Importation and delivery of liquor by certain carriers; transportation of liquor by special permit.
1. Every common carrier and every regularly operating contract carrier shall make available to the Department a statement or freight bill for every shipment of liquor into this state, showing:
(a) The names of the consignor, consignee and carrier of the shipment;
(b) The date when and place where the shipment was received; and
(c) The destination of the shipment.
2. The Department may adopt regulations requiring:
(a) The carrier to:
(1) Cause a person who is at least 21 years of age to sign for the receipt of each such shipment by the consignee, and to sign a document confirming the delivery of the shipment to the consignee, before the carrier permits the consignee to remove the shipment from the point of destination or possession of the carrier; and
(2) Forward to the consignor the signed document confirming the delivery of the shipment to the consignee; and
(b) The consignor to forward to the Department the signed document confirming the delivery of the shipment to the consignee.
3. No liquor may be imported into this state except by a common carrier, a regularly operating contract carrier or a carrier having a special permit to do so.
4. By special permit, the Department may authorize the transportation of liquor within this state by means of a conveyance owned and operated by a licensed importer, or a conveyance owned and operated by another, not being a common carrier or a regularly operating contract carrier. As a condition of such permit, the Department may require that a sign be carried on such conveyance, in letters at least 3 inches high, stating that the conveyance is carrying wholesale liquor by special permit. Such carriers by special permit are subject to the same rules respecting reports and deliveries of import liquors as are common carriers and regularly operating contract carriers.
5. As used in this section:
(a) “Common carrier” means a person who undertakes for hire, as a regular business, the transportation of liquor from place to place, and who offers its services to all who choose to employ it and to pay its charges therefor.
(b) “Regularly operating contract carrier” means a person who, as a regular business, transports liquor from place to place pursuant to continuing contractual obligations.
Last modified: February 27, 2006