Alcoholic beverages: imports: personal or household use: reasonable amounts.
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- Introduced
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- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill modifies the rules around importing alcoholic beverages into California. It expands an existing exception to allow adults to bring up to 6 liters of alcoholic beverages into the state from a location jointly situated with Nevada, regardless of whether it’s a hotel or another location. Previously, this exception was limited to incidental amounts from hotels in the border region. The bill also clarifies that this allowance is capped at 6 liters every 31 days for those entering the US on foot or in a non-common carrier vehicle.
Key provisions
- Increases the allowable amount of alcoholic beverages brought into California from a neighboring jurisdiction (Nevada) to a maximum of 6 liters.
- Applies this allowance to a broader range of locations jointly situated with Nevada, not just hotels.
- Limits the amount of alcoholic beverages that can be brought into the state by a pedestrian or non-common carrier vehicle to 6 liters every 31 days.
- Clarifies that the ‘reasonable amount’ exception is now specifically defined as 6 liters.
- Maintains the exemption for members of the Armed Forces bringing alcoholic beverages for personal use.
- Specifies requirements for distilled spirits manufacturers transporting their products into California.
- Removes the restriction that the amount of alcoholic beverages is exempt from duty.
- Applies to alcoholic beverages brought into the state from without the United States.
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