New Jersey S 557: Provides immunity from liability for certain recreational activities and from injuries caused by acts of God.

Bill Text

S557 

SENATE, No. 557 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator JAMES BEACH

District 6 (Burlington and Camden)

SYNOPSIS

���� Allows certain breweries to operate off-premises 
retail salesrooms; permits breweries and wineries to operate joint salesrooms.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning alcoholic beverage licenses and amending 
R.S.33:1-10.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� R.S.33:1-10 is amended 
to read as follows:

���� 33:1-10.����� Class A licenses 
shall be subdivided and classified as follows:

���� Plenary brewery license.�� 1a.� 
The holder of this license shall be entitled, subject to rules and regulations, 
to brew any malt alcoholic beverages and to sell and distribute his products to 
wholesalers and retailers licensed in accordance with this chapter, and to sell 
and distribute without this State to any persons pursuant to the laws of the 
places of such sale and distribution, and to maintain a warehouse; provided, 
however, that the delivery of this product by the holder of this license to 
retailers licensed under this title shall be from inventory in a warehouse 
located in this State which is operated under a plenary brewery license.� The 
fee for this license shall be $10,625.

���� Limited brewery license.�� 1b.� 
The holder of this license shall be entitled, subject to rules and regulations, 
to brew any malt alcoholic beverages in a quantity to be expressed in said 
license, dependent upon the following fees and not in excess of 300,000 barrels 
of 31 fluid gallons capacity per year and to sell and distribute this product 
to wholesalers and retailers licensed in accordance with this chapter, and to 
sell and distribute without this State to any persons pursuant to the laws of 
the places of such sale and distribution, and to maintain a warehouse; 
provided, however, that the delivery of this product by the holder of this 
license to retailers licensed under this title shall be from inventory in a 
warehouse located in this State which is operated under a limited brewery 
license.� The holder of this license shall be entitled to sell this product at 
retail to consumers on the licensed premises of the brewery for consumption on 
the premises, but only in connection with a tour of the brewery, or for 
consumption off the premises in a quantity of not more than 15.5 fluid gallons 
per person, and to offer samples for sampling purposes only pursuant to an 
annual permit issued by the director. 

���� The holder of this license 
shall be entitled to sell the brewery�s products in original packages or open 
containers at retail to consumers in 15 salesrooms apart from the brewery 
premises for consumption on or off the premises, at a fee of $250 for each salesroom.� 
The holder of this license shall not jointly control and operate a salesroom 
with the holder of another limited brewery license, but shall be entitled to 
operate a salesroom on the same premises as a holder of a plenary retail winery 
license, farm winery license, or out-of-State winery license.��� 

���� The holder of this license 
shall not sell food or operate a restaurant on the licensed premises.� 

���� The fee for this license shall 
be graduated as follows:

���� to so brew not more than 
50,000 barrels of 31 liquid gallons capacity per annum, $1,250;

���� to so brew not more than 
100,000 barrels of 31 fluid gallons capacity per annum, $2,500;

���� to so brew not more than 
200,000 barrels of 31 fluid gallons capacity per annum, $5,000;

���� to so brew not more than 
300,000 barrels of 31 fluid gallons capacity per annum, $7,500.

���� For the purposes of this 
subsection, "sampling" means the selling at a nominal charge or the 
gratuitous offering of an open container not exceeding four ounces of any malt 
alcoholic beverage.� For the purposes of this subsection, "product" 
means any malt alcoholic beverage that is produced on the premises licensed 
under this subsection.

���� Restricted brewery license. 
1c. �The holder of this license shall be entitled, subject to rules and 
regulations, to brew any malt alcoholic beverages in a quantity to be expressed 
in such license not in excess of 10,000 barrels of 31 gallons capacity per 
year.� Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.33:1-26, the director shall issue 
a restricted brewery license only to a person or an entity which has identical 
ownership to an entity which holds a plenary retail consumption license issued 
pursuant to R.S.33:1-12, provided that such plenary retail consumption license 
is operated in conjunction with a restaurant regularly and principally used for 
the purpose of providing meals to its customers and having adequate kitchen and 
dining room facilities, and that the licensed restaurant premises is 
immediately adjoini