Ala. Admin. Code r. 20-X-6-.03

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 20-X-6-.03 - Use And Disposition Of Original Liquor Containers

(1) Except as authorized herein or in accordance with 28-3A-20.3, Code of Ala. 1975, no liquor product may be kept or maintained on any ABC Board licensed premises at any time in any container, bottle, or receptacle, other than the original bottle prepared by the manufacturer with proper taxes paid thereon. Any liquor in possession or custody of the licensee found on the licensed premises and not in compliance with this regulation shall be seized as contraband and may subject the licensee to disciplinary action.

(2) No ABC Board licensee shall have more than one bottle of each brand of liquor opened at each serving station at any time in the licensed establishment, provided however, the licensees may dispense liquor from a pre-mix dispenser in accordance with ABC Board Regulation 20-X-6-.05 or from an automatic dispensing system.

(3) ABC Board licensees authorized to sell liquor are required to destroy, as soon as reasonably possible, all empty liquor bottles. It is not permitted for any such licensee to refill any alcoholic beverage container.

(a) "Destroy" is defined as rendering the containers or bottles unsuitable for reuse by such means as removing or defacing the label, breaking, crushing, or smashing the containers or bottles.

(b) "As soon as reasonably possible" is defined as immediately after use, serving, or consuming the contents thereof, all empty bottles shall be immediately segregated from existing usable inventory.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 20-X-6-.03

Repealed and New: Filed August 21, 1998; effective October 16, 1998.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIX, Issue No. 11, August 31, 2021, eff. 10/15/2021.

Author: ABC Board

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 28-3-49.