(a) Any violation of this chapter or rule or regulation of the commissioner of revenue or the violations of any rule or regulation of a county legislative body, metropolitan council or city legislative body relative to the conducting of the beer or like beverage business as defined in § 57-5-101 is a Class C misdemeanor where the penalty is not otherwise fixed.

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class C misdemeanorup to 30 daysup to $50
class E felony1 to 6 yearsup to $3,000
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 57-5-303

  • beverage: means and includes alcohol, spirits, liquor, wine, high alcohol content beer, and every liquid containing alcohol, spirits, wine, and high alcohol content beer and capable of being consumed by a human being, other than patent medicine or beer, as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • License: means the license issued pursuant to this chapter. See Tennessee Code 57-3-101
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. 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 violation of this section involving either unlawful possession or illegal transportation, or both, of over one hundred (100) cases of twenty-four (24) twelve ounce (12 oz.) cans of beer or other light alcoholic beverage, or the equivalent thereof with respect to quantity or the kinds of containers, is a Class E felony.
(c) Upon the second conviction of any person engaging in a business regulated under this chapter of making, or permitting to be made, any sale of alcoholic beverages, beer or wine to a person under twenty-one (21) years of age in violation of this chapter, such person is guilty of a Class E felony. In addition, upon the second such conviction, the permit or license of such person shall be automatically and permanently revoked regardless of any other punishment actually imposed.
(d) Each violation of this chapter shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
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