AB304,101401Section 101. 125.27 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: AB304,,402402125.27 (1) (a) The department division shall issue Class “B” permits to clubs holding a valid certificate issued under s. 73.03 (50) that are operated solely for the playing of golf or tennis and are commonly known as country clubs and to clubs that are operated solely for curling, ski jumping or yachting, if the club is not open to the general public and if no Class “B” licenses are issued by the governing body of the municipality in which the club is located. A Class “B” permit authorizes retail sales of fermented malt beverages to be consumed on the premises where sold. Persons holding a Class “B” permit may sell beverages containing less than 0.5 percent of alcohol by volume without obtaining a license under s. 66.0433. AB304,102403Section 102. 125.27 (2) (a) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: AB304,,404404125.27 (2) (a) 1. (intro.) The department division may issue a Class “B” permit to any person who holds a valid certificate issued under s. 73.03 (50) and who is qualified under s. 125.04 (5) authorizing the sale of fermented malt beverages for consumption on any vessel having a regular place of mooring located in any waters of this state as defined under s. 29.001 (45) and (63) if any of the following applies: AB304,103405Section 103. 125.27 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read: AB304,,406406125.27 (2) (a) 2. The department division may issue the permit only if the vessel leaves its place of mooring while the sale of fermented malt beverages is taking place and if the vessel fulfills the requirement under par. (am). A permit issued under this paragraph also authorizes the permittee to store fermented malt beverages purchased for sale on the vessel on premises owned or leased by the permittee and located near the vessel’s regular place of mooring. The permittee shall describe on the permit application under s. 125.04 (3) (a) 3. the premises where the fermented malt beverages will be stored. The premises shall be open to inspection by the department division upon request. AB304,104407Section 104. 125.27 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: AB304,,408408125.27 (3) (b) Upon application, the department division shall issue a Class “B” permit to a tribe that holds a valid certificate issued under s. 73.03 (50) and that is qualified under s. 125.04 (5) and (6). The permit authorizes the retail sale of fermented malt beverages for consumption on or off the premises where sold. AB304,105409Section 105. 125.27 (5) (b) and (f) of the statutes are amended to read: AB304,,410410125.27 (5) (b) The department division may issue Class “B” permits for locations within racetrack grounds to any person that holds a valid certificate issued under s. 73.03 (50), that is qualified under s. 125.04 (5) and (6), and that is the owner or operator of the racetrack grounds or is designated by the owner or operator of the racetrack grounds to operate premises located within the racetrack grounds. Subject to par. (e), the permit authorizes the retail sale of fermented malt beverages on the premises covered by the permit, for consumption anywhere within the racetrack grounds. If the department division issues more than one permit under this subsection for the same racetrack grounds, no part of the premises covered by a permit under this subsection may overlap with premises covered by any other permit issued under this subsection. AB304,,411411(f) The department division shall establish a fee for a permit issued under this subsection in the amount of 50 percent of the fee for a permit issued under sub. (1). AB304,106412Section 106. 125.27 (7) of the statutes is created to read: AB304,,413413125.27 (7) Interest restrictions. Subject to s. 125.20 (6), a Class “B” permit may not be issued to any person who holds, or has an interest in a permittee holding, any of the following: AB304,,414414(a) A wholesaler’s permit issued under s. 125.28 or 125.54. AB304,,415415(b) A brewer’s permit issued under s. 125.29. AB304,,416416(c) A brewpub permit issued under s. 125.295. AB304,,417417(d) A winery permit issued under s. 125.53. AB304,,418418(e) A manufacturer’s or rectifier’s permit issued under s. 125.52. AB304,,419419(f) An out-of-state shipper’s permit issued under s. 125.30 or 125.58. AB304,107420Section 107. 125.275 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: AB304,,421421125.275 (1) The department division may issue an industrial fermented malt beverages permit which authorizes the permittee to purchase and use fermented malt beverages for industrial purposes only. Such permits may be issued only to persons who prove to the department division that they use alcohol for industrial purposes and who holds a valid certificate issued under s. 73.03 (50). AB304,108422Section 108. 125.275 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: AB304,,423423125.275 (2) (b) An industrial fermented malt beverages permit may not be issued to a person holding a wholesaler’s permit issued under s. 125.28 or to a person who has a direct or indirect ownership an interest in a premises operating under a wholesaler’s permit issued permittee under s. 125.28. AB304,109424Section 109. 125.275 (3) of the statutes is amended to read: AB304,,425425125.275 (3) Shipments of industrial fermented malt beverages shall be conspicuously labeled “for industrial purposes” and shall meet other requirements which the department division prescribes by rule. AB304,110426Section 110. 125.28 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: AB304,,427427125.28 (1) (a) Subject to par. (b), the department division may issue permits to wholesalers for the sale of fermented malt beverages from premises within this state, which premises shall comply with the requirements under s. 125.34 (2). Subject to s. 125.34, and except as provided in pars. (e) and (f), a wholesaler’s permit authorizes sales of fermented malt beverages only in original packages or containers to retailers or wholesalers. AB304,111428Section 111. 125.28 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: AB304,,429429125.28 (1) (b) If a wholesaler does not maintain any warehouse in this state but is licensed and maintains a warehouse in an adjoining state that allows wholesalers holding a wholesaler’s permit in this state to deliver fermented malt beverages to retailers in the adjoining state without warehousing in that state and that further requires that all fermented malt beverages be first unloaded and physically at rest at, and distributed from, the warehouse of the licensed wholesaler in that state, the wholesaler’s permit shall be issued by the department division. Notwithstanding s. 125.04 (5) (a) 2. and (c) and (6), the department division may issue the wholesaler’s permit to a wholesaler described in this paragraph who is a natural person and not a resident of this state or that is a corporation or limited liability company and has not appointed an agent in this state.