Sec. 04.09.490. Package store sampling endorsement.

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(a)A package store sampling endorsement authorizes the holder of a package store license to offer for consumption on the licensed premises at no charge a small sample of an alcoholic beverage from its inventory during the package store's stated hours of business, but not between the hours of midnight and 8:00 a.m.

(b)The biennial fee for a package store sampling endorsement is $200.

(c)Only the license holder or an agent or employee of the license holder may serve a sample.

(d)The holder of a package store sampling endorsement may serve a total volume of samples to a person on a licensed premises each day that does not exceed

(1)12 ounces of beer or mead or cider, if the mead or cider contains less than 8.5 percent alcohol by volume;

(2)six ounces of wine, sake, or mead or cider, if the mead or cider contains 8.5 percent or more alcohol by volume;

(3)1.5 ounces of distilled spirits; or

(4)the alcoholic equivalent of (1), (2), or

(3)of this subsection.

(e)The holder of a package store sampling endorsement may not publicly advertise, including through printed news, radio, or television, sampling activities conducted under the endorsement. However, the holder of a package store sampling endorsement may notify existing customers of sampling activities, including by electronic means.

(f)A person who offers a sample of an alcoholic beverage for consumption on the licensed premises of a package store without an endorsement under this section commits the offense of unendorsed package store sampling.

(g)Unendorsed package store sampling is a violation and is punishable by a fine of $500.

(h)The holder of a package store sampling endorsement who fails to comply with the requirements of

(a)and

(c)—

(e)of this section commits the offense of failure to comply with the terms of a package store sampling endorsement.

(i)Failure to comply with the terms of a package store sampling endorsement is a violation.