HB 2759 proposes to eliminate the residency requirement for the issuance of a microbrewery license. Seems like a pretty targeted change. I would assume someone from out of state is pushing this so they can open a brewery.
Proposed change in KS microbrewery law
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I could see how that could be a problem especially around the kansas City area where you have residents of KCK and KCMO interacting and crossing "state lines" pretty easily.
minsco1
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Great insight, Revvy.
Here's the proposed legislation:
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/measures/hb2759/
lminor72
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Glazer distributors won a case that deemed the residency requirement as unconstitutional.
Final findings from the court document: "Based on the discussion above, the Court finds, rather than exercising a core concern of the Twenty-first Amendment, the challenged residency requirement constitutes nothing more than "mere economic protectionism" and works only to insulate Kansas residents from outside competition."
Full court doc at this link: https://www.casetext.com/case/glazers-wholesale-drug-co-inc-v-kansas/
Based on this, they can then change the microbrewery licensing requirement.
Final findings from the court document: "Based on the discussion above, the Court finds, rather than exercising a core concern of the Twenty-first Amendment, the challenged residency requirement constitutes nothing more than "mere economic protectionism" and works only to insulate Kansas residents from outside competition."
Full court doc at this link: https://www.casetext.com/case/glazers-wholesale-drug-co-inc-v-kansas/
Based on this, they can then change the microbrewery licensing requirement.
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