§ 4.1-103.01 added. Alcoholic beverage control; enforcement; sale of tobacco to minors. Requires the Tax Commissioner to provide to the ABC Board, the name, address, and other identifying information within his possession of all wholesale cigarette dealers. The bill provides that (i) all invoices, books, papers or other memoranda and records concerning the sale of cigarettes maintained by wholesale cigarette dealers shall be subject to inspection during normal business hours by special agents of the ABC Board and (ii) any person who, upon request by a special agent, unreasonably fails or refuses to allow an inspection of the records shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. The bill provides that the ABC Board may use the information obtained from the Tax Commissioner or acquired by the authorized inspections only for the purpose of creating and maintaining a list of retail dealers to facilitate enforcement of the laws governing the sale of tobacco products to minors. The bill prohibits the disclosure of this information by the ABC Board or its special agents, and makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor for a violation of this provision. HB 1430; CH. 189/SB 716; CH. 364.

§ 4.1-111 amended. Alcoholic beverage control; auctioning of certain alcoholic beverages. Requires the ABC Board to prescribe the terms and conditions under which persons who collect or trade designer or vintage spirit bottles may sell such bottles at auction, provided that the bottles are unopened and the manufacturers' seals are intact. HB 495; CH. 301.

§§ 4.1-206, 4.1-231 and 4.1-233 amended. Alcoholic beverage control; licenses. Authorizes the issuance of a museum license to nonprofit museums exempt from taxation under § 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and sets forth the privileges of the license. The bill also sets out the state and local taxes on this new license. HB 939; CH. 489.

§ 4.1-207 amended. Alcoholic beverage control; wine licenses. Grants to holders of a wholesale wine license the same privilege currently held by beer wholesalers to sell and deliver wine to owners of boats registered under the laws of the United States sailing for ports of call of a foreign country or another state. HB 458; CH. 77/SB 232; CH. 208.

§§ 4.1-210, 4.1-230, 4.1-231 and 4.1-233 amended. Alcoholic beverage control; mixed beverage licenses. Creates a mixed beverage club event license which authorizes the licensee to sell and serve mixed beverages for on-premises consumption by club members and their guests for club events. The bill requires a license for each day of each club event and limits the number of club events for which this license may be granted to 12 in any one calendar year. This bill incorporates HB 450. HB 945; CH. 535.

§ 4.1-324 amended. Alcoholic beverage control; illegal acts by employees of licensees; penalty. Clarifies that the prohibitions against illegal sales and other prohibited acts apply to agents and employees of licensees of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board as well as to the licensees themselves. HB 967; CH. 238.