In Indiana
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shipment prohibited. Individual may bring into state
one quart of wine or brandy. Effective July 1, 1998,
HR 1212 makes it unlawful for a person engaged in
the business of selling alcoholic beverages to ship
an alcoholic beverage directly to an Indiana resident
who does not hold a valid wholesaler's permit. The
bill also provides that an in state or out of state
vintner, distiller, brewer, rectifier, or importer
that holds a basic permit from the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Firearms who knowingly ships an alcoholic
beverage directly to an Indiana resident who does
not hold a valid wholesaler's permit commits a Class
A misdemeanor; all other persons who knowingly ship
an alcoholic beverage directly to an Indiana resident
who does not hold a valid wholesaler's permit commits
a Class D felony. The chairman of the alcoholic beverage commission is required to notify the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms in writing and by certified mail of the official determination that state law has been violated and request the bureau to take appropriate action if the chairman or the attorney general determines that a vintner, distiller, brewer, rectifier, or importer that holds a basic permit from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms has made an illegal shipment of an alcoholic beverage to consumers in Indiana. See text of HR 1212. |