Sale, delivery or shipment of gift baskets containing wine or beer. Requirements. Audit. Advertising. Regulations

(a) A gift basket retailer permit issued in accordance with section 30-37p shall allow the sale and delivery or shipment of gift baskets containing wine or beer directly to a consumer in this state, subject to the provisions of section 30-37p and this section, or, for wine only, to a consumer outside of this state, subject to all applicable laws of the jurisdiction in which such consumer outside of this state is located. Such permittee, when selling and shipping gift baskets containing wine or beer directly to a consumer in this state, shall: (1) Ensure that the shipping labels on all gift baskets containing wine or beer shipped directly to a consumer in this state conspicuously state the following: “CONTAINS ALCOHOL—SIGNATURE OF A PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY”; (2) obtain the signature of a person age twenty-one or older at the address prior to delivery, after requiring the signer to demonstrate that he or she is age twenty-one or older by providing a valid motor vehicle operator's license or a valid identity card described in section 1-1h; (3) obtain a seller's permit pursuant to chapter 219 and pay to the Department of Revenue Services all sales taxes as required under said chapter 219 on sales of gift baskets; (4) report to the Department of Consumer Protection a separate and complete record of all sales and shipments to consumers in the state, on a ledger sheet or similar form which readily presents a chronological account of such permittee's dealings with each such consumer; (5) permit the Department of Consumer Protection and the Department of Revenue Services, separately or jointly, to perform an audit of the permittee's records upon request; and (6) not ship to any address in the state where the sale of alcoholic liquor is prohibited by local option pursuant to section 30-9. (b) A holder of a gift basket retailer permit, when advertising or offering wine or beer for direct shipment to a consumer in this or another state via the Internet or any other on-line computer network, shall clearly and conspicuously state its gift basket retailer permit number in its advertising. (c) The Department of Consumer Protection, in consultation with the Department of Revenue Services, may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to assure compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.