§2073. Importation and transportation of liquor within the State

1.  Illegal transportation of liquor within the State.  No person may knowingly transport within the State any liquor:

A. With intent to sell the liquor in the State in violation of law;   [PL 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

B. With intent that the liquor be illegally sold by any person; or   [PL 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

C. With intent to aid any person in illegal sale of liquor.   [PL 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

[PL 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

2.  Penalties.  A person who knowingly violates this section commits a Class E crime.

[PL 1987, c. 45, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

3.  Legal importation into and transportation of liquor within the State.  Liquor may be legally imported into and transported within the State in the following situations.

A. Upon application, the bureau may grant to an individual a permit to transport liquor purchased for that person's own personal use.   [PL 2013, c. 476, Pt. A, §33 (AMD).]

B. For-hire carriers and contract carriers, authorized by the Department of Public Safety, may transport liquor to liquor warehouses, to licensees, from manufacturers to liquor warehouses and to the state line for transportation outside the State.   [PL 2013, c. 476, Pt. A, §33 (AMD).]

C. [PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. V, §49 (RP).]

C-1. Reselling agents may transport spirits to licensees who are licensed for the sale of spirits for on-premises consumption.   [PL 2013, c. 476, Pt. A, §33 (NEW).]

D. Manufacturers may transport liquor within the State to liquor warehouses, to persons authorized under paragraph E and to the state line for transportation outside the State.   [PL 2013, c. 476, Pt. A, §33 (AMD).]

E. The bureau may permit in writing the importation of liquor into the State and the transportation of liquor from place to place within the State to the following destinations for the specified purposes:

(1) To hospitals and state institutions, for medicinal purposes only, liquor made available to them from stocks of liquor seized by the Federal Government;

(2) To industrial establishments in the State for industrial uses;

(3) To schools, colleges and state institutions for laboratory use only;

(4) To any licensed pharmacist in the State for use in the compounding of prescriptions and other medicinal use, but not for sale by pharmacists unless compounded with or mixed with other substances; or

(5) To any physician, surgeon, osteopath, chiropractor, optometrist, dentist or veterinarian for medicinal use only.   [PL 2013, c. 476, Pt. A, §33 (AMD).]

F. The bureau may authorize hospitals and state institutions to purchase spirits, for medicinal purposes only, from agency liquor stores. This authorization must be in writing.   [PL 2013, c. 476, Pt. A, §33 (AMD).]

[PL 2013, c. 476, Pt. A, §33 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1987, c. 45, §A4 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 373, §154 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. V, §49 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 476, Pt. A, §33 (AMD).