HOUSE BILL NO.     

Direct shipment of alcohol-prohibition.

Sponsored by:  Joint Revenue Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to alcoholic beverages; prohibiting the out-of-state shipment of alcohol into this state; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.  W.S. 12-2-301(a) is amended to read:

12-2-301.  Generally.

(a)  The commission is the exclusive wholesale distributor and seller of alcoholic liquor within Wyoming. It is granted the sole right to sell alcoholic liquors at wholesale, and no licensee or permittee who is granted the right to sell, distribute or receive alcoholic liquors at retail shall purchase any alcoholic liquors from any source other than the commission. Any out-of-state shipment of alcoholic liquor or malt beverage into this state is prohibited unless otherwise expressly authorized by state law.

Section 2.  This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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