SB 424

Alcoholic beverage control; government stores; distiller's licensees as agents of the Board; sale of alcoholic beverages. Allows the holder of a distiller's license or its officers and employees to be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority as an agent of the Board for the sale of certain spirits and low alcohol beverage coolers at government stores established by the Board at the site of a farmer's market. The bill also allows such agents of the Board to sell spirits, beer, wine, or cider for on-premises or off-premises consumption, provided that the spirits, beer, wine, or cider are manufactured within the same licensed premises or on contiguous premises of such agent licensed as a distillery, brewery, or winery. Under current law, such agents of the Board are permitted to give samples of such alcoholic beverages. The bill also removes certain limitations on the amounts of alcoholic beverages that may be given or sold by such agents of the Board in those circumstances.