§ 6-42. Classes.
Permits shall be required under this article for the following classes of liquor traffic: brewers, distillers, wineries, rectifiers, wholesalers, beer and wine wholesalers, beer and wine retailers, package stores and bonded warehouses storing liquors. Such permits shall have the following effects:
(1)
A brewer's permit shall authorize the manufacture and sale of malt beverages containing alcohol in excess of four percent by weight.
(2)
A distiller's permit shall authorize the manufacture of spirituous beverages containing alcohol in excess of four percent by weight, and rectification of the same, and also the importation into the city of alcoholic spirits, including ethyl alcohol, for use in or as ingredients in the manufacture of alcoholic spirituous beverages subject to the provisions and regulations of the laws of the state.
(3)
A winery permit shall authorize the holder thereof to manufacture, bottle, package and label wine, and also to manufacture or import into the city grape brandy to be used exclusively for fortifying purposes by its holder on the premises for which issued.
(4)
A rectifier's permit shall authorize the rectification and sale of alcoholic spirituous liquors to the holders of wholesale permits only, unless such liquors are sold and delivered to persons outside the state. It shall also authorize the importation into the city of alcoholic spirits for exclusive use as ingredients in the preparation of alcoholic liquors, but shall not authorize the importation of such spirits for resale without rectification.
(5)
A wholesaler's permit shall authorize the holder to purchase liquor from persons authorized by law to manufacture and sell such liquor in the state and to import such liquor from points outside the state, and to sell such liquor to holders of permits in this state at wholesale, and to sell and deliver such liquors to persons outside of the state. A separate permit shall be obtained and a separate fee paid for each wholesale outlet in the city. A wholesale druggist possessing the necessary qualifications, as well as other qualified persons, shall be entitled to a wholesaler's permit.
(6)
A beer and wine wholesaler's permit shall authorize the holder thereof to purchase alcoholic malt and vinous beverages containing alcohol in such beverages in excess of four percent from brewers, wineries and wine manufacturers holding permits in this state, and to import such liquors from other states, and to sell such liquors at wholesale only to the holder of permits in this state who are authorized to purchase and receive such liquors, and shall also authorize the holder thereof to bottle, package or label wines purchased from wineries or wine manufacturers, either within or without this state, and to sell and deliver such liquor to persons outside of this state.
(7)
A beer and wine retailer's permit shall authorize the holder of such permit to sell, from broken packages or unsealed containers for consumption on the premises where sold, vinous and malt beverages containing in excess of one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume and not more than 14 percent of alcohol by volume. Beer and wine retailer's permits shall be applied for and fees paid in the manner provided in article III of this chapter for licensing retail beer dealers, and every beer and wine retailer's permit shall authorize the holder thereof to also sell beer containing not more than four percent of alcohol by weight, without need of a separate license; provided, all provisions of article III relating to refund of fees shall be applicable to such permits.
(8)
A package store permit shall authorize the holder thereof to purchase the liquor specified in the permit from the holders of winery, wholesaler and beer and wine wholesalers' permits and shall also authorize the holder thereof to sell and retail to the consumer in unbroken packages only, and not for consumption on, in or near the premises where sold.
(9)
A bonded warehouse permit shall authorize a bonded warehouse, not located in a dry area and which derives at least 50 percent of its gross revenues in a bona fide manner during a period of three months from the storage of foods or merchandise other than liquors, to store liquor for any person who holds a permit to store in such public bonded warehouse.
(Code 1977, § 2½-22)
State law reference
Licenses and permits, V.T.C.A., Alcoholic Beverage Code ch. 11 et seq.