(a) Beginning January 1, 2023, there is created a common carrier license to be issued by the commission to a person, firm, or corporation that transports goods for a fee, and maintains a regularly established schedule of service within this state to transport wine from a person licensed under § 57-3-217 or § 57-3-415 directly to the citizens of the state who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older. Each applicant shall pay to the commission a one-time, nonrefundable fee in the amount of three hundred dollars ($300) when the application is submitted for review. A license under this section must not be issued until the applicant has paid to the commission the annual license fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-3-227
Commission: means the alcoholic beverage commission, except as otherwise provided. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Wine: means the product of the normal alcoholic fermentation of the juice of dried or fresh, sound, ripe grapes, fruit, or other agricultural products, with the usual cellar treatment and necessary additions to correct defects due to climatic, saccharine, and seasonal conditions, including champagne, sparkling, and fortified wine of an alcoholic content not to exceed twenty-one percent (21%) by volume. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
(b) A common carrier shall only transport wine to individuals over twenty-one (21) years of age and in accordance with § 57-3-217. It is a violation for a common carrier, their employees, agents, or contractors, upon the time of final delivery to the individual, to not inspect a valid government-issued identification for proof the individual is twenty-one (21) years of age or older.(c) This section does not apply to common carriers regulated under 49 U.S.C. §§ 10101 et seq., or to rail trailer-on-flatcar/container-on-flatcar (TOFC/COFC) service, as defined in 49 CFR § 1090.1, or highway TOFC/COFC service provided by a rail carrier, either itself or jointly with a motor carrier, as part of continuous intermodal freight transportation, including, without limitation, any other TOFC/COFC transportation as defined under federal law.(d) The commission may make such investigations and inspections necessary to administer this part.
