0001| AN ACT | 0002| RELATING TO ALCOHOL; AMENDING A SECTION OF THE LIQUOR CONTROL ACT | 0003| PERTAINING TO IMPORTATION OF WINE FOR PERSONAL USE. | 0004| | 0005| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: | 0006| Section 1. Section 60-7A-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981, Chapter 39, Section 49, as | 0007| amended) is amended to read: | 0008| "60-7A-3. TRANSPORTATION INTO STATE WITHOUT PERMIT--EXPORTATION | 0009| OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHOUT PERMIT--IMPORTATION FOR PRIVATE | 0010| USE--RECIPROCAL SHIPPING--WHEN UNLAWFUL.-- | 0011| A. Except as provided in Subsection E of this section, it is a violation of the | 0012| Liquor Control Act for any registered common carrier to knowingly deliver any shipment of | 0013| alcoholic beverages from another state to any person in this state without receiving at the time of | 0014| delivery a permit issued by the department covering the quantity and class of alcoholic beverages | 0015| to be delivered and requiring the shipment be transported from the shipper designated in the | 0016| permit to the designated consignee and from the designated point of origin to the destination | 0017| designated in the permit. | 0018| B. Except as provided in Subsections D and E of this section, it is a violation of | 0019| the Liquor Control Act for any person other than a registered common carrier to knowingly | 0020| transport from another state and deliver in this state any alcoholic beverages, unless the person | 0021| has in his possession on entering New Mexico a permit from the department for the quantity and | 0022| class of alcoholic beverages to be delivered, designating the name of the shipper and consignee | 0023| and the point of origin and destination of the alcoholic beverages. | 0024| C. Except as provided in Subsections D and E of this section, it is a violation of | 0025| the Liquor Control Act for any person to transport out of state any alcoholic beverages on which | 0001| the excise tax has not been paid, unless the shipment is accompanied by a permit issued by the | 0002| department for the exact quantity and class transported, showing the consignee's federal and state | 0003| license numbers and the point of origin and destination of the alcoholic beverages. | 0004| D. Any individual not a minor may transport or have shipped into or out of the | 0005| state any reasonable amount of alcoholic beverages for the exclusive purpose of his private use or | 0006| consumption, and nothing in the Liquor Control Act limits or applies to such private actions. | 0007| E. Any licensee or manufacturer in a state which affords New Mexico licensees | 0008| or manufacturers an equal reciprocal shipping privilege may ship for personal use and not for | 0009| resale not more than two cases of wine, each case containing no more than nine liters, per month | 0010| to any individual not a minor in this state. Delivery of a shipment pursuant to this subsection | 0011| shall not be deemed to constitute a sale in this state and nothing in the Liquor Control Act limits | 0012| or applies to such shipments. The shipping container of any wine sent into or out of this state | 0013| under this subsection shall be labeled clearly to indicate that the package cannot be delivered to a | 0014| minor or to an intoxicated person. | 0015| F. As used in this section, "in this state" means within the exterior boundaries of | 0016| the state." | 0017| Section 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is | 0018| July 1, 1997. |