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Monday, March 06, 2006

Ind. Law - More on wine shipping bill

Lesley Stedman Weidenbener of the Louisville Courier Journal has a story today headlined "Next 9 days will make or break session: Major legislation hangs in balance." Among the issues listed as still unresolved, this caught my eye:

Wine shipment: A bill that would have allowed wineries to ship limited numbers of bottles to customers in Indiana suffered the same fate in the Senate last month as the hunting preserves bill.

Garton shelved it after learning lawsuits had been filed following the Indiana Alcohol and Tobacco Commission decision to stop all direct shipments last year, saying that nothing in state law actually permitted them.

Last week, Garton said that the plaintiffs in the suits would have to drop the cases before he'd allow a vote on the bill. But members of the House hope they can change his mind and are working on other options.

Interesting. In the Marion County lawsuit, if the ILB understands it correctly, the judge enjoined the State of Indiana's imposition of a ban on wine shipping within the State until the end of the legislative session -- to await possible legislative resolution of the situation.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 6, 2006 12:00 PM
Posted to Indiana Law