board shall issue a wine retailer's license for any retail outlet kept or operated by a wine retailer...
• Section 28-7-9 Wine wholesaler's license; bond
  Upon applicant's compliance with Section 28-7-6, the board shall issue to applicant a wine wholesaler's license which will authorize the licensee to import and receive...
• Section 28-7-10 Wine importer license; restrictions on sale and operation; registration of labels; seizure of unregistered goods; monthly reports; inspection
  (a) Upon applicant's compliance with Section 28-7-6, the board shall issue to applicant an importer license which shall authorize the licensee to import table wine...
• Section 28-7-11 Wine manufacturers license; registration of labels; seizure of unregistered goods; monthly reports
  Every manufacturer, or its designated representative, desiring to sell table wines in or for resale in this state shall register with the board prior to...
• Section 28-7-12 License renewal
  The wine retailer's, wine wholesaler's and wine manufacturer's license herein provided for shall be required to be renewed annually and shall be reissued upon payment...
• Section 28-7-13 License fees; local license taxes; payment and distribution of license and filing fees
  (a) License fees for licenses issued by the board. The following annual license fees are levied and prescribed for licenses issued and renewed by the...
• Section 28-7-14 Regulation of grant of licenses; display thereof; separate retail licenses for each place of sale; restrictions on wholesaler's operations; transfer of licenses; filing fee for transfer; effect of insolvency of licensee
  (a) No license prescribed in this chapter shall be issued or renewed until the provisions of this chapter have been complied with and the filing...
• Section 28-7-15 Suspension or revocation of licenses and fines; notice, hearing and findings of fact
  (a) The board shall have full and final authority as to the suspension and revocation of any license issued hereunder. In lieu of suspension or...
• Section 28-7-16 Tax on sale of table wine; disposition of proceeds
  (a) Levy. There is hereby levied in addition to the license taxes provided for by this chapter and municipal and county license taxes and in...
• Section 28-7-17 Regulations of board; evidence thereof
  The board may from time to time make such regulations not inconsistent with this chapter and the purpose and intention thereof as it shall deem...
• Section 28-7-18 Sales by manufacturers; levy of tax
  (a) No manufacturer shall sell any table wine direct to any retailer or for consumption on the premises where sold, nor sell or deliver any...
• Section 28-7-19 Sales by wholesalers
  No wine wholesaler shall purchase, receive or resell any table wine except in the original container as prepared for the market by the manufacturer.
• Section 28-7-20 Sales by retailers
  No wine retailer shall purchase or receive any table wine except from the board or from wine wholesalers duly licensed under this chapter. All table...
• Section 28-7-22 Interlocking businesses and interests prohibited
  No manufacturer and no officer or director of any manufacturer shall, at the same time, be a wine wholesaler or retailer, or an officer, director...
• Section 28-7-23 Advertising
  No sign of any kind advertising table wine shall be displayed outside any retail place of business. Radio, television, newspaper, magazine, billboard and commercial vehicles...
• Section 28-7-24 Repealer; application of certain taxes
  All laws or parts of laws which conflict or are inconsistent with this chapter are hereby repealed. The taxes imposed by Sections 28-3-200, 28-3-201, 28-3-202,...

Last modified: May 3, 2021