Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH A. LAGANA
District 38 (Bergen and Passaic)
Assemblyman JAMES J. KENNEDY
District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Sacco
SYNOPSIS
Allows sale of malt alcoholic beverages in cans or bottles marked for deposit of another state.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning deposit marked containers and supplementing Title 33 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. A manufacturer, supplier, importer, brand registrant, wholesale or retail licensee or permittee shall be permitted to sell, distribute, or market for resale to a consumer in this State or purchase for resale to a consumer in this State any malt alcoholic beverage product packaged in a bottle or can marked for deposit of another state.
b. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to establish a deposit system in this State.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill allows the sale of malt alcoholic beverages in cans or bottles marked for deposit of another state.
Under current regulations, N.J.A.C.13:2-27.2, a manufacturer, supplier, importer, brand registrant, wholesale or retail licensee or permittee is prohibited from selling, distributing, or marketing for resale to a consumer in this State or purchasing for resale to a consumer in this State any malt alcoholic beverage product, except for malt coolers, packaged in a bottle or can marked for deposit of another State.
This bill allows a manufacturer, supplier, importer, brand registrant, wholesale or retail licensee or permittee to sell, distribute, or market for resale to a consumer in this State or purchase for resale to a consumer in this State any malt alcoholic beverage product packaged in a bottle or can marked for deposit of another state.
The bill also provides that the bill’s provisions are not to be deemed to establish a deposit system in this State. A deposit system charges a deposit on a container at the time of purchase which is returned to the consumer when the empty container is returned.