No person holding a permit for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor shall purchase for resale alcoholic liquor except from a person holding a permit under the provisions of sections 30-16 and 30-17, provided any permittee going out of business may, upon application to and approval by the Department of Consumer Protection, sell all or part of his stock in trade to any permittee authorized by law to retail the kind of liquors so sold. No person holding a manufacturer or wholesaler permit shall purchase for resale alcoholic liquor except from a person holding a manufacturer permit, wholesaler permit or out-of-state shipper's permit. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in section 30-113.

(1949 Rev., S. 4312; February, 1965, P.A. 553, S. 10; P.A. 77-45; 77-614, S. 165, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 80, 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 4, 170, 191, 345, 348; P.A. 95-195, S. 73, 83; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)

History: 1965 act added reference to persons holding golf country club permits; P.A. 77-45 replaced reference to persons holding package store, druggist, tavern, restaurant, hotel, club, golf country club or temporary permits with more general reference to persons holding permits “for the retail sale of alcoholic liquor”; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced liquor control commission with division of liquor control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of liquor control an independent department and abolished the department of business regulation, overriding provision of same act which would have placed the division within the public safety department; P.A. 95-195 substituted Department of Consumer Protection for Department of Liquor Control, effective July 1, 1995; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.

Cited. 148 C. 649. Where beer was borrowed for resale, title passed to borrower and, although repayment was to be made in kind, transaction was a purchase within meaning of statute. Id., 652. Cited. 158 C. 362; 176 C. 428.

Regulation suspending package store permit for selling liquor to restaurant for resale is within the intent of statute. 15 CS 410.